The bible is repulsive

If you want to become a lawyer, Recognizing small details can be helpful. While you may be trusting the old testament more than the new, There was a significant time gap between them and lots of things happened during that time. I ask you to please take things in context. Because you trust the old testament more than the new, I shall provide some evidence for the new testament. New Testament Accuracy. Eyewitness testimony is often considered the best evidence. The ability for a witness, To tell the truth, Rests in part upon the witness" chronological and geographical nearness to the events. The apostles constantly stressed that they passed both tests: "For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, But we were eyewitnesses of His majesty" (2 Peter 1:16). John wrote, "What was from the beginning, What we have heard, What we have seen with our eyes, What we have looked at and touched with our hands, Concerning the Word of Life " These things we write" (1 John 1:1, 4). Luke reports, "This Jesus God raised up again, To which we are all witnesses" (Acts 2:32). Not only do the apostles claim to be eyewitnesses, Archaeological evidence also supports their chronological and geographical nearness to the events. In painstaking detail, Colin Hemer combed through each verse of Acts to determine just how careful Luke was as a historian. In the final 16 chapters alone, Hemer identified 84 facts that have recently been substantiated through archaeological and historical research. A promising means of dating the Gospels early comes from the work of noted Roman historian, Colin Hemer. He reasons backwards from the Book of Acts to the three Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke). The Book of Acts is about the origin of the Church, With special focus on the ministries of Peter and Paul. The book includes the martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 7:54-60) and James (Acts 12:1-2), But it says nothing of the deaths of Peter and Paul (between A. D. 63-66). Acts also fails to include the accounts of the Jewish war with the Romans (A. D. 66) and the destruction of Jerusalem (A. D. 70). Acts abruptly ends with Paul"s arrest in Rome, Without any resolution to the situation. These are significant events that radically altered the relationship between the Romans and Jews. Not including them would be like writing a history of the U. S. And not including Sept. 11. If we found such a book, We would rightly conclude that it was most likely written prior to September 2001. Similarly, Since Luke, The writer of Acts left out such important events as listed above, It is reasonable to conclude that he wrote Acts before these events took place, Around A. D. 62. Because Luke was written before Acts, And Matthew and Mark likely before Luke, Then the three Synoptic Gospels were written at least before the mid-60s A. D. This span is far shorter than the 400 years that elapsed between Alexander the Great"s death and his first biography. Since the New Testament documents were written within 30 years of the events they record, They are unlikely to be legend. Eyewitnesses would still be around to correct errors, Exaggerations or outright mistakes. Here are some facts Jesus said "If anyone of you is without sin, Let him be the first to throw a stone at her" (John 8:7). In context - a girl had just been caught in the act of adultery, And by way of test, The teachers of the law had put a stone in Jesus' hand. But Jesus did not stone the girl. He told the teachers, With these words, That God is the judge of crimes, Including adultery, And that God alone determines guilt and punishment. So - should we put to death people who sin? NO! Jesus specifically commanded us not to. Jesus goes on to tell us that just as man must learn to forgive, So does God forgive (assuming you believe Jesus was God incarnate), By telling the woman "Neither do I condemn thee: go, And sin no more" after all of the others had left. So perhaps we should judge them. Perhaps we should stick them up at the front of the church, And shout out "This man worked on the Sabbath - condemn him! " Well. . . No. Read Matthew 7:1-5: "Judge not, That ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, Ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, It shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, But considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, Behold, A beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, First cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. " So pretty much, The bible tells us to leave God's law to God, And man's law to man. Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, And render unto God what is God's. Those who live by the sword die by the sword. Peace is the way, The truth, And the life. Love your neighbor as yourself, Even if they are sinners, For it is not the healthy who need a doctor (as opposed to executor), But the sick. This is the word of God.