I have tried to get some straight answers about why some of the moral codes in the OT, (such as murdering people for worshipping false idols etc) no longer apply today. The answers seem to me to be morally relativistic. Many people believe it was acceptable to kill people for witchcraft and adultery or to own slaves in Old Testament times but now now. The reasons range from "we are no longer under the law" to a "new covenant" or "Jesus's sacrifice on the cross" made many of those laws null and void.
Isn't that moral relativism ? If owning slaves is wrong, if there are moral absolutes, wouldn't it have ALWAYS been wrong ? If it is wrong to murder people based on their religious views, shouldn't it have ALWAYS been wrong ? Or are morals relative depending on weather or not we are talking about OT times or NT times.
2007-07-28
07:13:05
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