(July 9, 2012 at 6:21 pm)cato123 Wrote: I find it amusing that Robertson invokes the OT as if to exonerate the NT on the subject.The entire concept of having a "manual" for life is sick, be it a political or religious label. Common consent and common law can be the only manual for civility, not common political party or common religion.
The fact remains that the Bible tacitly approves of the institution of slavery as a matter of course. Nowhere does it prohibit the practice.
It allows humans to divide on artificial labels allowing the powers that be distract us from the fact that we all want food, jobs, love, and the right to bitch when we don't like something.
But the ones written that long ago, were understandable, because as far as our mental evolution, back then, plus the lack of scientific knowledge and human psychology, we were merely at that time, kids fighting in the playground, but with deadly results. What frustrates me more about our species is that when we know better, we still childishly cling to our own predilections and superstitions.
