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Originally Posted by awareness
So Lee found cognitive dissonance between "Lord, avenge me of my enemies" and "Jesus" with "Love your enemies?"
He's certainly not the first to "discover" this cognitive dissonance between, actually, the Old Testament and the New Testament. This goes back to the early Gnostics. And it goes back to Marcion (c.85 – c.160), who completely dismissed the OT because of such cognitive dissonance.
I bring up the possible pagan sources for some of the Psalms for this reason. I contend that at least the Psalms that have pagan sources is not likely inspired of God. Unless, like the pagan Melchizedek (Genesis 14), God can inspire thru pagans. Which I admit is a possibility.
But still, it is hard for us to deal with the cognitive dissonance we find between Jesus and some of the OT. Most of us just gloss over it, and dismiss it in our mind.
Lee did it openly.
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Talk about cognitive dissonance! Poof. You just blew my mind. How can there be "cognitive dissonance between Jesus who said of God that He "loved His enemies" and the God of the OT?
Matt
5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
5:45
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
5:47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.