The Immorality of God - Slavery in the Old Testament

[Angrboda]

I just want to say that this is an utterly pathetic display.  The apologist has the benefit of our ignorance of the specifics of slavery among the Hebrews, so he can make up any sunshine story he wants.   The bible doesn't state why God chose to abet the slave ethics that he did, so once again the apologist can make up any sunshine story he chooses.  And after all is said and done, granted such liberties, he can't make the vicarious suffering of the slaves into a moral act.  You have your choice of facts and you still can't make it work.  Pathetic.

And since you deny that objective morality comes from God or that it even exists, you can pretty much make up any sunshine story YOU want about why people should or should not do the things they do. The atheist denies the existence of God and the authority of Bible, so once again, you can make up any sunshine story YOU want about how people should behave. Gay marriage? No problem. Abortion? If it's more convenient. After all is said and done, granted such liberties and having all the freedom in the world to paint whatever picture you want on the canvas you call morality, you still can't come up with anything that looks much better than grade school stick figures drawn with crayons.

Typical.  All you've got as a retort is a tu quoque.   I guess red herrings are your style.

And vicarious suffering of the slaves? Who the hell were they suffering in the place of???

Think about it a while, maybe it will come to you.  Does Copan's book have an appendix?