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Old 01-06-2009, 07:57 AM   #69
OnyxCougar
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
The Bible is in two parts. The Old Testament is God's covenant with the Jews. The failure of that covenant led to the New Testament, God's covenant with Christians, which is ongoing. It's quite easy, and I think reasonable, to be a Christian and disregard the Old Testament.
**cuddle Bruce**

I disagree. If you take the Old Testament out of the equation, there is no need for salvation through the cross, and Jesus' sacrifice is meaningless. The Old Testament is a history of how it got to that point. Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. Or something like that.
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