Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 21 days agoNot to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??message-squaremessage-square217linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareNot to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 21 days agomessage-square217linkfedilink
minus-squarejbrains@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 days agoIt made sense to scare people into being reasonable. That was the Old Testament. Once they acted less stupidly, it became safer to let people be as they are. That was the New Testament.
minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoIf you think the old testament rules are reasonable ones, I hope you are never in charge of any person, place, organisation or animal.
It made sense to scare people into being reasonable. That was the Old Testament.
Once they acted less stupidly, it became safer to let people be as they are. That was the New Testament.
If you think the old testament rules are reasonable ones, I hope you are never in charge of any person, place, organisation or animal.