Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoNot to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??message-squaremessage-square235fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down112
arrow-up1184arrow-down1message-squareNot to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square235fedilink
minus-squarejbrains@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·1 month agoIt made sense to scare people into being reasonable. That was the Old Testament. Once they acted less stupidly, it became safer to let people be as they are. That was the New Testament.
minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIf you think the old testament rules are reasonable ones, I hope you are never in charge of any person, place, organisation or animal.
It made sense to scare people into being reasonable. That was the Old Testament.
Once they acted less stupidly, it became safer to let people be as they are. That was the New Testament.
If you think the old testament rules are reasonable ones, I hope you are never in charge of any person, place, organisation or animal.