Old vs. New Testament?

EpiNirvana wrote:

God spoke threw fire and bushes and new testament never did that. God sent a huge flood to destroy the earth, and he seamed to loudly be everywhere his ppl where, while new testament he was more there in spirit without actually doing anything. God seamed more vengful in the old testament and more merciful in the new.......

And in the new God became a man.
And in Revelation God is going to destroy the earth with fire.

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Foxfyre wrote:

NickFun wrote:
So the things about not killing and stealing are mostly suggestions. I see.

Well, if you really want to get technical, there is no commandment against killing per se. The literal translation of the Hebrew in the original text was "Thou shalt not murder". Killing in conquest or self defense or as just retribution for certain sins was allowed. The New Testament teachings added a stronger sense of ethics and justice to any process of killing for whatever reason.

Likewise, in the ancient Hebrew culture, stealing of property (of another Hebrew) is expressly forbidden, but this particular commandment some theologians interpret as 'do not kidnap'. According to other O.T. passages in which Hebrew tribes did abduct women for the purpose of making them into Hebrew wives, that particular application was obviously loosely applied.

New Testament teachings, however, extended broader interpretations of justice, fairness, equity, and principles of treating your neighbor decently to all applications of the ancient Law.

1) to murder, slay, kill

a) (Qal) to murder, slay

1) premeditated

2) accidental

3) as avenger

4) slayer (intentional) (participle)

b) (Niphal) to be slain

c) (Piel)

1) to murder, assassinate

2) murderer, assassin (participle)(subst)

d) (Pual) to be killed

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real life wrote:

hi Foxfyre,

I guess we'll just agree to disagree in whether to call these differences 'a contradiction' or not.

btw the example I gave is not a true contradiction and does have an interesting solution

Yes it does, and I enjoyed your analysis. There are many many such examples in the Bible. Believers find them interesting and enjoy exploring the possibilities. Nonbelievers who intend to discredit or demean religious faith, use them in whatever way they think accomplishes that. The best defense is to engage in serious Bible study so that we are reading the Scriptures through the eyes of those who wrote them. When we do that, whatever contradictions exist assume little or no importance when balanced against the profound mysteries, the hope, and good news that is to be found.

(And yes, we can agree to disagree. Smile

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