(February 25, 2016 at 9:07 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(February 25, 2016 at 7:49 pm)KUSA Wrote: It is an interesting issue to discuss. Could you please answer this?
What are some examples of what you consider immoral? This should be based on your beliefs as a Christian.
Rape, theft, killing of an innocent person, adultery, slavery.... to name a few.
In the OT god orders killing of innocents, and slavery. If you consider forced marriage rape, he requires rape as well. He condones slavery, orders it in case of a few conquests. There are a few clever thief stories involving the patriarchs as well (birthrights, blessings, cattle or was goats). Adultery is punished by killing off the offspring. Jesus condones slavery. In what way are these Christian values?
The ten commandments include envy twice, reverence of god three times and honoring your parents once. They don't include: rape, slavery, child neglect, battery, or abortion. And no, there is no place in the Bible even hinting that abortion is murder or suggesting that parents should be good parents. You don't find these things in the sermon on the mount either. Or in Paul. There is however, an assumption that parents will be good parents.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
