(February 26, 2014 at 8:41 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: So you have issue with someone being told not to kill their slave? you do realize you are quoting old testament law right? Christians do not observe the old covenant, thats what Jesus came to abolish.
I haven't read through this whole thread, but I have to comment about how this red herring irks me.
I mean, if Christians going to claim that they receive guidance from a perfect moral lawgiver, why do they attempt to distance themselves so much from his early commandments?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell