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Originally Posted by Russ D
That's not my intention - God is fully aware that what He tried to teach us in the OT didn't work - we wouldn't obey. To me the OT is a recording of the status quo. I don't think ALL of it was like this though - in fact I believe the majority of it, but us being what we are, we failed and it's recorded in the OT.
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Either the OT is the word of god, telling us how to behave, or it's made up by the people who wrote it, in which case, following it would be as bad as not following it, as neither is the way god wanted. (actually not following it would be better as there's the small chance you could accidently live the life god wanted you to be)
The problem I've raised is nothing to do with whether we'd follow what the bible says or not, it's whether what the bible says is actually what god wanted.
If it isn't then it was just made up by blokes (and one woman) with good, but flawed, intentions, claiming that they were working for god, when they were actually spreading lies (ie not what god was saying).
In which case, the OT has no credibility when it comes to the claim that it is about the way god wanted us to behave.
And if the OT is like that, who's to say that the NT isn't also like that? Written by men with good but flawed intentions, claiming they are writing about how god wants us to behave.