From: Gene McAloon 

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:53:02 -0400, James Adams  wrote:

>That has always struck me as odd.  Being raised RC the emphasis was
>always on the NT and the Epistles.  Fundamentalist talk about Jesus as
>savior but seem to take their philosophy from the OT.  Guess it's
>somewhat like a cafeteria or Chinese restaurant.

The fundamentalist/OT marriage is one of convenience. For example, if you
don't like evolution because of what it says about man's connections with
lower life forms, you can always cite Genesis.  That explains why
fundamentalists are so insistent on a literal reading of the OT.

But the price they pay for that is that the literal reading makes
fundamentalists look like fools.

Gene

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