Which type of Christian is worse?

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The type that cherry picks the bible to suit their agendas

or

The type that believes only the Old Testament is canon.

The one that I highlighted.

"Salad-bar Christians" usually misrepresent the Bible, but they often misrepresent the Bible in the name of LGBT rights or women's rights.

Christians who focus on the Old Testament are rarely pleasant individuals.

This kind is the most entertaining for me. I love they way they get some of thier weaker victims to take them so seriously, then that "victim" gets all wrapped around the axle and hysterical with indignation and/or paranoia.

Key to not being a victim of this type: Don't take little s**t seriously. Get a life and you'll have plenty of things to take seriously. Really, it's not rocket science.

Worry not. I don't take religion seriously in general.

That second type are practitioners of Judaism, collectively referred to as Jewish, not to be confused with the nationality although a significant portion of practitioners of Judaism (likely the vast majority) are in fact Jewish. They don't identify as Christian and would probably take offence to being labeled as such.

I believe the technical term for that first type is Conservatives. I'm not sure if I can decide which is worse.

Taking the Bible literally can be quite a practical issue, because it provides an opportunity for the intolerance of other religions. I hypothesize that people take it literally because they need it to be true, as a confirmation of the afterlife. However, it may also be a social condition that must be met by members of a particular church or family. The Old Testament, I have heard, can be quite brutal. The first two books could be considered stories, or rather epic literature, and the other three as esoteric or practical sayings, or wisdom literature. I believe that Exodus has some atrocities in it; then again back in the day there was no one to prevent groups of people from doing such things to other groups. However, although it is strange how people must defend the awful occurrences in Exodus, I do not think that it is as applicable to everyday life as the last three books of the Old Testament concerning wisdom literature. Therefore I think that it is more likely that people will live their lives according to the last three books of the Old Testament.

That's what I was gonna say.

That the type of Christian who only reads the Old Testament and disregards the New Testament is called a "Jew". Lol!
Such a person couldn't even be called "A Jew for Jesus".

How can someone who disregards the New Testament be classified as a "Christian"? Christ doesn't show up in the old testament, nor anyplace else but the New Testament.

Forgot about that. Let me add the only parts of the New Testament they read are Christ was born, Christ lived his life, Christ was crucified, Christ died for our sins, and Christ was resurrected, the end. They skip straight to Revelation after that.

Okay. That probably is a thing. Christians who ...celebrate Christ's birth, death, and resurrection, but never read a darn thing he ever said in between . Lol!

I have never heard of a christian who only believes in the old testament. The only type of christian that i don't care for are the ones that try to legislate their beliefs and force them onto others. Besides that people can believe whatever they want, it doesn't matter to me.

A Christian who only believes in the Old Testament? Not possible!

The whole basis for the New Testament was Jesus. Without the New Testament, the religion is Judaism.

Which was stated previously.

I accidentally left that out. Read my second post above.

The fake Christians which don't really believe the Bible but just quote "judge not" without any knowledge of Scripture otherwise.

For the sake of sanity, everyone has to be a salad bar Christian to one extent or another. Otherwise we'd believe someone who mixes two different fabrics together is an abomination worthy of death, or we'd be breaking any ceramics touched by a woman during her menses.

I agree that they are all salad bar types, but the more blatant salad bars irritate me more. I have a family member who is related to me who is like a modern Christian type and she is constantly putting down evangelicals, forgetting (even after 24 years) that my in laws are evangelical, and interpret the Bible fairly literally.

Like oh, okay, you’re going to say that gayness is cool, abortion is cool, woman preachers are cool, tolerance of ALL other religions is cool, and wait a minute, why exactly are you calling yourself a Christian again? If you don’t agree with any of its rules why don’t you follow something else? I really don’t get it. It’s taxing to me to have to pretend I do.

They might think other religions are cool---but that Christianity is COOLER.