What IS good, and how do we determine it?

[Ravenshire]

If you think Jesus condoned slavery, then what do you make of His commandment to love everyone, even our enemies, to love our neighbor as ourselves, and to treat others how we want to be treated?

You're looking at the paragraph in the bible where Jesus addresses slaves and forming the conclusion that, because He didn't tell them to try to run away or to fight, He must have condoned it. Objectively speaking, don't you think that you can form a much more accurate conclusion about what He meant and where He stands on the issue by looking at the entirety of what He taught, and His character?

No, we look at the entirety of the new testament and see that he never condemned it, never spoke out against it, never said to himself that it was bad, never even gave a slave trader a dirty look. We did hear him say that to love him, we must hate our families. We saw him curse a tree in a petulant fit of rage because he wanted a fig out of season. And yet, we're supposed to take your assertion that "love your neighbor" means he wanted slavery abolished. Mmm-kay.