Don Perrett wrote:
>
>
> So Jesus was a great teacher and example.
> So were lots of other people. If this is what Christianity
> boils down to then it has no distinctive message at all.
> Don P: Comparing Christ to a coworker giving you some advice
> is a total misrepresentation of what I said. Of course
> that's not a first, nor a last. Now on the other hand, when
> the boss comes in and tells you how something is done, you
> do it. I don't know about you, but I would follow the boss
> and not your coworkers. If you can't tell the difference,
> just look at the paycheck. In other words, your cute
> comparison of Christ being just a teacher is just that,
> just cute. But you helped to make my point. Christ did bring
> new interpretations and aspects to the OT. That is what I
> said although some people do not understand English as well
> as others. But as is the habit, you are unable to quote a
> scripture that says Christ abolished the OT. Of course there
> is none and that is my point. He came to fulfill and
> enlighten, and in the end die for us. He didn't use some new
> God or teaching, he used the same OT that the rest of us
> use. When Christ did as God commanded, he did so following
> the OT. Good enough for him, good enough for me.
>
Given that concluded your earlier post with "Do as Christ did.
Believe as Christ did.
If you do, then you'll be following the OT, as Christ did", I don't
think my summary was unfair. The fact that I was "unable to quote a
scripture that says that Christ abolished the OT" is hardly surprising
in view of the fact that I neither think nor said that he did."
I see no point in continuing this conversation.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
"The Science-Theology Interface"
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