I think there are so many sectors of religion that everyone just takes the parts that they feel apply to their religion and just use that in their life. I consider myself a religious person, although I would never claim myself to be an expert. I can just go by the teachings I've been following for the past 30 years. Yes, Jesus died for our sins, and praise God that he did. I just don't believe that the New Testament cancels out the Old Testament, so to speak. Jesus forgives us our sins, but it is not a guarantee that all will have a seat on the right hand of God. You must be a believer, and if you truly believe in him then you will cast out your sins. The Ten Commandments were written in the Old Testament. Do they no longer exist? It is very true that God loves the sinner, but not the sin. Jesus befriended Mary Magdelene, even though everyone told her she was no good. He forgave her her sins, but also with the promise that she would "Go and sin no more". That's not to say that we are never gonna sin again, because we are all mortal, and we all do. But I just don't believe if we keep slapping Jesus in the face by committing the same sin over and over and over, when we know that it's wrong, then this shows that we have not taken atonement for ourselves. I'm sure there will be dozens of people here to dispute my beliefs, and that's fine. We all were brought up in our own churches, and I feel that if we are true believers, then what difference does it make that we're different "brand names" so to speak. It's just in my upbringing I don't believe that the Old Testament goes away. Both books are the word of God, and should be cherished. It should be used as a tool to see how man lived when they had no Messiah.