text: Indeed it is Beans, but I have lost track the number of times I have heard Christians referring to the Old Testament to justify a belief or action. Nor did Christ say his words are to displace previous scripture.
  
  And, of course, there is a major religious group that does not accept the New as scripture). Then again, Christians have spent many centuries persecuting that group despite the generous words of Christ.  
  
  Bottom line, what is known as the Old Testament is full of hate and represents source material for Muslim scripture (an Abrahamic religion).