RE: Nature's Laws
May 16, 2015 at 12:04 pm
(This post was last modified: May 16, 2015 at 12:19 pm by Freedom4me.)
(May 15, 2015 at 7:45 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(May 15, 2015 at 7:25 pm)Freedom4me Wrote: I don't recall having said that slavery is wrong.
Welcome.
Do you believe slavery is wrong? Do you think the bible says slavery is wrong?
Thanks. I'm not sure that the bible is anti slavery. God certainly recognized the existence of slavery as it was a fairly common thing in those days. But in the NT, Jesus recognized the existence of divorce. I wouldn't infer from that that Jesus gave His stamp of approval to divorce. As for my own beliefs, I think that in these days slavery is no longer justified. We have other more civilized means to deal with the issues that in OT days were "solved" by slavery.
(May 15, 2015 at 8:38 pm)whateverist Wrote: Is "race-based" slavery wrong because the bible says so, or did the bible just get that one right?
I'll leave it to those who care what the bible says to pick apart whether the bible indeed says that. I've certainly heard the bit about the slavery mentioned in the bible being of a non-raced based variety, and therefore acceptable. Of course most people who don't rely on authoritative sources for their moral thinking would strongly question whether any variety of slavery is okay. But if that is what our new member has in mind, I'd like to know where he thinks the bible calls out race-based slavery, or, where it specifies the characteristics which render some varieties of slavery blessed in the eyes of the god thingy.
Oh and welcome, you've been busy today.
Thanks, whateverist. I sure have been busy here. Does God say (in the bible) that He is against race-based slavery? Not specifically. For me the idea of enslaving a person merely because he/she is a certain race that is (was) viewed as only 3/5 human is wrong because it is not just prideful but factually wrong and horribly reckless. When abortion is supported for similar reasons I feel that it is wrong too. How can we be certain that a 2-3 month fetus is something less than fully human?