2. You're actually right, I'm wasting my time with the Bible examples. It was supposed to be an attempt (and a ham-fisted one too) to show that believers today decide what is kept and what is discarded based on convenience and whatever it is that people still feel uncomfortable about, which IMO weakens the bible's "pitch" of being the infallible word of God, so to speak. of course, the arrival of Jesus after the events of the old testament makes it easier for people to be lax with their longstanding laws without feeling guilty about it, but i could argue that a lot of commandments Jesus himself left to his followers are largely ignored, including the good ones. and usually the same people who have abandoned these commandments are also the ones who strongly hold onto the old testament laws concerning homosexuality.
god's covenant with moses, of course, is something i expected believers to take as an important agreement, along with the various laws and commandments given to the israelites. christians with definitely go with the new covenant with jesus as a valid reply to no longer observing jewish law, but here are verses which i believe should be examined:
Matt. 5:17-19
what troubles me is that he in fact does not do this in many other parts of the gospels:
John 7:53-8:11
Mark 2:23-27
Luke 11:37-38 (you can read up to the end of the chapter if you'd like)
now you can definitely say jesus was god incarnate, and that he could do whatever it is he wants since he is god, but my personal view on this is that if i cannot count on a person (or god, for that matter) to do as he says on little things, then i cannot trust him with anything.