Yes, you're right. It was hammered into us throughout childhood. Why we had to endure the OT with all its mindless gore + selected Jewish legends has had me puzzled for quite a while. Slowly I've been able to throw those shackles off as the nature of the long game becomes apparent. The so-called Christian Zionists have their heads firmly inserted where the sun don't shine thanks to Scofield's 1917 Bible commentary. The Bible as a whole has spawned all sorts of big religious bu$ine$$e$ & other nefarious organisations. Difficult to see how Zen Buddhism for example could rival that.
Yes, you're right. It was hammered into us throughout childhood. Why we had to endure the OT with all its mindless gore + selected Jewish legends has had me puzzled for quite a while. Slowly I've been able to throw those shackles off as the nature of the long game becomes apparent. The so-called Christian Zionists have their heads firmly inserted where the sun don't shine thanks to Scofield's 1917 Bible commentary. The Bible as a whole has spawned all sorts of big religious bu$ine$$e$ & other nefarious organisations. Difficult to see how Zen Buddhism for example could rival that.