RE: Easy arguments against the Bible, and religion as a whole
December 28, 2011 at 12:11 am
(This post was last modified: December 28, 2011 at 12:38 am by chi pan.)
"I'm not talking about social welfare or accepted norms back in the day. I'm talking about the morality of owning another human being as though it were property.
It might have been accepted back then as normal in a given society but that doesn't make ownership of another human being moral or justified."
you don't get it it doesn't matter if it was justified or not it happened none the less. the only thing the bible said about it was to treat them very well and not to treat them like a piece of property or cattle. if you read the context of those scriptures you gave me rather than just readint 1 verse you would know that. why don't you actually read the restrictions so you can learn for yourself what the bible says about slavery. taking things out of contect isn't a good way to argue and only works on those who haven't actually read what your talking about.
"Oh no! The man is slightly inconvenienced and is forced to marry the woman's father's property."
slightly inconvienced? do you know how much 50 shekels of silver is? he could sell himself for 7 years and not be able to make that much. here's how it works- a man rapes a woman who is a virgin and not betrothed. it gets found out and the man is forced to pay tribute to her family and marry her and support her for the rest of his life. imagine if you lost your virginity to someone you didn't know that well and was forced to marry them. how would you like that? do you think that would only "slightly" inconvenience you?
here's a video that's 7 and a half minutes long. if you have an open mind go ahead and watch it. it's about a film that has a bunch of scientists loosing their jobs b/c they say some things that conflict with evolution. it doesn't look like they are very opened minded in the scientific community but here's the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGCxbhGaVfE
It might have been accepted back then as normal in a given society but that doesn't make ownership of another human being moral or justified."
you don't get it it doesn't matter if it was justified or not it happened none the less. the only thing the bible said about it was to treat them very well and not to treat them like a piece of property or cattle. if you read the context of those scriptures you gave me rather than just readint 1 verse you would know that. why don't you actually read the restrictions so you can learn for yourself what the bible says about slavery. taking things out of contect isn't a good way to argue and only works on those who haven't actually read what your talking about.
"Oh no! The man is slightly inconvenienced and is forced to marry the woman's father's property."
slightly inconvienced? do you know how much 50 shekels of silver is? he could sell himself for 7 years and not be able to make that much. here's how it works- a man rapes a woman who is a virgin and not betrothed. it gets found out and the man is forced to pay tribute to her family and marry her and support her for the rest of his life. imagine if you lost your virginity to someone you didn't know that well and was forced to marry them. how would you like that? do you think that would only "slightly" inconvenience you?
here's a video that's 7 and a half minutes long. if you have an open mind go ahead and watch it. it's about a film that has a bunch of scientists loosing their jobs b/c they say some things that conflict with evolution. it doesn't look like they are very opened minded in the scientific community but here's the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGCxbhGaVfE
