Avoiding questions

[Darkstar]

So you support slavery then?

The biblical version yes.

The biblical version...temporary slavery? If the slaves were treated humanely, then why are there passages like this one:

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Exodus 21:20-21
“Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, 21 but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.

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How about killing entire towns of people if the majority religion differed from your own?

In general no, but if in the context of text you left (Meaning if I were an OT Jew under the law of moses) , yes.

Is this about the recencey of the command or the ethics? If god had given that command to a group that included you personally, would you kill for him in this manner?

I did not say Hinduism did not have a spiritual verfiable element to it. Hinduism does not place one in a direct relationshipp with God. It places one in a greater spirituality. While Christianity is promises a one on one relationship with God. You are comparing apples and oranges.

Rotten apples to rotten oranges. If Hinduism had claimed to put people in a personal relationship with god, I can bet that you wouldn't even give it the little validity you have.

God wrote the rules that disqualified us. He also punished us for breaking the rules that he knew were impossibl not to break,

Why? Because He also provides attonement to where none of the rules are used as a measure for righteousness anymore.

First, why should we have to atone for rules that we can't possibly not break? Answer: Jesus will do it for us. Why does Jesus have to suffer when god can just forgive us outright? Also, if none of his rules are used anymore (despite Jesus saying that he did not come to abolish the laws) then does that mean they are flawed in some way, either literally or by the way they were applied?

and allowed things like slavery to slip by in order to focus on more important moral transgressions, like picking up sticks on a Sunday, for instance.

Maybe you should look at what slavery is outside what you currently understand it to be.

What kind? I am going to assume you mean biblical slavery. Which...is most closely related to indentured servitude.
Indentured servant

Indentures could not marry without the permission of their owner, were subject to physical punishment (like many young ordinary servants), and saw their obligation to labor enforced by the courts. To ensure uninterrupted work by the female servants, the law lengthened the term of their indenture if they became pregnant. But unlike slaves, servants were guaranteed to be eventually released from bondage. At the end of their term they received a payment known as "freedom dues" and become free members of society.[15] One could buy and sell indentured servants' contracts, and the right to their labor would change hands, but not the person as a piece of property.

Both male and female laborers could be subject to violence, occasionally even resulting in death.

And the bible never mentioned 'freedom dues', so only the time limit aspect applies. And I'm not so sure that it even applied in all cases.

Of course, people may redefine him all they like, seeing as they will never find a compelling reason to correct themselves. Why pick another religion to make you feel better when you can just bend this one?

In turn why examine the God of the bible when you already have created one that is easy to create arguements against.

Because claiming he did/said things he didn't to make him look good/bad would be dishonest. Likewise, ignoring things he did that would otherwise make him look good/bad would also be so. I don't need to make things up; there is enough already in the bible.

If you do everything he tells you to, no matter how horrific.

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Jeremiah 48:10

10 “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed!

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what am I? an old testament Jew?

Would you be included under 'anyone'?