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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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?[/quote]

Yes, more than once.

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

Not really. It sounds like you read the OT non-literally because it doesn't make coherent sense to you, and you read the NT literally because it makes sense to you.

If the NT doesn't make sense to other people, you think they are wrong it says in the text it is the word of God. If someone points out that the OT says the same, you talk about something else instead of dealing with it directly.

Look, if you just believe it because you believe it, not for any arguable or rational reason, that's fine. But own it.[/quote]

No, I have been more than direct.  If you don’t want to take the text seriously because a very clear part of it is not what you want it to be, then dismiss the entire thing.  That’s fine.  But your interpretation seems superficial and arbitrary, what little of it you have shared.

There is a difference between “doesn’t make sense,” “I don’t like it,” or “conflicts with other parts of the text.”

I think you are going in circles and if you want to talk about any specific verses and why you don’t believe them, that’s fine.  I am up to the task, but not interested in your attempts to have a gotcha moment, which is why you keep talking about generalities.[/quote]

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