the laws of god was re a kind and loving god in article r e inn kb owl csrv uidaho edu lanphi moscow uidaho edu rob lanphier writes these are two conflicting statements to say one is a clarification of the other is a breach of logic i don t mind people shifting their position on an issue it irritates me when it is said under the premise that no change was made what about deuteronomy is it wrong now did jesus change that if anything he clarified the law such as in that quote you made in the following verses jesus takes several portions of the law and expounds upon the law giving clearer meaning to what god intended sure he does this however he doesn t address the notion of stoning non virgin brides because this needs no clarification are you going to deny that deuteronomy is not patently clear in its intent i see what you are getting at or at least i think i do correct me if i am mistaken but i think you are asking me if i still believe that we should uphold all of the laws pertaining to capital punishment for such things as adultery rape and other heinous crimes as you may recall jesus was confronted by this same question in regards to the adultress who was caught in the act and brought before jesus and his reply let he who is without sin cast the first stone jesus does not deny the sentence that is to due for this violation of the law what do you think of this i think you will agree with me that there are in today s world a lot of modern day pharisees who know the bible from end to end but do not believe in it what good is head knowledge if there is nothing in the heart i ll agree that there is a lot of modern day pharisees that know the bible from end to end and don t believe in it depending on how they use this knowledge they can be scary they can argue any position they desire and back it up with selected parts of the bible such pharisees include david koresh and adolph hitler i will qualify this by saying i don t know if they actually believed what they were preaching but the ends certainly made the means look frightening agreed however just as scary are those that don t know much of the bible but believe every word in fact this is probably scarier since there are far more of these people from what i ve seen in addition they are very easy to manipulate by the aforementioned pharisees since they don t know enough to debate with these people agreed also if one is to use the bible as a reference one must always be open to different interpretations as a christian i have the spirit of god to verify what i believe in the word if what the spirit tells me is not backed up in scripture then the spirit i am communicating with is not of god after all jesus tells us to test the spirits to know for sure that it is from god christianity is not just a set of rules it s a lifestyle that changes one s perspectives and personal conduct and it demands obedience to god s will no it demands obedience to a book if god came down and personally told me how i should behave then i would say that i would be doing god s will by doing it however if preachers pastors and evangelists tell me to obey the will of a book written by people who have been dead for close to two millenia even longer for the ot even if i follow everything in it with my heart i could scarcely be honest with myself by saying i m doing the will of god i obey what the spirit of god tells me to do the spirit will not violate anything that is written in the bible because that is the word of god i do not worship pastors preachers my wife my mother or my father what they tell me does not carry the weight of what god tells me to do and his commands are rienforced in the bible some people can live by it but many others cannot or will not that is their choice and i have to respect it because god respects it too well if god respects it so much how come there is talk in the bible about eternal damnation for non believers i see little respect eminating from the god of the bible i see a selfish and spiteful god eternal damnation is the consequence of the choice one makes in rejecting god if you choose to jump off a cliff you can hardly blame god for you going splat at the bottom he knows that if you choose to jump that you will die but he will not prevent you from making that choice in fact he sent his son to stand on the edge of the cliff and tell everyone of what lies below to prove that point jesus took that plunge himself but he being god was able to rise up again i have seen the example of christ and have chosen not to jump and i m trying to tell you not to jump or else you ll go splat you don t have to listen to me and i won t stop you if you decide to jump i only ask that you check it out before taking the plunge you owe it to yourself i don t like seeing anyone go splat god be with you malcolm lee
