rather than a "do as I do" type of, um ... God? He doesn't seem to set the example. Is that why Jesus was introduced?
2007-02-11 17:37:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, the New testament God is a kinder and more gentle God than the harsh, vindictive Old Testament Jehovah.
2007-02-11 17:44:43 · answer #1 · answered by October 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Part of the reason Jesus was introduced was to set the example.
But you're wrong that the God in the Old Testament didn't set an example.
He gave Adam life and life to all the world, and gave Adam Eve, and gave them a Garden of Eden, a paradise. Even when they broke his rule, he had mercy on them even though he dispelled them.
God saved good people through his warning to Noah.
He did lots of good things in the Old Testament.
2007-02-11 17:41:36 · answer #2 · answered by FCabanski 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
We have a choise you can ether except the truth which is JESUS or any other thing you want because like i said on another question you have to have an experence to know the difference. JESUS is are example
2007-02-11 17:50:29 · answer #3 · answered by Fisherofmen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course but purely for benevolent reasons.
Ex Gratia, Do not commit fornication. Abstaining from fornication prevents unwanted pregnancies as well as unwanted diseases. Not to mention, Jealousy, backstabbing, envy etc.
I Cr 13;8a
2007-02-11 17:42:35 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.God I believe,intended his word to be a guide to a way of living and to warn us of the dangers of wrong doing in his eyes.Many out there can tell you that woe to he or she that defies his word,for they could be punished in a way that they never expected.God gave his son so we might be saved from our sins.When you accept him you will see more clearly and begin to prosper in ways that you never imagined.
2007-02-11 17:54:47 · answer #5 · answered by (A) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the way I see it. "GOD" is all about do as I say, if you want to get to heaven, yet he is unable to 'SHOW" us heaven. Why is he so scare to show us the truth?
2007-02-11 17:44:48 · answer #6 · answered by Oilfieldtrashwtx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If he was a, "do as I say, not as I do," God, then he wouldn't have given people free will.
2007-02-11 17:41:27 · answer #7 · answered by Jess G 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes he does seem to be the 'do as i say not as i do' type
2007-02-11 17:44:35 · answer #8 · answered by kitty is ANGRY!™ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well, it was meant to control people
2007-02-11 17:41:27 · answer #9 · answered by Brookie Wookie 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is actually what it is all about.
2007-02-11 17:46:33 · answer #10 · answered by Aadel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋