Seems to me you can choose to ignore any part of the bible you want?

Question

Seems to me you can choose to ignore any part of the bible you want?
so long as you can justify it to yourself. how many parts and rules do you ignore;

They ignore the many parts that call for fanaticism, rigidness, killing of unbelievers, punishments that affect not only the supposed sinner, but his family, including several generations of descendants.
They skip the parts that say than people should be put to death for homosexuality, or for disobeying their parents, or for doing this, or that - even for gathering wood on the Sabbath.

They move over the parts that don’t make any sense. my favourite;
1He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

23And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen

I'm not self ritious, did I touch a nerve there? just saying what I see mate.

Answer 1

Scripture as a whole is truth...and not to be ignored.

We are justified by grace apart from the OT laws and regulations. This is why we don't stone adulterers.....or drag bulls and rams to church once a year on the day of atonement.

Answer 2

I know what you are saying. It's just that there was a change in how they are accomplished. It's possible that you are not familliar with the scriptures so I will illuniate a little part of them to you.

Romans 3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

The Law was impossible to keep. You showed a few of the things in it that I dohn;'t know of anyone doing them. There were about 613 commandments that God gave. No one in ALL HISTORY, even when they had the temples, could do the whole Law. AND that was the point that God was making. All we could do when we found out that we could not do it is become repentant. And God said to trust Him-- He will provide the grace that we need IF we trust Him.

So it's about trusting Him to do what He said what HE would do. Not US doing the Law, but Him fulfilling His word.

I really recommend reading Romans 3. I think that it would help you to understand.

Answer 3

The whole bible is the word of God. The law covernant was given to the Israelites as God's chosen people. Although, many of the laws are good principles for us, we as Christians are not under the law covenant give to the Israelites. When Jesus came and died for us, the law was nailed to the torture stake. He fulfilled the law. We as Christians are under the law Jesus gave us to "love God with our whole heart, soul & mind and to love our neighbor as ourselves". If we follow this new law, we will not be murdering, stealing, committing adultery, homosexuality, incest, idol worship, etc...

There are still many scriptures in the Old Testament or Hebrew Scriptures that have not been fulfilled. Such as some in the books of Daniel and Isaiah. The whole bible was recorded for our benefit. As 2 Tim 3:16 "All scripture is inspired by God and benefical for teaching, for reproofing and for setting things straight".

True Christians do not pick and choose what they want to believe.

Answer 4

This Scripture in John 1:17 "For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ." will help to explain why Christians say that the Old Covenant, which covers the things mentioned by you do not apply to Christians now. The children of Israel were followers of Moses so the Old Covenant applies to them. Christians are the followers of Jesus Christ so they walk by grace and truth. Jesus Christ has redeemed Christians from the curse of the law so Christians are free from all judgments and curses of the Old Covenant. Jesus Christ has established a new and living way for Christians to approach God so all the sacrifices and ceremonies to come into God's presence under the Old Covenant are no longer appplicable. But all the promises and blessings in the Old Covenant are yes and amen in Christ Jesus so all God's blessings mentioned in both the Old and New Covenants apply to Christians. Christians obtain their blessings and inheritance by grace through faith and not by the works of the law as it was under the Old Covenant. The danger is that when Christians try to attain their own righteousness by the works of the law then they subject themselves again to the curse of the law (Gal 3:10). So the judgements and the curses of the law can still apply to Christians if they fall out of grace (Gal 2:21 & 5:4). This just a brief summary of when and what of the Old Covenant applies to Christians.

Answer 5

Oh yes, I certainly do.
I follow the 10 Commandments, Christ's Sermon on the Mount, and try to remember His parables, and that is about it. But, I'm not a homosexual, I was raised a Roman Catholic, so guilt comes very easy, and that's why it isn't hard to behave.
I don't believe in killing - ANYBODY. This includes war, abortion (although I am pro choice, go figure), or the death penalty. I just don't feel it is my place to say - "Yes, kill that person." That probably is why I'm pro choice. I don't feel it is my place to tell someone else - "No, you can't do that", simply because it is my belief. I am not God. I did not write the rules, I am the servant; the follower.
Have you read the Gospel of Thomas? Happens to be my favorite. In it Jesus says: "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed."
"Love your brother like your soul; protect him like the pupil of your eye."
"If you become my followers and listen to my sayings, these stones will serve you. For there are 5 trees in paradise for you; they do not change, summer or winter, and their leaves do not fall. Whoever knows them, will not know death."

Answer 6

I would like to respond to this part, 23And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen ..... That was when Moses desparatley wanted to see God's face on Mount Sinai. God knew that anyone human that sees his full glory would be killed. So he removed the protection of his hand from Moses adn told Moses to hide behind a rock and see his shadow as he past. Moses only caught a glimpse of the glory of God from the back so he would not be destroyed.

Answer 7

Of course you can choose to ignore any part of the bible. Many atheists ignore the whole thing. Does that mean people from the christian religion ignore parts of the bible? No, only the pope, and the vast majority of ignorant christians do that.

-Dominus-

P.S. Christians don't abide by the old convenant, rather the new convenant, which was with Jesus. So the second half of your argument could be better presented. I would ask the question again while looking for parts of the bible they ignore of the NT.

Answer 8

You really don't understand what Jesus came for and did for us, do you? We are now forgiven for our sins because of God's Grace. We are told by Jesus to love God and to love everyone. He is the Sacrifice for us all. God alone will judge the living and the dead. All we have to do now is believe in God and follow The Christ. Jesus didn't stone someone, even when He alone could have. He gave of Himself and we are supposed to follow His example. If we wanted to change and ignore what Jesus did we would become Muslims.

May God Bless you.

Answer 9

We do not ignore those things, in-fact we warn the world of the punishment for sin, we are all sinners, we are all deserving of death, but by the mercy and love of God, we can be forgiven, repent, turn towards Christ allow Him to be Lord and savior and you will be free of the penalty, it is the choice of every individual, life or death, love or law, heaven or hell. if you accept Christ then you will be saved, you will choose life, love and heaven, but if you reject Him then you will choose death, law and hell. Also this is not a question, it is a self-righteous rant.

Answer 10

is this a question? i do no longer see one. I rather see a tirade of "taken out of context verses" to coach despite element you are attempting to make. you are able to coach something from the Bible by making use of doing this manner of element. yet while study in its context, the Bible is very sparkling. A holy God demands ideal holiness to pass into into His heaven. we've all sinned and fall wanting the demanded perfection and are in a desparate plight. yet this comparable God despatched His ideal Son to pay the penalty for our sin, and God imputes His ideal righteousness upon all people who humbly ask for such.

Answer 11

There's nothing in the bible that indicates that biblical laws have changed from the Old Testament to the New. Christian authorities say this is so, but there's no "scriptural evidence" to justify it.

One of my favorites is "It doesn't mean this... it means that." As if the literal meaning applies to Christians only sometimes, when it's convenient.