Ah, the endless debate over slave apologetics.
Something tells me, Steve, that you might be singing a different tune if you had actually been somebody's slave during Bible times. Non-Israelite (foreign) slaves were property for life, so don't even start quoting me rules about letting people go after 6 years. That wouldn't have been a thing for you. Even if you had been a Jew, if your master could tempt you to take a wife from amongst his slaves, he could enslave you for life in the case that you don't want to leave your wife and children for your freedom.
Beyond that, your god says that when you are beaten, care should be taken not to knock out your eyes or teeth. Your master would, of course, be punished if he actually killed you...unless it took you more than a day or two to die. Then it's no longer presumed that the beating is what killed you. Probably some sin in your own life, actually.
American slavery was EXPRESSLY based on this rather savage system, and your god NEVER refutes or amends it in either testament. It is condoned and endorsed throughout the Bible. This means that anti-slavery sentiment defies the alleged word of your god very directly. If non slavery is indeed morally superior to slavery (which you say it is), then humans of today are objectively more moral than whoever wrote the Bible. If your god wrote it, that makes modern humans more moral than your god.
Something tells me, Steve, that you might be singing a different tune if you had actually been somebody's slave during Bible times. Non-Israelite (foreign) slaves were property for life, so don't even start quoting me rules about letting people go after 6 years. That wouldn't have been a thing for you. Even if you had been a Jew, if your master could tempt you to take a wife from amongst his slaves, he could enslave you for life in the case that you don't want to leave your wife and children for your freedom.
Beyond that, your god says that when you are beaten, care should be taken not to knock out your eyes or teeth. Your master would, of course, be punished if he actually killed you...unless it took you more than a day or two to die. Then it's no longer presumed that the beating is what killed you. Probably some sin in your own life, actually.
American slavery was EXPRESSLY based on this rather savage system, and your god NEVER refutes or amends it in either testament. It is condoned and endorsed throughout the Bible. This means that anti-slavery sentiment defies the alleged word of your god very directly. If non slavery is indeed morally superior to slavery (which you say it is), then humans of today are objectively more moral than whoever wrote the Bible. If your god wrote it, that makes modern humans more moral than your god.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
