Tsel, it may have been that the laws have been done away with but not in the sense that the said chritian faith had thought. it is been done away when u're no longer governed by lust that leads to sin & so to curb oneself of such indulgences, one has to submit to laws.

i'm not the right person to speak in this particular subject as i have not enough experience nor knowledge. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" /> however let me use an example, & i hope not to mislead anyone. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

instead of fear of wrongdoing due to the consequences, one changes mindset to love goodness to the point of practice therefore such person has no more need of law to govern as he has no more of the lust or desire to sin & commit wrongdoing which is prohibited by law. so how does one apply law to those who don't ever desire to commit wrongdoing? just like creating laws for vegetarians so they are prohibited to eat meat. pointless.

Jesus is out to create a new mindset for the people. which is why he used the analogy of replacing old cloth with a new one instead of endless patching of the former. law is used to prevent wrongdoing but it doesn't promote goodness. hence christianity; a new faith to promote goodness in a more radical sense.

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