In the OT, God is easily offended. When he sees a piece of turd, he totally goes of the reservation.
With this in mind, people tend to extrapolate with that is supposed to mean and come up with detailed rules and regulations to authoritatively denounce what they see as undesirable.
Strictly speaking, nothing more than a control structure.
In the NT, God is very forgiving. I guess, after a couple of thousand years interacting with people, you would basically recognize how stupid the majority is and well, actually, there is not much you can do, except hoping, they also may see the light.
At any rate, it simply tells you: don't get suckered into these kind of idiocies as they neither help you grow spiritually or solve any real world problems. They create additional problems.
The NT offers a simple solution: every person has to carry his own responsibility and is personally accountable. Value and virtue vs rule and regulation, walking in spirit or walking in flesh.
Okaydoomer has not yet been able to escape the prison for his mind. I'm sure he'll get around that particular discovery.
In the OT, God is easily offended. When he sees a piece of turd, he totally goes of the reservation.
With this in mind, people tend to extrapolate with that is supposed to mean and come up with detailed rules and regulations to authoritatively denounce what they see as undesirable.
Strictly speaking, nothing more than a control structure.
In the NT, God is very forgiving. I guess, after a couple of thousand years interacting with people, you would basically recognize how stupid the majority is and well, actually, there is not much you can do, except hoping, they also may see the light.
At any rate, it simply tells you: don't get suckered into these kind of idiocies as they neither help you grow spiritually or solve any real world problems. They create additional problems.
The NT offers a simple solution: every person has to carry his own responsibility and is personally accountable. Value and virtue vs rule and regulation, walking in spirit or walking in flesh.
Okaydoomer has not yet been able to escape the prison for his mind. I'm sure he'll get around that particular discovery.