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Animalman said:
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Pariah said:
And that devotion requires belief. Belief not based only on faith, but also understanding.



Belief and understanding.....in Christ. Not necessarily the Bible. The two aren't the same thing.

Infact, if I recall correctly, Jesus elaborated on and even revised certain parts of the Bible, including the Ten Commandments, which(according to Mark) he compressed into two simpler and more general ideas:

1.Love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul

2.Love your neighbor as yourself



Really? Can you elaborate on where exactly he elaborated? Because I never actually heard that before.

And Animalman, the Bible is Christ's teachings, it's God's teachings, so it would be the equivilant.

Also, those two quotes (which I can't exactly vouch for myself) don't sum up or "acronymize" the Ten Commandments nor do they add on/revise the old testament in any way.