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Marcion said the God of the Old Testament was evil and not the same as the God of the New Testament
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 15146129:MV8xOTI3OTAzXzMyMjg1NjUyXzRDNDMxQ0VD] [quote:wildhoney:MV8xOTI3OTAzXzMyMjg1NjA2XzM2NTkyQ0Iw] From link:According to Marcion, the god of the Old Testament, whom he called the Demiurge, the creator of the material universe, is a jealous tribal deity of the jewish people, whose law represents legalistic reciprocal justice and who punishes mankind for its sins through suffering and death. Contrastingly, the god that Jesus professed is an altogether different being, a universal god of compassion and love who looks upon humanity with benevolence and mercy [/quote] You missed the entire point of the old testament. In a very fundamental way. Wow. Even without the book of Enoch, the message is still discernible, if you have eyes to see and all that. Sure, it's ethnocentric but seriously if you can't see past that it's your fault. Oh well, the fucked up part about knowing how the future goes is that you know you can't change it (or would even want to). But read about the wheat, or the brides maids, or the fig tree and tell me again about Jesus being all nice. You are dead fucking wrong, pal. [/quote]
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Study of the Jewish Scriptures, along with received writings circulating in the nascent Church (the majority of which were eventually incorporated into the New Testament canon) led Marcion to conclude that many of the teachings of Jesus were incompatible with the actions of the god of the Old Testament, Yahweh. Marcion responded by developing a dualist system of belief around the year 144.
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