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why do dissenter types like to "shrink" God's word to the few words of Jesus?

Have you ever noticed the tactics...
"the old testament is well, old..we don't need to follow it anymore".
Did Jesus say x, y or z Himself....dismissing the other books of the New Testament?

This article is an example of shrinking Jesus, the Word of God.

Sad, but too common. 

There is of course a very selfish reason why people seek to "shrink" the Word of God...it "expands" their room for sin.