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Originally Posted by onetwo_threefour

In order to accept the reasoning offered in that link, you pretty much have to be trying to reach your desired conclusion. Basically the argument, as already mentioned, boils down to, you'd have to be crazy to think that Jesus actually meant people to keep to 613 laws.

Jesus wasn't around in the Old Testament. And no, it has nothing to do with that. Point is that there was a 'new' covenant created between man and God. And it is centered around Jesus Christ. That is why Christianity is based around the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, and not around the Old Testament.

And yet, that's precisely what the old testament had apparently required of mankind for hundreds or thousands of years predating Jesus.

Actually, it only 'required' that of the Jews. But, I get what you're saying, although it really has nothing to do with any of this.

So was God crazy to have imposed the 613 laws in the first place? Is God then fallible.

If you want to call it that.

God said that I will make a new Covenant. Heb.8:7-8: “For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.” V.8 Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.” He’s saying the first covenant was not perfect and needed to be changed, replaced with another.

I think the reasoning in that article is terrible as much as they try to present it as beng a logical context driven analysis, it ignores a blatant inherent contradiction and creates a fallible God.

I thought you said you didn't read the article?

I haven't clicked on your link yet, but does it deal with this..

Which you edited out.

In fact, I have no idea how you even came to your conclusion. The passage I quoted from the article was referring to the original translation, and how easy it was to misinterpret what it really means when you read it in English.

But go ahead, take it literally if you want. Since its obvious you want to do exactly that.