Does Jesus claim to support that tyrant though and its beliefs? His teachings are quite different. I guess I was being generous, for me I totally disregard Jesus and the OT god too. Its simpler.
You seem to imagine that your truth is the only truth. Hence, you continually have people here actively cease discussion with you because there is really no wiggle room in your views. Its like talking to a brick wall. You don't wish to discuss but impose your certainty on others. Its pretty tiresome. Here's a thought; maybe you're wrong? Maybe you've been tricked into supporting an evil god. If its the OT god, you are supporting petty evil.
The OT god seems remarkably jealousy and childish, with intensely human concerns. It makes me think this god is really just a construct of humans.
Jesus incarnated through the line of David, meaning He was a Jew in observance of the torah, or law of YHVH, more importantly, Jesus also gives praise, glory and honor to YHVH as the only living God, so according to your statement, you should have nothing but criticism for Christ. Most of what Christ teaches is found in the OT, but you have to invest time and study to know this, otherwise you have an incomplete view of the biblical canon.
There is only one truth that all truth is contingent on, so to be specific, and I am not lying, yes, I know the Truth, and that Truth is Christ Jesus, the foundation of our reality. That doesnt mean there arent other truths, just that there are no truths that exist that challenge this fundamental Truth and that fundamental Truth, is Christ. As to whether Im wrong or not, I obviously do not believe I am, nor do I have a reason to think I am, the evidence of what Christ does in my life is that profound, to think I could be wrong would be contrary to my faith. Thats like saying the sun might not actually rise in the morning. I have faith the sun will rise and no reason to think it wont.
But something you should have noticed about me.. I never claim to be able to prove anything to anyone, Im here sharing my understanding. While Im certainly not the only one here expressing my 'truth', Ive noticed alot of others here doing the same, yet its only a problem when I do, specifically on the topic of Jesus, which I find interesting.
I used to have alot of the same hostile views towards the bible, and even less nice things to say about Jesus, you guys are actually pretty nice compared to the person I was, but that was before Christ made the impact on my life that he did, I used to call Christians close minded, but it was me who was close minded. I think alot of Christians are arrogantly attacking people who dont believe as they do, which makes my life a bit harder because when I do share my understanding of Christ, its with people who have been victimized by bad examples of Christians.
Talking about Christ here might net me some criticism, but I honestly have more 'enemies' in the pulpits, men who claim to follow Christ, but live otherwise..