RE: Four questions for Christians
July 7, 2013 at 5:12 pm
(This post was last modified: July 7, 2013 at 5:13 pm by pineapplebunnybounce.)
@Consilius, ok, so your point is that what is moral never changes, and if we act immorally, even if we think it's right, we'll suffer evolutionarily? How is that different from what i've said from the beginning? You were trying to say that religious people hold this moral truth and when the rest of us do wrong, the religious are on the right side. Now you're conceding your point?
As for the rest of the thing you said about slavery and the bible. You may not want to say more about that, I'm not going to speculate on why, but since you claimed that your religion was responsible for the abolition of slavery, refusing to defend that is at your own cost. If I wanted to champion slavery, I wouldn't point to Ham either, i'd just point to all the bible chapters that teach you how to treat your slave. And to tell slaves not to care about their political status? That's a very effective ploy to keep them under your thumb.
About women and the bible, in the NT it says that women are the body and men are the head in a marriage. And that women should obey their husbands. That alone is appalling enough. Obedience is not a virtue. Believe it or not. It's marketed as one to keep people in power in power, and prevent anyone from challenging their power.
As for the rest of the thing you said about slavery and the bible. You may not want to say more about that, I'm not going to speculate on why, but since you claimed that your religion was responsible for the abolition of slavery, refusing to defend that is at your own cost. If I wanted to champion slavery, I wouldn't point to Ham either, i'd just point to all the bible chapters that teach you how to treat your slave. And to tell slaves not to care about their political status? That's a very effective ploy to keep them under your thumb.
About women and the bible, in the NT it says that women are the body and men are the head in a marriage. And that women should obey their husbands. That alone is appalling enough. Obedience is not a virtue. Believe it or not. It's marketed as one to keep people in power in power, and prevent anyone from challenging their power.