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<blockquote data-quote="clirus" data-source="post: 54448254" data-attributes="member: 74919"><p>How do you reconcile these statements with the instruction of God?</p><p></p><p>Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 1 Samuel 15:3</p><p></p><p>I reconcile the New and Old Testament by the Three Levels of Action</p><p></p><p>I believe the Bible teaches all things should be dealt with by the following three levels of action;</p><p>1) If it is good - accept it and nourish it.</p><p>2) If it is evil - rebuke it but tolerate (neither help not hurt) it.</p><p>3) If it threatens your existence - destroy it before it destroys you. This is self defense, which both the individual and society have a right and responsibility to do.</p><p></p><p>The first two are from the New Testament of the Bible and represent the Law of Love. The third is from the Old Testament of the Bible and represents the Law of Purity/Self Defense. The New Testament deals more with personal responsibility and the Old Testament deals more with the preservation of society. The Old Testament and the New Testament together present God's Law, a means of survival for a person, a nation and a world. </p><p></p><p>Also, I believe the New Testament is instruction of how Christians are to deal with fellow Christians and very little to do with how Christians are to deal with Atheists.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="clirus, post: 54448254, member: 74919"] How do you reconcile these statements with the instruction of God? Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 1 Samuel 15:3 I reconcile the New and Old Testament by the Three Levels of Action I believe the Bible teaches all things should be dealt with by the following three levels of action; 1) If it is good - accept it and nourish it. 2) If it is evil - rebuke it but tolerate (neither help not hurt) it. 3) If it threatens your existence - destroy it before it destroys you. This is self defense, which both the individual and society have a right and responsibility to do. The first two are from the New Testament of the Bible and represent the Law of Love. The third is from the Old Testament of the Bible and represents the Law of Purity/Self Defense. The New Testament deals more with personal responsibility and the Old Testament deals more with the preservation of society. The Old Testament and the New Testament together present God's Law, a means of survival for a person, a nation and a world. Also, I believe the New Testament is instruction of how Christians are to deal with fellow Christians and very little to do with how Christians are to deal with Atheists. [/QUOTE]
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