(June 28, 2016 at 11:03 pm)SteveII Wrote:(June 28, 2016 at 10:56 pm)RetiredArmy Wrote: I understand you think slavery can be useful to prevent suffering. That's really fucked-up strange backwards thinking, but you go with that. Do you think this applies today? If I find you starving on the street, do I get to keep you as my slave for feeding you and keeping you from dying? I'm guessing (and hoping) you'll say no. If it's wrong today, it was wrong then. Morality is not a sliding scale based on the year or how many wars are being fought, or if people knew where the sun went at night. But forget about people, we're talking about the word of your god. He (and you, apparently) condones slavery in your holy book. Basic human condition, human suffering, is the basis of morality, not some god that doesn't exist, and not people like you who think slavery is ok in certain conditions.
No, I do not think slavery is okay today. Why the difference? Our society has the capacity to find better solutions.
Better than God then.
