A Levite and his concubine

[abaris]

You're judging the morality of God and people in the bible, so I'd like to know where you get your authority to judge others by your moral standards. It doesn't make me right, but it shows by what authority you judge. Is it by an ultimate moral authority that you are judging or is just your individual preference?

There are certain standards to a human society. Wholesale slaughter isn't one of them. Rape isn't one of them. Stoning people isn't one of them. Owning slaves isn't one of them.

Knowing that a bronze age society had different standards doesn't make it any better. Knowing that previous societies owned human beings doesn't make it any better.

Truth is, god is supposed to be an all-knowing, all-powerful, unchanging being, benevolent, righteous. So we have to apply our standards to that being as described 3000 years ago. And by our standards he isn't any better than any other given deity of the times. He incarnates the values, the prejudices and the morals of the people of the time and the region.

I don't know anything about your stance on social issues, since you constantly hide behind your bible without revealing what you as a person think. But if you were to follow the moral code of the bible, you wouldn't cut your hair or your beard. You wouldn't eat shellfish, lobster or pork. You wouldn't have tatoos or piercings (Actually, I don't believe you have). You wouldn't were cloths of different fabrics.

So, instead of just questioning our sense of moral, or asking for any other autority than knowing from the core of our beings, some things are wrong, since they infringe on the fundamental human rights of others, tell us about yourself and your morals.

Is it OK to rape under certain circumstances? Is it OK to commit genocide, including women and children? Is it OK to own human beings, however you want to call it?

Don't hide behind your bible. Introduce yourself and your values, if there is a self.