The Lacedaemonians wrote:Hurdegaryp wrote:The Old Testament is a bit of a mess, and that is putting it mildly. Keep in mind that the Old Testament was compiled from a collection of Babylonian mythology, mutilated historical accounts and poetry over the course of centuries.
So why keep it? Why not just junk it?Soldati senza confini wrote:Also, Lot technically didn't impregnate them willingly, if you read Lot's story more carefully. Rather, by today's standards, his daughters pretty much raped him.
What happened to the daughters after then? Are they punished?
Why not junk the new testement. Jesus never preached to christians, or Romans for that matter. He was a Jewish preacher, preaching to jews, in pretty much the same manner of the later jewish prophets.