[quote=The Nexerus]
Magnum, you clearly either didn't read or didn't comprehend the post you just replied to. The Jewish laws and customs outlined in the Old Testament have no baring on Christianity, and the story of the Israelites is not an example of how Christians are called to act.Jesus directly contradicts many Old Testament passages. Christianity is the religion of Christ, of Jesus of Nazareth, not Abraham and the Israelites. If a piece of legislation is revised, you cannot defend yourself in court by saying that your actions were in line with the older, now obsolete legislation. The story of the Israelites serves as context for the arrival of Jesus.
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This one seemed to got lost when I was catching up on the pages of posts earlier, so I'll make sure to address this now.

The Old Testament does have baring on Christianity. It is from the Christian God, in the Christian Bible. It is Christian beliefs, laws and customs.

Jesus is what Christianity likes to say it's all about, probably because unlike most Christian characters Jesus was actually a pretty cool and chill guy. That way when Christianity tries to convert people they don't have to deal with the inconvenience of defending insane murderers and rapists, and simply be able to go "Look at Jesus! He was cool". May most of the original Christians been Jewish according to the Bible? Yes. But this is also because Christianity actually came from Jewish Religions which existed longer than Christianity did. :P

As for the whole "If law is revised you can't defend yourself in court with old laws". That isn't the case though, the Bible never actually says to ignore the OT. That's just a commonly believe/accepted claim among the Christian community cause it allows them to conveniently ignore many of Gods barbaric acts, making it easier to defend their god to people and convert people. As far as the Bible/God himself is concerned though, the OT still applies. 

And regardless of that laws we have are made by humans. We revise them because humanity changes, culture changes, we learn from our mistakes. God is all powerful and all knowing. He should never have a need to change his laws or rules, he is completely capable of making a set of rules that can always be followed, or followers always capable of following those rules. If he his what the Bible claims he is, has no need to ever re-write laws, change things or learn from mistakes cause there is nothing to learn or adapt to. He already knows everything, and can do anything.