>>274
>Why do agnostics and "generic theists" become irrationally upset at being told the Old Testament doesn't matter?
Because it
does matter, but it's only half of book. In some regards, the OT is a "history" of the world leading up Christ's birth.
>When I mention that the Old Testament could be safely ignored in Church teachings and that Churches should focus on teaching Children the New Testament though, they almost all without any rhyme or reason become incredibly upset at the prospect of Churches teaching the word of Christ with no mention of the OT until the children are much older.
Part of that has to do with how Christ, himself, constantly referred to the Old Testament. You can't talk about Christ without talking about his teachings, and you can't talk about his teachings with referring to the Old Testament.
>>276
>but they also recognized that it was the previous contract between man (specifically the sons of Abraham) and God.
But, that was
ALSO established in the Old Testament (
I want to say somewhere in 2nd Chronicles, Ezra, or Nehemiah, but I forget the exact book, it's from that latter period).
>>276
>but they are also the source of sin for young believers and the source of lack of belief when they see the Old Testament quoted by satanists out-of-context
Anon, by that same playbook, they
ALSO quote Christ out of context in order to either justify how it's "immoral" to retaliate against them (Turn the other cheek) or use as "proof" that Christ's goal was to cause chaos (I came not to send peace, but a sword).
>>277
>and any born again is obviously going to recommend you read the NT
I disagree as, even with the New Testament, you have a lot of people that cherry pick parts of the gospel that they "want" to follow or think sound nice, all the while distorting the word to the point that it means the exact opposite and contradicts what the rest of the gospel says.
However, I agree with what you're saying about how people shouldn't
JUST read the Bible from start to finish and call it a day. Hell,
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