Are only the "politically incorrect" and offensive parts of the bible part of the "old covenant"?

Question

What else is part of the old covenant besides the disgusting, sexist, barbaric and offensive parts?
or could it really just be that primitive men wrote the bible and the proof is just obvious if you read it? ...slavery, numerous accounts of baby slaughter/ slaughter of civilians, stoning people to death for minor societal infractions, animal sacrifice, etc.
How do you know, since it is God's written word, when to disregard it and when to try to rewrite science books with it?

Answer 1

The Old testament is a load of tosh. Everything in it contradicts Christ's methods and way of life. Modern day Christians just use the old scriptures as a way of justifying their intolerance and general stupidity... whether it be denouncing respectable science, taking away civil rights from gay Americans, or murdering thousands of Muslims in the Middle East.

And they actually have the audacity to go around saying that there is a hell... How thick can you get? They may as well be tying the noose around their own necks.

Answer 2

The "old covenant" was given by Moses, and has nothing to do with being PC. It was given to a barbaric people, and greatly improved on the conduct of the times.

Have you ever read the mythology of other religions? With the possible exception of the Graeco-Roman legends (who had no law from God to guide them) nobody acts like a real human being, warts and all, except in the Bible. This is what makes it so believable.

Answer 3

These writings that we call the Old Testament are borrowed from ancient Jewish scripture. The Jewish faith does not see them as being the word of God at all. It is only the Christians that have this fantasy about them. Jews see them as more of an ancient history/mythology about the roots of Judaism.

One needs to wonder how it is that the Christians find these meanings in borrowed scripture. Meanings that are nowhere to be found in the faith that they were borrowed from.

The ancient Jews were judgmental and somewhat vindictive, and wanted revenge for some of the things that had happened to them. So they created a judgmental, vindictive punishing God who judged as they judged, hated as they hated, and sought revenge just as they did.

All of this makes for some interesting reading if these ideas of judgment, punishment and revenge appeal to you.

Still none of these things have anything to do with the real unconditionally loving God who I believe is a part of each and every one of us. You are better off if you stick to the truth and skip the judgmental fantasy called the Old Testament completely. Perhaps it is not God that you find so unbelievable. Could be it is just all of the nonsense that you heard about God that made you feel this way.

That is what it was for me. I have gone full circle with this idea. I was raised catholic, saw it as utter nonsense. Thought of myself as an atheist for a while and then suddenly realized that it was not the idea of God that I had a problem with, it was just the lies I had heard about her.

Love and blessings
don

Answer 4

Poor kid.
Try really getting to know Jesus, instead of spending all this time bashing Christians. You might actually like Him...He is a WAYYY cool God!!

Answer 5

read romans 1:18-32

Answer 6

But that same thing is happening now and even worst.

The Bible has been tested and proven.

Answer 7

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=An0t1lxQ.HkK3_NwLxAp0Unsy6IX?qid=20060726113426AAv2DTa

I never did get any good answers, just that we only have to follow some of the Bible. No one came out to play on this one.

Answer 8

Nice insults to the OT...Perhaps you should re-read your NT. PEACE!