Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets. I have not come to do away with them, but to make their teachings come true. Remember that as long as heaven and earth last, not the least point nor the smallest detail of the Law will be done away - not until the end of all things. So then, whoever disobeys even the least important of the commandments and teaches other to do the same, will be least in the Kingdom of heaven. -Matthew 4:17-20 GNB
Needless to say, many Christians are wretched sinners by Old Testament standards. Click on the below Bible for some Old Testament quotes (and a few New). Being that Jesus supports the Old Testament laws and teachings, he in-turn supports all the genocide, rape, and pillaging described within it. Much of what Jesus teaches contradicts the Old Testament, for him to support it is very hypocritical (and funny to atheists).
I think "the law" refers to the 10 commandments not stuff in Leviticus - stoning homosexuals etc.
ReplyDeleteHi there - You're attributing this passage incorrectly. It actually occurs in Matthew chapter 5, not 4.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work.
Jesus is NOT a hypocrite. He does NOT support rape and pillaging. have you read the story in John 8?
ReplyDeleteJesus returned to the Mount of Olives, 2 but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. 3 As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.
4 “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?”
6 They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. 7 They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” 8 Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.
9 When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman. 10 Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”
11 “No, Lord,” she said.
And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”
He does support the old laws, as well as the new.