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Thanks for your inquiry. I just work with what Jesus taught and that is in the New Testament. That is why I am telling the author of this book to focus on the words of Jesus. The Jews had the Old Testament before Jesus and look what it did for them.

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I see, so are you one that says the old testament no longer applies? As I can accept that, it was an often held belief of early christians including Marcion.

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That is correct, the only thing worthwhile about the Old Testament now is the stories of how the prophets and people of the time persevered. We are not meant to follow the ways of the Old Testament. This is why I am saying to the author that Jesus saves so he does not need to flog a dead horse.

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Saved, I'll ask you again in a different way, if the Old Testament is just a "dead horse" to you, then why do you get so upset if I want to "flog" it? My guess is you haven't read nearly all of my book, but you want to tell me how wrong I am. If you're interested in the final outcome of the book I can arrange for you to buy a copy, but till you read the whole book, I would like to invite you to go play in somebody elses back yard. I spent 14 years researching and writing, so I have no doubt at all, not even a shred of doubt, that I am right.

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I am not upset at all. I just joined this community and no, I have not read your book, but I have read the Bible and so I am sharing my thoughts about what I know about it. Telling me to play somewhere else is really rude. Isn't this a place for discussion? Just because you don't like to know that Jesus can save you want to persecute me for it? You must be a really unhappy soul, do not worry though, I am not scared off so easily and I will pray for you.

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All Bible quotes are from the Douay-Catholic Bible

Then God came to Abimalech in a dream and told him he was going to die for taking Sara. When Abimalech protested, God told him,

Abraham and Sara both lied, and God said nothing. But because of the lies and problems they caused, and even after God told Abimalech, he knew he had done this with a sincere heart, God closed the wombs of Abimelech's household! Why? What possible reasoning would make God punish a man He had admitted was
innocent? But while you"re puzzling over that question, let's not forget the flocks, and servants, and land Abraham had taken from a Pharaoh and a king. Was it planned? We"ll never know. Too bad Abimelech didn't know the Pharaoh! He could have saved himself a lot of trouble.

God helped Sara create a widow and an orphan when she saw Isaac and Agar's son playing together and ordered Abraham to cast out the slave girl. And once more Abraham bowed to Sara's desire. He got rid of the slave girl that SHE gave to him as a wife to have children with, only this time she was taking his son with her. But God told Abraham,

In other words, Agar and her son are of little consequence, since Isaac is the
chosen one anyway.

But wait! In the very next book of the Bible, God is passing out laws. And in the Social Laws section he says,

Once again, It's all right if God does it, but man no longer dares!

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All Bible quotes are from the Douay-Catholic Bible

Abraham's brother's wife bore eight sons to Nahor. But, ....

We already know God gave his blessing to sex with multiple wives and children by
Egyptian slaves. Now God approves of concubines.

Another opportunity to increase Israel's numbers. God approved of wives and concubines, but when it was time for Abraham to pass on his possessions to his heirs, the concubines were sent away with only presents for the children.

Ever heard the old saying, "The acorn doesn't fall far from the tree?" Isaac made it obvious that his father taught him well! He feared to call Rebecca his wife, so he, like his father, lied. Like father, like son.

In those days it was not unusual to marry two women at a time.

Men must have been in short supply. .

Isaac instructed Jacob carefully not to marry a Chanaanite woman, then told him to go find a wife among close blood relatives.

But two chapters later God said,

Multiple wives, sex with slaves, concubines, and now incest. Is anything all right as long as it builds the population numbers?

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For those readers who have not read "Mousetrails" I went back close to the front of the book and copied some passages that will give you a better idea where I came from as I researched and wrote the book.
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I have had great praise for the way I made the Old Testament understandable and my work has been called "insignificant little mousetrails" and "trash." I've heard it all, so please don't jump on this thread tell me I'm angry and try to "save" me.