IIRC, the position of the Catholic Church is that the death and resurrection of Jesus fulfilled the Covenant and freed humans from the obligation to live according to the Jewish law of the Old Testament. In other words, sometimes the blind spots are explicitly acknowledged and handwaved away instead of being overlooked.
Good point. Protestants also say that. Although note that Christians sometimes cite Old Testament commandments as if they still applied today. Even “Be fruitful and multiply”, which was just for Adam & Eve. Also note that for many years the Catholic Church demanded obedience to the commandment not to charge interest on loans, which is an Old Testament commandment. Ironically, primarily (only?) Jews charged interest on loans.
Well, the command not to charge interest on loans in the Old testament was only within your own people: e.g. a Jew shouldn’t charge interest from a fellow Jew, but he could charge interest from non-Jews as much as he liked.
Now, the Christians view themselves as the “new chosen people”, so they couldn’t charge interest from each other, so the banking system had to be performed by Jews, who could—in clean conscience and following their religious beliefs—loan/charge interest from non-Jews(Christians).
In short, the whole “irony” is lost once you actually study the specific commandments and the historical context of the described situation.
IIRC, the position of the Catholic Church is that the death and resurrection of Jesus fulfilled the Covenant and freed humans from the obligation to live according to the Jewish law of the Old Testament. In other words, sometimes the blind spots are explicitly acknowledged and handwaved away instead of being overlooked.
Good point. Protestants also say that. Although note that Christians sometimes cite Old Testament commandments as if they still applied today. Even “Be fruitful and multiply”, which was just for Adam & Eve. Also note that for many years the Catholic Church demanded obedience to the commandment not to charge interest on loans, which is an Old Testament commandment. Ironically, primarily (only?) Jews charged interest on loans.
Well, the command not to charge interest on loans in the Old testament was only within your own people: e.g. a Jew shouldn’t charge interest from a fellow Jew, but he could charge interest from non-Jews as much as he liked.
Now, the Christians view themselves as the “new chosen people”, so they couldn’t charge interest from each other, so the banking system had to be performed by Jews, who could—in clean conscience and following their religious beliefs—loan/charge interest from non-Jews(Christians).
In short, the whole “irony” is lost once you actually study the specific commandments and the historical context of the described situation.
Is this an example of Lampshade Hanging?
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging
Maybe closer to an attempted conversion from Fridge Logic into Fridge Brilliance.