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Mormons outraged after Hegseth military policy no longer counts LDS as Christian
(www.independent.co.uk)
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That's what you responded to and you just admitted your original answer was bullshit. They didn't say "Christianity" they said "Jesus."
People dismiss a lot of the Old Testament because it's largely irrelevant since Jesus "died for our sins" and we stopped paying attention to a lot of the laws from back then like wearing clothes of many different types of fibers or men shaving their beards.
As someone who was raised Christian but is an atheist now, but even with all the crazy bullshit I dealt with in the sect I was raised in, the mark of Cain was never connected to race.
But it's dismissed because a lot of the Old Testament literally doesn't matter now. Modern Christian's don't sacrifice lambs to God, because Jesus was the sacrifice for everyone. It's not dismissed by apologists, it's also dismissed by many mainline Christian sects (Catholicism respects the Old Testament more than protestant churches). The Old Testament is the history, and is similar to the Jewish texts it was pulled from, so only the New Testament really matters in the larger picture of Christianity.
I’m not trying to deceive anyone here. I’m also an atheist after being raised evangelical. I allow carry it further in that I’m anti-religion.
I dismiss the entire Bible, not just the OT.
Look man if you want to reddit atheist this shit so you can feel like the most atheist atheist that ever atheist'd, find someone else to act superior to.
You literally lied when you answer the question (the teachings of jesus isn't the same as the whole bible and you fucking know it), and now you're doubling down your answer even though now you're saying you dismiss it all... but earlier it was Christian apologists who dismissed it? Make up your fucking mind and stop jerking yourself off.
The reason I hate other atheists is they do the same shit Christians do by putting themselves on a pedestal for being clever enough to figure out there isn't a god like there aren't fucking millions of us who figured out throughout fucking human history you're not fucking special. We're no better than animals, we're just a bunch of monkeys flinging shit at each other, and we're not more "rational" or "logical" than Christians we're beasts of emotion as well.
So take the attitude and toss it.
Eyyo. Drink some water and have a lie down buddy. You are getting way too worked up over some text on a screen.
What the fuck are you even talking about?! Fuck off.
Girls! You're BOTH going to hell!