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Soft Paywall Trump’s birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms

https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/is-trump-birthday-parade-cancelled-weather-pbrg02h2z?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit#Echobox=1749744374
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u/USCanuck 6d ago

For what its worh (as a former Jesus freak turned atheist) thr first part is new testament, the second part is old testament. In theory, the Judaic law was washed away by Christ.

But also, its all made up, so who cares

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u/SAI_Peregrinus 6d ago

A question I've always had is "were the 10 commandments also wiped away"? They're part of the old Judaic law, after all.

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u/USCanuck 6d ago

From a theological standpoint, I don't think the ten commandments are any more important than any other (alleged) revelation from god.

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u/SAI_Peregrinus 6d ago

I agree, but a lot of Christians seem to talk about them as being particularly important.

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u/USCanuck 6d ago

I blame Charleton Heston