How do you reconcile the differing attitudes regarding the violence in the Old Testament compared to the more peaceful New Testament? They seem to belong to two different Religions, but they are in the same Bible.
Are Judaism and The Old Testament of the Christian Bible (basically the same books) more barbaric than Islam? One of the selling points the Zionist founders of Israel used on Westerners to establish "The Jewish State" in the midst of Muslim states is "an out post of civilization in the midst of Barbarism". Theodor Herzl (founder of Zionism).
Should Christianism cut the Old Testament from The Bible? What Do Christians think?
Which message is The Old Testament giving to people of faith when you read things like:
Genesis 22:2: "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about." This is about asking Abraham to kill his own son as a proof of faith.
Numbers 1:51: "...when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death."
Exodus 22:18: "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
Exodus 21:17: "And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death."
Exodus 21:15: "And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death."
Deuteronomy 21:18-21: "If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother.....all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die."
Exodus 35:2: "...but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death."
Are Judaism and The Old Testament of the Christian Bible (basically the same books) more barbaric than Islam? One of the selling points the Zionist founders of Israel used on Westerners to establish "The Jewish State" in the midst of Muslim states is "an out post of civilization in the midst of Barbarism". Theodor Herzl (founder of Zionism).
Should Christianism cut the Old Testament from The Bible? What Do Christians think?
Which message is The Old Testament giving to people of faith when you read things like:
Genesis 22:2: "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about." This is about asking Abraham to kill his own son as a proof of faith.
Numbers 1:51: "...when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death."
Exodus 22:18: "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
Exodus 21:17: "And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death."
Exodus 21:15: "And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death."
Deuteronomy 21:18-21: "If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother.....all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die."
Exodus 35:2: "...but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death."