# Do the laws of the Old Testament apply to Christians?

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**Created:** [February 25, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-laws-of-the-old-testament-apply-to-christians/530384 "2010-02-25T14:21:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-laws-of-the-old-testament-apply-to-christians/530384/63 "2010-02-26T04:05:48Z")

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> [@Moldy Marshmallows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moldy-marshmallows/59078/14):
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> Not sure how else to deal with this. I am not a scholar in the language…and you defining the passage to mean the exact opposite of what it appears to say.

I think this pretty much says it all. Sorry to waste your time with, you know, scholarship.

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