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Originally Posted by MysticPhD
The Descriptions of God in the OT are the product of our ancestors' barbaric ignorance and superstition. You have not studied the culture and beliefs of our ancestors during that era and assume a modern mindset was operating. It wasn't. Do YOU think you should harm cripples so as not to be kinder to them than the God who made them crippled???? Stop accepting ancient primitive and barbaric understanding and follow the God Jesus revealed and unambiguously demonstrated.
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Originally Posted by jimmiej
The God Jesus revealed by ALL His words. I got no problem with that.
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Everything that was passed down by word of mouth ws interpreted by the existing mindset at the time. That is why I gave an example. If you agree with the example in bold then you have the same mindset that they had at the time of Christ. If not, you cannot trust the Spirit of their interpretations about the motives and desires of God or Jesus. That is why we are to test the Spirit of everything.
1 John 4:1King James Version (KJV)
4 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
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It boggles my mind so many believe in these old mystic folk tales. Not much different than the ayatollahs.
