Agreed. But its not surprising given that according to the Pew trusts survey, (http://www.pewforum.org/U-S-Religious-Knowledge-Survey.aspx), on the average evangelicals and mainline protestants had very poor knowledge of other religious beliefs. According to the summary, "Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons perform better than other groups on the survey even after controlling for differing levels of education."
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 3:24 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's just poor education... > On May 1, 2013 3:23 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > that's why I referenced Christian rather than other religions. But that > > said, the assumption applies and doesn't apply depending on the bible > > quoter's point of view. For instance recently I was in an online debate > on > > same sex marriage. Amazing how many Christians in that forum cited > > Leviticus and other OT sections on homosexuality. Then when the grace > part > > was brought up, it was claimed it didn't apply. > > > > > > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Those of Jewish faith don't consider the New Testament to be > scriptural. > > > The teachings of Jesus in the New Testament state that we now are > living > > > under grace, not under the Jewish law of the Old Testament. > > > > > > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > that said, you have to take the bible as a whole rather than into OT > > and > > > NT > > > > when comparing it to other religious works. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363192 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
