(February 3, 2019 at 4:06 pm)CDF47 Wrote: I choose to live a religious life. The Lord made it clear He exists. I support what the Lord says in the Scriptures. There are reasons for all of it. Slaves already existed in that day and He added regulation for them.
That is the most idiotic argument there is.
Here's why.
According to you, god was there when he made the first humans, right?
God was there ever since, always!
So, at some point, god, being there and loving all of humanity, didn't mind that some humans started enslaving other humans.
Didn't mind it at all for centuries, until some regulation was required... In a very particular location of this very huge planet. Everywhere else where slaving happened, "No regulation for you!"
And to counter this, you'll tell me that god only cared about his people, those who believed in his existence. All other humans were destined to some eternity of absence of his divine presence... But he was there, from the start, he was there and could have kept everyone aware of his existence, but no... Somehow the knowledge of his existence became subject for debate, while some people somehow came to think that some other gods were actually in existence... And the one true God just couldn't care enough to set that straight, right from the onset!
But hundreds of years after writing became available, now was the magic moment to set things straight. Now good could speak... Or write... Or not actually either... Humans would do the speaking and the writing, claiming it to be from divine inspiration. But was it really?
Was the regulation of slavery a divine inspiration, or a need to keep the growing slave population from revolting and just taking over civilization?
Was it a social move? A religious move? Or actually a political move?
The god of the scriptures seems either man-made, or not caring. Either way, that is not the god you like to think it is, but your faith will prevent you from understanding this. You will hold on dearly to the god in your mind, trying your best to compartmentalize all the excuses needed to accept the clearly man-made scripture as "divinely inspired".
And that is sad, for someone who claims to be highly educated and capable of independent thought... But you are not the only one in that position... Like you, there are millions and millions, so you feel on good company and that's enough.
Have a nice life, CDF. There is a very good chance that you are wrong about this topic of DNA and god, but it won't change the practical aspects of your life, eating, sleeping, walking, working, etc.
