Originally posted by Don Cardi:
But if you believe in the new testament, then you believe that those laws are no longer applicable because Christ took all sins upon himself in order for them to be forgiven by God. So the old laws of the old testament are no longer used.
I still don't understand this O.T. - N.T. stuff, and the part about the laws of the O.T. being no longer applicable.
I mean, I understand what you're
saying, but certainly there is a lot in the O.T. that Christians believe, for example the story of creation (as presented in the Book of Genesis), or The Ten Commandments (as presented by Cecil B. DeMille).
So my question is, how is someone supposed to know what "no longer applies", and what still does?
And that brings me back to the issue of "Does the Bible Call for Death to Homosexuals"?
Well, according to what I found here:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_bibh3.htm which has many translations of the Bible, including the King James version (That's the one that Christians believe, right?)
The verse below is from Leviticus 20:13
"And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."
So,
Is this one of those laws that is "no longer applicable", and, if it is, how are we to
know that it is?.....And
Do those of you who believe so literally in the Bible believe that Homosexuals should be put to death?
