RE: How can a book that tells you how to treat slaves possibly be valid moral guide
January 23, 2014 at 5:58 pm
(January 23, 2014 at 5:25 pm)Drich Wrote: If your wanting to know my opinions on the traditional slavery arguement I've done one about every 6 months since I've been here. You can do a search or this one kinda sums it all up starting at post 35.
https://atheistforums.org/thread-22220-p...ight=slave
I'm glad you posted that link, Dritch.
It just goes to confirm the saying, " those that believe in absurdities, can be made to commit atrocities".
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.