(July 18, 2012 at 7:59 pm)nazra7 Wrote: Slavery is defined as owning a person as legal property AND forcing them to obey. There is no evidence that the servants in the OT were forced to obey their masters and evidence for suggesting otherwise that I will not repeat, rather you can go back and look at it for yourself.
This proves you did not read my argument.
Oh please...
Your idea that anyone would pay money for a slave, then not expect them to obey them is pretty ridiculous. Especially because slavery was practiced by every culture in the area at the time. There are many non-Biblical historical sources that show just how slavery was practiced, and it is not the 'warm fuzzy' version you want to believe it was.
But I do have to give you some credit for your impressive mental gymnastics.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
