Comment by Hizonner
4 months ago
> new testament scripture about slavery: https://www.google.com/search?q=new+testament+scripture+abou...
Posting Google searches as references is pretty lame.
The New Testament clearly condones slavery, but I think all the stuff telling you to take slaves is in the old.
> new testament scripture about killing women and children: https://www.google.com/search?q=new+testament+scripture+abou...
When I follow that link, every single thing on the page is from the Old Testament.
If I remember right, the worst you get in the New Testament is massive sexism, exhortations to obey authority in things you obviously shouldn't, and threats to throw people into Hell post-death. Oh, and a note from Jesus that the rather draconian laws of the Old Testament still apply, including the parts about stoning people to death for random silly offenses, although he doesn't list them and I think that's mostly been munchkined around.
... but both testaments are canonical and authoritative for most versions of Christianity... it doesn't make that much sense to carve up the book, and none of the apps actually exclude the Old Testament.
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