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Wendy - One of the reasons I prefer the New Testament, is because it is about the New Covenant, whereas the Old Testament is about The Law. Thank God for the new. Jo Ann On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:52:30 -0500 Wenwolf <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Ray: I agree - the bible is difficult to read and is subject to > interpretation. However, you must have been reading the old > testament. > The new testament is more about love and forgiveness, and less about > violence. Unfortunately, it is still difficult to read and > understand, > and still subject to interpretation, as is all communication. > > Wendy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of rayilynlee > Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 2:05 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Bible- caution -religious. > > The Bible never did make any sense to me when I first read it at age > 6, > it > still doesn't. It reflects a tribal, angry, smiting, jealous God > that > I > just can't identify with. maybe that 'identification" is the key to > belief. > All those hairy, begatting guys just don't appeal to me as the last > word. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn