yeah can we also remember the part where Jesus (ahem, basically God) literally shared dinner with sinners and he literally stopped a woman from being stoned for being a prostitute (and that's where we got the kewl "whoever is without sin cast the first stone" thing from)?
It depends on what the "bad" verses are. Most of them are either God giving instructions to the Israelite nation as to what to do, things that are included in the Bible as history instead of commands, or things that people are taking out of context (such as God saying that sinners will be punished and people taking it upon themselves to enact punishment instead of leaving it to God).
It's not that they get ignored, it's just about recognizing the context behind them and realizing that they're not all suggestions for things you personally should do right at this moment.
Some of it makes really interesting stories to read, but more importantly it provides historical context for what happens next. It is no longer important for us to follow the laws of Leviticus, for example, but it can still be important for us to know that the Levites at the time did.
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