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DrunkCaveman posted...

No, absolutely not. Every church and every pastor has what they think is important to focus on, but the first testament is not put on the back burner as a rule of Christianity

In my experience the general consensus among churches tends to be that the stuff in the OT is IMPORTANT but not what is actually RELEVANT to being a Christian beyond arguably Genesis and possibly David. Even then it's treated as more of backstory and/or examples of what should/shouldn't be done than something essential to the faith. Like they'll point to David and Goliath as an example of what can happen when God is on your side (you go from a shepherd to defeating the strongest warrior of your enemy to becoming King) but it's not like they suddenly forsake their homes for sheep, attack tall people by throwing rocks at them, then expect the Queen of England to name them her successor. The best analogy I can think of is that it's kind of like watching/playing the originals of a series after it's had a reboot. It's important and you can see where at least some of the stuff came from and/or what they are doing with things; but it's not essential. You don't NEED to know everything about Spiderman to enjoy Into the Spiderverse but if you DO you get a lot of the in-jokes, references, knowing what was going on with Penny, and so-forth.

Ultimately, the important things about being a Christian come from the New Testament. Even then technically all that 'matters' is the stuff about Jesus as the things that happened before that are largely about the history of the Hebrews and the things after that are mostly the letters sent out by the disciples/Paul to the various branches of the young faith.

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