Old Testament vs New Testament

[i-need-a-martini]

I have been told numerous times on here that Christians believe in the New Testament and the Old Testament is not irrelevent.

In particular I was told that the Old Testament is Pre-Christian and describes a DIFFERENT God with different attitudes. And that the New Testament is a stand-alone book so I assume.

Can someone please explain why?

(preferably someone who is religious and has actually read the books)

[muppet_detector]

[katydidthat]

My theory is that as society changed ... and became safer, more advanced, and friendlier ... the concept of God changed to become more loving, more believable, and more relevant. So, we have a big difference between the two Testaments.

A lot of Christians claim to hold that only the NT "counts". I think that there was a change, a shift in focus, that the OT is relevant historically and scholastically rather than in terms of our current day beliefs.

[Anonymous]

are there any ppl here who have studied

the bible - preferably  someone without faith

commitment - who can explain to me what

the new covenant is. 

in really, really simple, practical terms.

imagine you are explaining this to an alien

[muppet_detector]

Katy, don't the Ten Commandments come from the Old Testament?

How are they not relevant to in modern society?

They seem to be the foundation of what modern society sees as what is morally right, and I think some of them may even be embedded in the law.

and to me at least, I think of the whole "making Adam and Eve" thing is like modern day parents loving each other so much that they want to make babies "in their image".

The Old Testament was a bit lacking in description of love between Adam and Eve, but it does speak of how much God has for His creations and He gave them a perfect environment and set about how to teach "His children" their own values and gave them choice etc

[katydidthat]

Muppet, I'm in the position of having been a Catholic and an atheist. When I was an atheist, it seemed very logical to me to act just as well, to be just as kind, as anyone who followed the Ten Commandments. Some of them are just plain common sense (like "thou shalt not kill"), which as you say is embedded in the law.

ACK, more in a minute.

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

are there any ppl here who have studied

the bible - preferably  someone without faith

commitment - who can explain to me what

the new covenant is. 

in really, really simple, practical terms.

imagine you are explaining this to an alien

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I would explain but it seems my posts don't last very long .... do you think the mods are Catholics?

[katydidthat]

Others, like keeping the Sabbath day holy have long been forgotten by most people ... as for not taking in vain the name of the Lord, we have TGI Fridays, and OMG is said a million times a day on chat boards.

The Commandment to honour your parents ... well, you can say that that is valid today ... but we also imprison parents for child abuse and neglect.

Stealing and bearing false witness are also pretty much covered by law ... as for coveting either goods or "wives" ... in some ways, these days, we encouraged to covet everything, lol.

[bushies.girl]

If someone had posted something like this relating to Muslims, oh the out cry ..... Yet not one word has been said 😞

[Anonymous]

hmm i have no idea rabbitearbandicoot

so you think you could explain it? 

but really simply   lol

[muppet_detector]

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@katydidthat wrote:
Muppet, I'm in the position of having been a Catholic and an atheist. When I was an atheist, it seemed very logical to me to act just as well, to be just as kind, as anyone who followed the Ten Commandments. Some of them are just plain common sense (like "thou shalt not kill"), which as you say is embedded in the law.

ACK, more in a minute.

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Do you think that what we consider to be common sense is because it is how we have been conditioned to think?

In some environments, it is ok to kill, steal or to commit adultery.