(July 15, 2010 at 12:11 pm)rjh4 Wrote:(July 15, 2010 at 12:06 pm)The Omnissiunt One Wrote: Yes, I agree that it never explicitly states that one should beat one's slaves.
Thank you for the straight answer.
If you are interested in discussing some of the other issues raised, which would you like me to address? (If you are not interested...no need to respond.)
Okay, then. If the Bible does say that slavery is acceptable, how is that good? How can you defend that? Also, could you respond to the question which this thread first asked: namely, whether God commands things because they are good according to some independent moral standard, or whether things are good because God commands them, in which case goodness is arbitrary. To put it another way: if God commanded you to beat up old grannies, would you consider that 'good', and would you do it?
'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
