(February 10, 2015 at 7:20 pm)dyresand Wrote:(February 10, 2015 at 7:11 pm)emilynghiem Wrote: And we still have slavery going on today. It hasn't ended yet, and will take reorganizing communities on a local and global scale. Are you interested?
Common sense tells me it will take Christians and nonchristians, churches and governments, schools and businesses, charities and prisons all working together to handle the populations so people don't fall into poverty and get oppressed by others. It will take massive collaboration by all groups and all nations, to invest resources wisely to stop oppression and slavery, including restitution for crimes especially trafficking.
I don't think you quite get it enough... because you wouldn't be defending the bible if you know the rules about women and its very very disguising and horrible. Because well the middle east of all places follow biblical law and 13 year old girls get married and what more i should add despite there not being slavery well.. how should i put this.... if a christian nation were to exist in this age it would mirror modern day middle east. So yeah... there is nothing really good to take away from religion except the blatant obvious morals everyone should have already.
I don't think you get what I'm saying
It's not imposing anything in the Bible to try to make things true.
It's using the Bible to rebuke others using the Bible
To correct errors and to establish truth.
You use it neutrally as a tool for ppl who speak that language.
Frankly I prefer to use Constitutional principles.
Even those are supposed to be used neutrally
And not supposed to impose religions or beliefs.
The Bible is supposed to be used to check Believers against abuses by rebukes in the spirit of the laws.