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Originally Posted by Type XXIII
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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady
I was very specific when I asked about what Jesus commanded?
There are 100s of commandments in the Torah, yet Christianity has never espoused abiding by them. How did the Church decide which to chose? Was there a Commandment of the Month Club?
There there is no punishment of burning at the stake in the Torah. Capital punishment by "Sreifa" - fire - is through a gruesome process of pouring molten lead down the convicted's throat. But let's assume the Church were just ignorant on this point and took the Torah literally.
Where is trial by ordeal suggested in the Torah? There is no such thing.
Where is inquisition and its tortures suggested in the Torah? Again, there is no such thing.
Most of these things were pure concoctions, with no foundation in the origins of either Jewish or Christian theological law.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Jesus never commanded that, what I was pointing out is that Christianity, sadly, doesn't always follow the intentions of Jesus. |
That was my point. There is no pattern in the Church's history in these points we're discussing. However, this is a pattern with regards to Islam's commandments and Muslim's actions today.
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And we can make humour out of the Christian church' attitude towards the commandments of the old testament. It appears there has always been commandments that have been followed, and others that have been ignored. Sometimes there has been logic in the selection, other times not.
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Once again, no pattern here. Precisely my point.
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The Christian church has always followed more (and less) rules than those stated in the Bible.
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As an observant Jew, I can tell you that Christianity does not and never has hsitorically accepted or practiced the vast majority of Torah commandments.
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And those things mentioned had foundation in Christian theological law, as a pope's word was, and still is, considered, at least in the Catholic church, as law.
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As god's irrevocable word or as the words of human Popes and church leaders that can legally be superceded by future church leaders? Again, big difference here between Christianity and Islam.
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