AJ,

What silly bit of apologetics?

I was merely giving Toni an answer to his question; have you got anything to say about my opening sentence, "Every word of the Qur'an is binding on Muslims but the whole of the Bible is not binding on Christians."?

"Every word of the Qur'an is binding on Muslims but the whole of the Bible is not binding on Christians."

For that to be true, Is Mise, you would need to ignore Matthew 5:17-18 which is one of those pesky bits of the New Testament wherein Jesus is quoted as saying it.

Unless you think Jesus is wrong?

[For the Pauline scholars/apologists note that Jesus could not have been referring to any New Testament writings or ascriptions 'cause they hadn't happened; so lots of jots and tittle fiddling to be found there!]

Josephus, I think the easiest way to start to sort the True Aussie sheep from the Islamist goats would be to enable same-sex marriage in order to show how there is no support for sharia-type laws and its fellow travelers.

Is Mise: "Every word of the Qur'an is binding on Muslims but the whole of the Bible is not binding on Christians."?

Or Christians just do their own thing anyway & ignore any parts that aren't Politically Correct nowadays. That's something moslems are forbidden to do, or else. Peer pressure & bullying at it's absolute worst.

AJP: The New Testament does not override the Old Testament. The New Testament.

I was taught at a good Catholic School that that's exactly what Jesus is supposed to have done & that the New Testament was the Replacement to the Old Testament. The Old Testament could be referred to as a guide only, as is the Apocrypha & the Apocalypse.

poirot: You might like to note that while slavery was being abolished - and citing Christian principles as the catalyst - that a hoard of industrialists, factory, mill and mine owners were at the time busily exploiting the workforce of the British Isles.

Deflection.

How did you get on with your dinner, poirot? Answer any of my questions?

Is Mise,

I thought you were hinting at what I had addressed in my comment that I linked to. Like the Koran, however, every word of the Bible (contradictions and all) is binding on Christians. Secularism has simply forced Christianity to behave otherwise and be more and more creative with their interpretations in order to survive.

Jayb,

Of course you were taught that. So was I. That's because most Christians haven't actually read the Bible beyond the odd verse here and there. I even remember believing that myself. But I made the mistake of reading and studying the Bible when I became a Youth Group leader.

Jayb,

I read the bottom of your post..."Deflection"

Which, of course, is BS...

I was replying to Josephus and his fatuous comment implying that the "Christians" in Britain were sweetness and light - when they were presiding over degrading and cruel practices concerning the domestic population.

So mind yer own beeswax....

As for discussing your claptrap at our dinner...you've got to be joking...I'm not even cognizant of the content of those posts...(coz I didn't read them:)

AJ,

Every word of the Bible is not binding on Christians for in the New Testament Jesus gives Peter and his successors the power to change things.

I doubt that any Christians have ever felt a divinely ordained obligation to get the childless widow of their brother pregnant.