Christians - Should it be legal to own slaves since God approves?

[Drich]

Didn't we just do this a week ago?

[Minimalist]

Yeah - and you got your head handed to you. Like always.

[TaraJo]

Lol. This made me think of my batshit crazy father-in-law. He already went to prison for his crazy rantings (mostly because, back then, they included threats to kill people). He's been making crazy posts on a mormon group on google groups; I mean, he's even crazier than you would expect a mainstream mormon to be. He's tried to make multiple posts on facebook titled "My niggers" but facebook deleted them, presumably becuse they aren't fond of that word (neither am I and I wouldn't use it if I wasn't quoting someone else like that). Then he made the same post on the google group, this time changing the title, but he's still going on about how everyone is going to be his ni**er in the afterlife.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/...baWZaGE3f4

So, yes, there are Christians who stil believe this shit.

[Drich]

Yeah - and you got your head handed to you. Like always.

show me.

[Jacob(smooth)]

And dont forget if they are kept, the owner has to put the slaves ear on the door post and pierce it with an awl.. thats fed up!!

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And when christians say.... oh that was the old testament and we dont do that anymore.. really!! A god use to allow that...DUMB JUST DUMB SHIT!!

Yeah, BRING THE RAGE!

I'm interested. Do you believe in an objective moral standard which exists independent of environment? Or is morality a contextual, relativistic thing to you.

[truthBtold]

And dont forget if they are kept, the owner has to put the slaves ear on the door post and pierce it with an awl.. thats fed up!!

That's only for Hebrew slaves. Hebrew slaves were treated better than foreign slaves.

Hebrew slaves were only to be kept for 7 years, then set free, UNLESS you found them a wife. If they decided they wanted to stay with the wife, then you were to pierce their ear with awl., and they would become your permanent property.

With slaves from foreign lands, all bets were off.

Yes I am aware of that.... the point is, this god of the bible is a nut case, un educated idiot.. that didnt realize that we evolved passed his nonsense!!!

[Ryantology]

I'm interested. Do you believe in an objective moral standard which exists independent of environment? Or is morality a contextual, relativistic thing to you.

I'm beginning to understand that Christian morality is not even intended to be an objective moral standard. It is just as contextual and relativistic as any other moral code (thou shall not kill unless I say when, where and who (everybody)). The one, single difference (other than the specific morals, of course) is that I don't pretend that mine counts for more than anyone else's because it has the endorsement of a silent and invisible god.

A truly objective set of morals would apply equally to the maker, and this is definitely not true of Christianity.

[Tonus]

You can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.

Whew. Good thing they were reminded not to treat their local store-bought slaves ruthlessly. People might get the wrong impression about their god.

[Chad32]

Yeah, these guys were supposedly slaves themselves, so their people only have to be permanently slaves if you give them something in return. You'd think being treated like property would make them adverse to that, but people who are beaten as children sometimes beat their kids when they're older.

[truthBtold]

And dont forget if they are kept, the owner has to put the slaves ear on the door post and pierce it with an awl.. thats fed up!!

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And when christians say.... oh that was the old testament and we dont do that anymore.. really!! A god use to allow that...DUMB JUST DUMB SHIT!!

Yeah, BRING THE RAGE!

I'm interested. Do you believe in an objective moral standard which exists independent of environment? Or is morality a contextual, relativistic thing to you.

Not objective but subjective morality