Letter

In response to Five books the Bible could do without

The vengeful god on full display in Palestine

As a long lapsed Christian, whose limited knowledge comes from his teens growing up in a Protestant household, I’ve long been unable to understand the significance of the Old Testament and why the teachings of Christ don’t always trump the teachings in the Old Testament.

The Old Testament is the foreword setting the scene for what is to come.

In Palestine, the foreword has become the text and it is time for Christians to distribute the loaves and fishes, put an end to all the smiting, and stop facilitating the smiting in an attempt to fast-track the second coming hoping to benefit their own capitalist false gods.

— Bob Pearce from Adelaide SA