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Originally Posted by Azure
Cop-out in what way?
I'm sure Textcritic could respond on when the Old Testament was written.
There are verses in the New Testament that speak about a new covenant made with God, one that involved 'you' and God. Plus, there are numerous verses in the New Testament that talk about disregarding the petty laws in the Old Testament.
Here..
http://www.tentmaker.org/tracts/OldVsNewCovenant.html |
I think I'm having a deja vu experience.
My main point is that the whole thing looks like He got it wrong the first time and changed things in the second one. That seems "imperfect" to say the least.
As for the oldtimers who the first book was geared at, did they have to live by those crazy rules? Like actual human beings had to suffer through that kind of thing?