The new testament is seen as being the less cruel one.
In it, Jesus is seen as the role model for Christians.
However, he is not shy about the natural attraction humans may experience between them (lust):
"If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell."
Even after reading Jesus suggesting mutilation of your own body, people will hide this crazy talk with the metaphor excuse, and how it should not be taken literally. They forget the most important thing there is when reading the Bible: there is no fine print in the Bible stating anywhere what is and what isn't a metaphor.
It should be very obvious to any rational human of the 21st century that feeling attracted to another human is not a strong enough reason to self mutilate. Some would say that is not only cruel advice, but the plain evil kind.
I wonder if Jesus would think I would ever look at the Bible in search of good morality or life lessons after this one.
I would surely prefer to look at any beautiful woman with both eyes and enjoy eyesight together.
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