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It should be noted that all of these quotes from the Bible are from the Old Testament, and are rules of the Old Law. Now, I'm not one of those Christians who only thinks we should use the New Testament, because I think the Old Testament is very important and still very applicable to us today, but I do feel that when Christ came, many things were changed. This is the reason Christians don't sacrifice animals, can work on the Sabbath, etc. This lady obviously has not studied the full Bible and is trying to take things out of context in an attempt to discredit the President.
For instance,
Matthew 5:38-42
38 "You have heard that it was said, `AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.' 39 "But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
Also, Acts 10 and 11 are where God tells Peter that it is okay to eat previously unclean animals (the reasons Christians can eat Pork and Jews cannot).
The importance and application of the Old Testament and New Testament has been a much-studied and much-debated issue among Christians, and I really don't want to get into the whole thing, but if anyone has further questions, you can e-mail me or PM me or something.
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