Luke 14:26? Sums up that religion in one quote, directly from the man himself.

See ? I told you it made perfect sense. But don't worry, they ignore a lot of stuff in the Old testament too. Not the smiting and wrathing ,vengeance-y stuff tho' Pick n choose, whichever is convenient, whenever it is necessary. When challenged claim persecution. ....But I am a bit biased.

Yeah, the old testament actually speaks to abortion on how to & why ... and when life begins. Take in a breath and you'll know the answer. ~ Credit to a couple christian blogs.

Never read the bible. I do like to listen to & see in print some of Jesus' philosophies. I also believe, if he did in fact live, he was a philosopher/teacher to all he encountered. Not a messiah. Some of his words parallel Buddha's sayings. ~ The book 'Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings'