(January 25, 2016 at 9:38 am)Nymphadora Wrote:(January 24, 2016 at 10:24 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: God had to work with what He had and progress from there.
If god is as omnipotent, omnipresent and as all knowing as Christians believe, then one could very easily argue that such a god would have no need for slavery. He could just have the necessary things people of that time needed, just appear ( you know, like that mana from heaven).
He did at one point. Adam and Eve had all they needed until they chose to disobey. (Even taken figuratively, the point still stands. Prior to man's fall, life was good.)
Quote:There would be no need for people to do work for others because god could, with all his powers, just provide everything for everyone.
He sure could. Like feeding the 5,000 with a couple of loaves and fish. That wouldn't leave much opportunity for growth in holiness though, would it? Kinda hard to give alms when everyone's got them.
Quote:Another point - If he is supposed to be an all loving God, then why would he force bondage and slavery on those he supposedly loved? That doesn't sound like a very loving god to me.
Those were human decisions. However, God allowed the Israelites to be carried into captivity by the Babylonians, for example, because of their unfaithfulness.
