Last Will And Testament-Will And Testament

California Guy asked:


I’m a philosophy student doing some personal religious insight. I’m about to go digging around in other religions for moral truths and ideas rather than finding the “True God,” which is of no interest to me. I’ve heard that the Old Testament and the Torah have many similarities, after all, one sprang from the other, but if the Torah is exactly the same as the OT, then why bother looking at it, right? So I’m just wondering, exactly how similar are the two texts?

Joe Cousins

Ouma Boumba asked:


Can I finish it in one day?

Lyndon Leming

Happykid asked:


It seems like the Old Testament is included when it’s convenient and “not under the new law” anymore when it’s not.

So what’s the deal? Does the Old Testament matter to Christians or not? If not, why read it at all? Why reference it ever?

Bee Belle

Giving a helping-hand asked:


There are so many things that we apply from the Bible in itself. But when does somebody know when something from the Old Testament doesn’t apply and when it does? For example, if i killed somebody-i should get killed (eye for an eye)-but that would be UnChristian right? But people still Tithe. Where’s the limit and why is the limit there?
Yeah I agree with the comments about not being obligated to give(tithe). So the Old Testament applies to our lives as long as the New Testament does intervene on a certain subject? For example, the NT doesn’t prohibit Bestiality, but the OT does. So since the NT doesn’t mention anything in terms of ********** or changes the view on it, it is proper to still hold the OT perspective on the subject, right?
Revised: Yeah I agree with the comments about not being obligated to give(tithe). So the Old Testament applies to our lives as long as the New Testament **DOESN’T** intervene on a certain subject? For example, the NT doesn’t prohibit Bestiality, but the OT does. So since the NT doesn’t mention anything in terms of ********** or changes the view on it, it is proper to still hold the OT perspective on the subject, right?
I agree! I’ve been reading the Bible and I’m on Exodus right now, I am really eager to find out so many things by meditating on all that I read!
Yeah CJ, I know we’re not under OT laws, but we still learn a lot about God, and we get the idea of things he hates. Jesus did say those 2 commandments were the greatest, and those 2 commandments SUMMARIZE all there is to do. For example, if we love our neighbor, we won’t kill him. And if we love God, we’ll obey Him… I agree that we are not obligated under the law of the OT…

Jonathan Maditz

aaron w asked:


I need an outline of the New Testament.
By books and chapters would be great.

Does anyone know where I can find one?

Scott Blain

Father Guido asked:


The entire New Testament is written from the perspective of a small cult that had no belief, or even concept, that they would actually succeed

It was such an impossibility in their minds, that the only thing they could imagine was the destruction of the entire world (what they knew of it) and a small band of motley believers who escape the end because of their faith.

The fact that their religion would actually be accepted by Rome and become dominant is never even hinted at, except in the ‘End of the World’ scenarios, and only after Jesus came back.

Poor planning if you ask me, and not very prophet like.
Mark,1011…those are POST return scenarios.
Old Testament quotes mean nothing. They were not written by Christians.

Every knee shall bow, etc is not a prediction of the success of Christianity in Rome, it is a scenario where Rome is destroyed and Jesus returns. That did not happen, unless you have different history books.

Brooks Finan

dance4ballet asked:


Why was the new testament written AFTER Jesus died. Are there any first hand account gospels? If not, then isn’t the new testament a secondary source, making it unreliable?

Ellsworth Westermark

Fast Pace asked:


Can I hand write and notarize it. Its enough?

Carey Skweres

footlooser asked:


I’m doing a project on the marriage sacrament and I’m supposed to find its roots in the New Testament. I need to know origins of the marriage sacrament in the new testament. I have no idea where or what the origin is.

Tyson Warney