(January 10, 2015 at 1:50 pm)Grasshopper Wrote: And no- I'm not condoning slavery or the fact that god refrained from saying anything against it.
Your god didn't just "refrain from saying anything against it" -- he laid down rules for the practice of chattel slavery, giving it the imprimatur of Godly approval. What does that say about his perfection?
(January 10, 2015 at 1:50 pm)Grasshopper Wrote: I was just putting into perspective what must've occurred to the writers of the laws (CLEARLY written by men) it wasn't that big a deal back then as it is now.
And that undercuts any moral authority the book might have.