[Serious] PSA: Rape Apologetics

[Angrboda]

That was rather incoherent.  It doesn't mean that it's the source of the belief, but that also doesn't mean that it isn't.  Your post is nothing but a ramble of nonsequiturs.

I apologize it was incoherent this’ll be my last attempt to clarify before some sleep.

I don’t believe that people CAN be property due to my definition of property. This isn’t about whether biblical exegesis promotes slavery or misogyny, which I’m certain many people here believe.

Let’s say I do believe in slavery for the sake of argument. I don’t believe slaves could be considered property. Less than, second class, a whipping post, bad people sure… but not property because they have their own will.

Back to the post, under this scenario, if I were an advocate for slavery I could use many Historical references and even a scripture to justify that belief. That justification isn’t the source of my belief, but it does bolster the belief from my perspective. The source of the belief isn’t the same as the justification and the justification has little to do with the source. I hope that makes more sense.night

How do you define property? My understanding of property is "something which a person has the legal right to control the disquisition of." Slaves seem to fit.

Are the sources of beliefs external to a person or internal? If they are external, is it not possible that, regardless of its other uses, scripture/religion is one source?