RE: Theistic morality
July 15, 2010 at 12:06 pm
(This post was last modified: July 15, 2010 at 12:07 pm by The Omnissiunt One.)
(July 15, 2010 at 11:58 am)rjh4 Wrote: If you have been following the whole conversation, I think you missed my point.
Chasm said that the Bible says that a slave "should" be beaten. I did not think the Bible said such a thing so I asked for support. You and Paul proffered some verses that supposedly supported Chasm's position. I am merely arguing that the verses do not support that position. The Bible, or at least those passages proffered, does not say that a slave "should" be beaten.
If you want to discuss some of the other issues that have arisen, I am happy to do so but it would be nice to take one issue at a time.
Do you agree with me that these passages do not support Chasm's comment?
Do you agree with me that the Bible doesn't say that slaves "should" be beaten? If not, then what is your support?
Yes, I agree that it never explicitly states that one should beat one's slaves. If you want to claim that the Bible's ethically defensible, you're going to have to do better than that, though.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
