If the old testament laws no longer count, why consider it part of the bible?

Without it, Christians would have no basis for their religion.

Jews do not need Christianity to explain their existence or their origin, but Christians cannot explain their existence without Judaism.

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The Old Testament is the foundation for the New Testament. The laws that were set aside were the rules regarding the Temple (mostly recorded in the book of Leviticus) and the book of the law that Moses wrote just before he died that was placed beside the Ark of the Covenant as a witness against the people (contained in the book of Deuteronomy). The Ten Commandments (including the one on sexual purity) still apply to us today.

Jesus fulfilled the mosaic law covenant here on earth. A covenant is like a contract, once it is fulfilled the contract is ended.

Jesus Christ also gave us two new laws which can be found at Matthew 22:37-40

Its interesting to note that in verse 40 he states: On these two commandments the whole Law hangs

So while the contract is ended with the old law, by following the two commands given at that scripture, all the laws still required to be followed automatically are.

WE are not under the more than 600 laws given to the Isrealites, as Jesus was the end of the law.

Romans 7:6,7. Those laws were given to help the Isrealite nation remain clean both spiritually and physically. They were in a convenant relationship with the Universal Sovereign. They had to be separate from the pagan nations around them. Even tho we do not follow those laws, the principles still apply. Our worship and our lives need to be clean and undefiled to be acceptable to Jehovah God.

The Old Testament is to be abided by until the end of human existence itself. None other than Jesus himself said so:

"It is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for the smallest part of the letter of the law to become invalid." (Luke 16:17)

“For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:18-19)

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest part or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place." (Matthew 5:17)

As you can see, Jesus clearly approves of the vicious Old Testament laws. He hasn’t the slightest objection to the cruelties contained within its pages.

Christians spout about the covenant being "fulfilled" and how the OT "no longer applies" have either been grievously misinformed, or are lying.

The Christian previous Testemant would not sum up our scriptures- they seem to be a bad mistranslation, and compiled version of the Tanakh- it relatively is in Hebrew, is ordered otherwise and has diverse financial ruin and verse breaks (the Christians replaced theirs to regulate meaning and context), diverse e book breaks- and of course is in the unique language without the mistranslations discovered in the Christian scriptures. We nevertheless shop on with them- yet as a results of fact the text cloth notes (and that i'm happy to work out you probably did no longer flow away it out, a brilliant sort of individuals to do to objective and declare those rules are sexist)- those rules word the two to a guy who has a seminal discharge. the only reason they are addresses to women folk individuals initially is using the fact this is a user-friendly occurence with them and not that user-friendly for adult males (properly a minimum of grownup adult males- teenage boys seem to have many unplanned seminal discharges! LOL)

Probably, in the near future, the christians will do away with a father g0d and the OT and follow just jeeeeeezus, because they have no good coherent answer to your question.

The old testament is downplayed, if not ignored by many branches of christianity, but since the NT refers to it, and forms the basis of Jewish and Christian culture, it cannot be completely forgotten or ignored.

Hebrews 8.10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my LAWS into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

people CLAIM paul said the laws are void ... yet this verse is one of paul's ... ???

pauls says : '... saith the Lord; ... '

means God says ... 'I will put my LAWS into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:'

umm ... the law is NOT void ... period.

1 Corinthians Chapter 6

9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.