On an additional note: I would not be surprised if some cues had been picked up from the Egyptians, as many parts of their life and culture have wriggled their way into the stories and culture of the people who wrote the bible. In Egypt, slaves were also to be treated kindly, maltreatment was very frowned upon. And those rights were also extended to those of not-egyptian descent.
Look - what happens here is what me frown in general. People start with a position 'god is good and the bible is good'. Then we get to a part of the bible where it conflicts with that vision. Next you see those people wriggling around to try to fit those parts to their vision of a good bible. If they can't, they will actually adapt their views on what is good! It's like there's being said 'yeah well slavery isn't that good, but at least they weren't total bastards about it so that makes it ok'.
I side with Napoleon666 here to ask
Hey, even if we managed to work out if it was relatively good and humane for those times...what about stoning people to death? What about the fates of the women who were raped but couldn't scream liud enough? (hint; according the rules they were to be stoned). What if a girl couldn't proove she was a virgin? Death. What about people who don't follow the lord? Kill them. And this is just the start.
Look - what happens here is what me frown in general. People start with a position 'god is good and the bible is good'. Then we get to a part of the bible where it conflicts with that vision. Next you see those people wriggling around to try to fit those parts to their vision of a good bible. If they can't, they will actually adapt their views on what is good! It's like there's being said 'yeah well slavery isn't that good, but at least they weren't total bastards about it so that makes it ok'.
I side with Napoleon666 here to ask
Quote:Frodo if you honestly believe this then why don't you question why the bible just doesn't say slavery shouldn't be allowed in the first place?
You can say that it's because of the times when it was written but that is just cherry picking, because the bible says not to kill, not to steal etc. Why is slavery not on the same ground?
Like I said do you condone slavery now? Would you condone it if you existed two thousand years ago?
Hey, even if we managed to work out if it was relatively good and humane for those times...what about stoning people to death? What about the fates of the women who were raped but couldn't scream liud enough? (hint; according the rules they were to be stoned). What if a girl couldn't proove she was a virgin? Death. What about people who don't follow the lord? Kill them. And this is just the start.
When I was a Christian, I was annoyed with dogmatic condescending Christians. Now that I'm an atheist, I'm annoyed with dogmatic condescending atheists. Just goes to prove that people are the same, regardless of what they do or don't believe.
