He never said to disregard it, you're right. What Christ said to the pharisees is, more or less, that He didn't come to "get rid" of the law, but rather to fulfill it.

And Christians (including the immediate disciples of Christ himself who wrote the New Testament) believe that to mean, basically, that the Old Testament is not "abolished". Rather, it is still useful in that it points to Christ. The purpose of the old testament law was to show Israel (and the modern church) how futile it is to try to work your way to heaven with a complicated set of morals (or work your way to heaven at all). It shows us, now, that the only way to peace with God is faith. So it isn't abolished... it is just fulfilled in Christ.

Anyway, I'm sure you have good reasons to feel strongly against Christianity. There's a lot of hypocrisy out there and a lot of bullshit. So right on... let's just light one up and share the love. :rasta:

Quote Originally Posted by orange floyd
jesus never said to disregard the old testament.

i havent read the bible in a while, but i do remember the pharaciest (dont know how to spell) saying something along the lines of "oh yeah i see your here to get rid of the law of moses" and jesus denied doing anything of that sort.

...i realize yea i might be coming off a little harsh, and you seem like a nice guy (assuming you are a guy, and my apologies if you arent). i just feel really strongly against christianity, after all the suffering its brought to the world, i find it to be illogical, and i jsut feel that we'd all be better off without it. however i think more important than stopping christianity is allowing people to practice whatever religion you want, and you seem to be a very tolerant person who doesn't force their faith on others. so lets all just share the love and smoke some weed haha
jsn9333 Reviewed by jsn9333 on . Any other "conservative" christians out there By "conservative Christian" I mean holds as closely as possible to the Christian Scriptures (the New Testament) as possible, attends church regularly, believes Christ's words even when they're unpopular (for instance when He says in the book of John, "I am the way, the truth, and the life and no one comes to the Father but by me."), etc... Don't get me wrong, I respect all religions and I suspect we all have a lot to learn from each other. But Christ and the Bible has done too much to help Rating: 5