RE: Let's try this again...

Tucker Miller responds to Steve:

Since when is the Hebrew Bible not a part of the bible used by Christians? If it is irrelevant, then there should be no argument by Christians for opposing gay-marriage, we should disregard all Ten Commandments, etc.

Fundamentalism is a disease on all religions, that occurs when a religion is being threatened. It happened to Islam starting in the 14th century- coinciding with the decline of the Muslim empires. So, over the last several centuries Islam moved from being a progressive religion ( Islam was much more a proponent of women's' rights in the 1300's than was Christianity; and more then than it is now) to being one of the most repressive. It is over simplifying matters to say that Muslims kill infidels ... FUNDAMENTALIST Muslims kill infidels.

On the home front... Throughout American history Christianity has seen a relatively steady decline in the number of churchgoers -this decline became even more rapid during the 20th century. As a result of this perceived, or very real, threat against the religion, fundamentalism in Christianity is on a sharp incline. (We are actually debating evolution vs. Creationism again.)
If reasonable Christians don't want to walk down the treacherous path of fundamentalism, church leaders should not focus on social mores taught in the Hebrew bible (aka the OLD TESTAMENT), but instead focus on the New Testament (and what Jesus SAID as opposed to who he was).

(Steve- I'm not a preacher or Sunday school teacher, but I believe the section on Holy and Just wars is in Joshua.)