RE: Easy arguments against the Bible, and religion as a whole
January 2, 2012 at 12:49 am
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2012 at 12:52 am by chi pan.)
padraic Wrote:Are you arguing that it's moral to OWN another human as property,like say a horse, as long as he is treated humanely?
at the time of the bible, it was like having a job and people would sell themselves for a temporary amount of time for money. they had laws against mistreatment of their slaves. they weren't ever treated as subhuman or if they were it was by the select few (just as people today mistreat their children dispite child protection laws). it was a way for them to make money even though they didn't have land as their job market did not have many options. so it was not wrong to own slaves but today we have a diverse job sector so we have no need for it.
SleepingDemon Wrote:I wonder how Job's slaves and sons felt about dying so that miserable invisible douchebag could win a bet.
God takes people when he wants them but that does not take away from their rewards or their punishments. those children may have died but i'm sure they have their compensations in heaven.
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
-4th verse of the american national anthem
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
-4th verse of the american national anthem
