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- From: forgach@noao.edu (Suzanne Forgach)
- Subject: Re: Reconciling OT with NT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.002242.6511@noao.edu>
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- References: <1992Nov16.030911.25233@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 00:22:42 GMT
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- From article <1992Nov16.030911.25233@watson.ibm.com>, by strom@Watson.Ibm.Com (Rob Strom):
- > In article <1992Nov14.214406.23543@doug.cae.wisc.edu>, mccullou@cae.wisc.edu (Mark McCullough) writes:
- > |> How to reconcile the Old Testament God with the New Testament God, (they
- > |> do appear to be quite different):
- > |>
- > |> He mellowed.
- > |>
- > Not from the Jewish perspective.
- >
- > From the Jewish perspective, the "OT" God judged
- > us for our actions, not our beliefs, and had
- > mercy on the righteous of all nations.
- >
- > The NT God judges us for our beliefs only, and
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Not at all. This is only Protestant dogma. For a fuller expression
- of Christianity, see Catholicism.
-
-
- > casts the unbelievers into an eternal fiery hell ---
- > the place of wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- >
- > I agree that these are quite different,
- > but it doesn't look like mellowing to me.
-
-
- It's really very simple folks:
-
- In the OT, God teaches us right from wrong.
-
- In the NT, He teaches us why what is right is right,
- and why what is wrong is wrong.
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- SF
-