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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where do you find the justification for taking the NT literally but not the OT?[/quote]

Why wouldn't you take the New Testament literally?  You can take everything literally unless you have reason not to.[/quote]

So why not the OT?[/quote]

The better question is, have you read either from beginning to end?

I ask this because when you read the Bible many of these questions answer themselves.

You can take the Old Testament literally. Plenty of people do.

You can look at the text literally, seriously, whatever.  You could take the same approach to the two texts but they are very different.

You could see the New Testament as just a lot of symbolism (or whatever the opposite of literally is to you).  But the New Testament, as a text, is pretty direct.  Which parts don’t you want to take literally?  It refers directly to much of the vague aspects of the OT and says “this is it.  This is the fulfillment of the law.”  It does not tend to conflict with itself. It contains multiple texts describing the same events, suggesting that the authors want to verify for the reader “this really happened and multiple perspectives lead to nearly the same result.”  It is a much more recent text and was written at a time relatively close to when the events described happened.  If you read the New Testament seriously, you can’t really pick it apart the way some people do with the OT.

If you don’t take the OT literally, or the New Testament literally, then you are probably not interested in Christianity as a religion but more of a series of philosophical recommendations.  This is fine, but own it.[/quote]

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