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In reply to the discussion: Today's Republicans do in fact have Christian values [View all]Goodheart
(5,760 posts)Baloney: "If you don't believe in a God, or even make reference to the historical Jesus, you're not qualified to say what the Bible is or isn't."
The OP is perfectly entitled to condemn the Bible... and correct.
No endorsement of genocide? Take a look at Numbers 31, where the Lord orders the genocide of the Midianites.
Women weren't treated as property? Take a look at Jeremiah 6, where the Lord GIVES away wives as punishment.
The Bible doesn't endorse slavery? See Leviticus 25.
Now, you might say that Jesus came to deliver a new set of ethical code, but please point to where Jesus condemned any of that?
And here's more baloney: "Nor do you know a single thing about the teachings of Jesus or his words in the New Testament, or New Testament teachings."
I know quite a lot about the teachings of Jesus. So does Richard Carrier, doctorate in ancient history from Columbia University, who is definitely not a Christian.
Is the OP dissing fellow Democrats? I don't see it that way. He's dissing those who still cling to Old Testament virtues, not your own New Testament codes which apparently considers the Old Testament mandates as null and void.