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Didn’t Jesus say he was the new covenant therefore ignore all the ancient laws and follow Jesus? Jesus himself is unworthy if you follow the Old Testament
Matthew 5, 18:
In short: Nope.
In practice, Christians don't think this means all old testament laws remain in force literally. That's a contradiction when they want to use literalism elsewhere, but that's not most Christians.
If they aren't ripping apart a pigeon and lighting it on fire on a rock after touching any wild game meat, then they're not a true Christian.
What defines "true Christian" for you? Can he put sugar on his porridge?
Someone that follows the instructions of the book they believe in, where the book says to follow Every instruction.
Of course they don't, cause that would be uncomfortable. I know, cause I used to think the same way before ridding myself of faith.
That sounds like something of a thought terminating cliche. I think it's at once simpler and more complicated.
Simpler because most Christians don't think overly much about their beliefs and believe their church's doctrine. More complicated because many do, and those that do think way beyond what's "comfortable". Scholarship going back millennia had dispelled - for scholars - any notion of biblical inerrancy, never mind literalism. For those who don't believe the Bible's plain reading is all true, there is no discomfort here - it would be a supreme arrogance to accuse minds such as Anselm, Augustine and Aquinas of merely believing whatever feels comfortable.
That doesn't mean they're right obviously, but you can do better than such dismissal.