The Old Testament was given by GOD to show our need for forgiveness and mercy. It is full of laws and rules which show us that we can never be perfect by our own efforts. It is also the prophesy that GOD will come and live in human flesh and pay the ransom for our lives, by bringing eternal forgiveness and mercy to all who are interested in getting out from under the penalty of not complying with the laws that can never be kept by humans. The New Testament is the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophesy. By accepting these truths, we can receive the eternal forgiveness and mercy and experience ETERNAL JOY and SECURITY! This New Testament freedom is not a license to sin. Instead it is such a miracle of freedom that those who experience it just cannot help themselves but to share it with others. When a "conservative christian" points out sin, it is in the same manner that a friend points out to another that a car is about to hit them, or save them from a house on fire, etc. There is ALWAYS FORGIVENESS, MERCY, JOY, SECURITY, AND ULTIMATE FREEDOM!...Anyone who thinks otherwise, is just not listening.

For example-Everyone on this forum knows that I speak out against abortion. The reason is that murder is wrong. For this murder to continue to be "legal", it takes people to stand back and do nothing! However, I have NEVER spoke condemnation to ANYONE who supports abortion or been party to it. As a Christian, I follow both the Old and the New Testaments...Why not? It is the complete book! I am a Christian, but that doesn't make me perfect, and it doesn't give me permission to sin nor does it prevent me from sinning.

200 years ago, men in a room signed a document that has served to make this country the most prosperous and benevolent country in the history of mankind. If that document has kept the place running that well, why not continue to use it as it was intended to be used?