RE: Why the Bible Doesn't Condemn Slavery
January 8, 2015 at 6:32 pm
(This post was last modified: January 8, 2015 at 6:35 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(January 7, 2015 at 11:55 pm)Lek Wrote:(January 7, 2015 at 11:49 pm)Strider Wrote: Lek, don't you think a website named Reasons to Believe might be just a bit biased? A site such as that could never be objective in its reasoning. They have a clear motive and it is to cast as favorable a light on Christianity as possible.
That means that if a person is a christian he is unqualified to write on the subject? Should I only seek out non-christians for opinions about the bible and slavery?
Yes.
(January 7, 2015 at 11:43 pm)Rhythm Wrote: You think that was a good job? Anything in particular? My favorite "The institution of slavery was so deeply rooted in ancient culture that it could not be dismantled overnight. "...lol, yeah, some god/religion/unique ethical message we've got there. Illiterates from Indiana with no superpowers whatsoever did a better job in a few years with their own blood than your god could manage with all his power and all his followers and all of their religious beliefs in the previous thousands of years.
And whose fault might it be that on the watch of a god who knows all and can do all, "institution of slavery" became "so deeply rooted in ancient culture that it could not be dismantled overnight"?
