(September 9, 2013 at 12:39 pm)John V Wrote:Quote:Pocaracas makes a good point. God was apparently able to communicate his wills and wishes to the masses via the Biblical writings (albeit in a time when his presence could not be confirmed in the tangible world), and instead of setting the golden standard for how people should treat other people---he provides Supporting Decrees on How to Enslave and Rape one another?As noted, it was a compromise. The Bible says that god is longsuffering - i.e. he doesn't like what we do, but he has his own reasons for temporarily allowing it.
How does the bible know all that?
I've probably asked this a hundred times already in this forum... it seems I've yet to get a satisfying answer...