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Jim DeMint Spells It Out: Fundamentalist Christianity Required to Be a Conservative

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Mostly sane, most of the time.11/10/2010 11:08:41 am PST

re: #72 engineer dog

most christian theologies don’t conform to what’s in the bible, and many christians tend to pick and choose which parts of the old testament they consider compulsory - for example, proscriptions against homosexuality - and what parts they consider obsolete - for example, keeping kosher, and treating your slaves with human compassion - i have tried to find out who and under what authority the decisions as to what to ignore and what to consider absolutely binding were made, but nobody can tell me

You use the New Testament. For example, Christ pretty much negated the rock-throwing thing when He set the bar for rock throwers at people who had never sinned. That was…Him. And He chose not to do it, and we no longer have a right to. I, personally, choose to interpret this as literal and figurative rocks, which is why I oppose bullying.

As for the food issues, it is discussed in the portions of the New Testament after the four gospels. You might want to look at Peter’s vision, for example.