(January 7, 2015 at 11:41 pm)Lek Wrote: I came across this article which I think does a good job of answering why the bible doesn't directly condemn slavery.
http://www.reasons.org/articles/how-come...mn-slavery
The article does a great job at demonstrating how the author's beliefs (and by extension, yours) have caused him to lose his moral compass.
Nothing more.
A god that would create rules for the owning of another human being as property, being able to beat them, pass them to your offspring, sell your daughter into slavery, being able to trick a Hebrew slave into lifelong servitude, etc... is immoral.
What a great thing that such a god does not actually exist.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
