(June 30, 2015 at 8:07 am)IATIA Wrote:(June 30, 2015 at 12:33 am)Huggy74 Wrote: Here a hint, It's an analogy, he's not speaking literally.
And you guys claim to know more about the bible, please....
A parable tells how a person should behave or what he should believe.
Jesus could have proved the same point with a different parable not using slavery. The fact that he talks about beating a slave as though it isn't a big deal, parable or not, means that he is, at the least, indifferent to the plight of slaves.
Imagine if I substituted women for the word slave.
Quote:47 And the wife, which knew her husband's will, and prepared not herself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 But she that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of her shall be much required: and to whom husbands have committed much, of her they will ask the more
At this point, it doesn't matter what the point of the analogy is because the speaker is still presenting spousal abuse as a normal thing for husbands to do.
The verses explaining his parable make Jesus' analogy worse because he doesn't even address the issue of a man beating his slaves so apparently, Jesus wasn't against slavery or beating slaves.
I had a conversation with a man who used rape victims and their dress as an analogy. When I got offended, he kept telling me that I should only focus on the point of the analogy.
