You can also just make something up and then say that Jesus totally would have agreed. That works too.

From supply side, to prosperity, to anything else you can dream up and it's right there for your convenience. Rather than having to actually supply facts and reason to support your assertions you just play the Jesus trump card and not only are you absolved from the responsibility of argument, you have a position that is nonarbitrable.

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As times and circumstances change, certain beliefs that we hold dear many no longer be valid.

But as someone who considers themselves to be a Christian, I hope that my core beliefs will continue to hold some value:

Love and respect for others

Care for the poor, the hungry, the suffering, the lonely, or anyone in need

That being said, I also fully realize that such beliefs are not exclusive to Christians or to followers of any religion.

Anyway, just my thoughts on this - thank you for posting!

Wishing you well and peace.

Tim

They are also almost universally ignored by most societies. More's the pity.

they're bronze and iron-age solutions that are totally pointless in an Information-Age society.

I mean, that's the attitude people had 1000 years ago, we're more evolved than them.

Except that while a lot of things have changed, people haven't much. They just pride themselves on assuming that they must be the pinnacle of creation (or a telic version of evolution). That means insights, even those 3000 years old, are still valid.

...they are tenacious.

They remain worthy only upon recursive and skeptical inspection.

They are behavioral issues common to humans of every era.