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Originally Posted by jheii
I don't think anyone in their right mind, believer or non, would consider that sort of response as anything but irritating and condescending. Because, well, it is. I say none of it matters. Except maybe Jesus and the Buddha. Jesus said "Take this cup and drink from it; it is my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant." Which means that he erased the previous ideas that one must devote his or her life to the father to achieve salvation. He also said that denying the father, or himself, was not an unforgivable sin. So, any Christian thinkers out there care to explain why it was okay with Jesus to deny the father, and why, with a glass of wine, he decided to call "do-over" on what he considered to be the entire religious history of the world and start from scratch? Any thoughts?
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Probably because the bloodthirsty God of the Jews was not the true God?
I'm not being anti-Semitic, just saying....You don't see Jesus Christ ordering the slaughter of innocents and such.
Our views of God evolve as we evolve. That doesn't mean God changes--it means our ability to perceive him grows as we ourselves mature. That's why we needed a new covenant--one of love, not legality...You can't put new wine in old wineskins.