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Meshuga

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Wed Aug-15-07 08:34 AM
Response to Reply #6

7. I understand ...

...and appreciate the work of progressive Christians. That's not what's in question.

I even understand Jesus saying "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil" afterall, he was a Jew.

But the Ten Commandments are part of the covenant of the Jews. It's not a Christian obligation to follow. So what is the conservative Christian explanation for emphasizing the Ten Commandments so much? Perhaps the "Jesus Seminar" you mentioned has a FAQ about these issues somewhere.

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Are Christians bound to follow the Ten Commandments?	MrWiggles	Aug-15-07 07:04 AM	#0
For Republicans it's a multiple choice test with no wrong answers...	rfranklin	Aug-15-07 07:09 AM	#1
They do move to the New book and not bad to try and live	izzie	Aug-15-07 07:09 AM	#2
But are those the right rules?	moggie	Aug-15-07 09:12 AM	#10
I guess the 'Golden rule' would be what I would want.	izzie	Aug-15-07 11:53 AM	#11
Does it really specify "Sunday" in the ten commandments?	Boojatta	Aug-17-07 10:06 AM	#19
What does modern, secular, international law have to do with	uberllama42	Aug-17-07 10:30 AM	#20
moggie asked whether or not the 10 commandments are	Boojatta	Aug-17-07 10:41 AM	#21
Why are you so defensive?	uberllama42	Aug-17-07 12:44 PM	#22
The connection is the demands of justice.	Boojatta	Aug-17-07 01:54 PM	#25
You ask a provocative question but one answer is found in Matthew 5:17-20 (KJV).	jody	Aug-15-07 07:11 AM	#3
But there are other answers as well	MrWiggles	Aug-15-07 07:19 AM	#4
I agree re other answers. Believers face a dilemma when trying to resolve conflicting biblical	jody	Aug-15-07 07:43 AM	#6
I understand ...	MrWiggles	Aug-15-07 08:34 AM	#7
Gee, you raise interesting questions. From a purely Christian perspective, I find the parable at	jody	Aug-15-07 08:52 AM	#9
I was going to mention the Jesus Seminar	Az	Aug-16-07 08:19 AM	#18
And yet, how many Christians observe the Sabbath?	TechBear_Seattle	Aug-15-07 12:56 PM	#12
Perhaps the Seventh Day adventists?	MrWiggles	Aug-15-07 03:21 PM	#15
7th day Christians are a very, very small minority	TechBear_Seattle	Aug-15-07 05:06 PM	#16
Remembering back to my Methodist roots	ayeshahaqqiqa	Aug-15-07 07:32 AM	#5
Wow. What a silly question, MrWiggles!	iamahaingttta	Aug-15-07 08:49 AM	#8
no, not bound to follow	Cheap_Trick	Aug-15-07 01:45 PM	#13
I think there is a political/tactical rather than theological answer	HamdenRice	Aug-15-07 01:54 PM	#14
Yes, but Jesus summarized them by saying that	DemBones DemBones	Aug-16-07 06:29 AM	#17
Jesus said	cosmik debris	Aug-17-07 12:58 PM	#23
And he doesn't just say the Ten Commandments	uberllama42	Aug-17-07 02:33 PM	#26
Many people believe, including me, that the Ten Commandments	heidler1	Aug-17-07 01:52 PM	#24
New book, new rules	Dragonbreathp9d	Aug-17-07 03:40 PM	#27

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