RE: Does the Bible promote slavery?
July 18, 2012 at 9:15 pm
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2012 at 9:16 pm by Simon Moon.)
(July 18, 2012 at 8:59 pm)nazra7 Wrote: That is your assumption and it is a completely perfect example of a non-sequitur to suggest that you cannot buy someone without forcing them to obey you. You need to provide evidence for this claim, not expect us to blindly believe you.
You're the one making the claim that slavery did not include obeying owners. It is up to you to provide the evidence that people owned slaves but did order them to obey.
Especially considering this -
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. (Ephesians 6:5)
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.
