What IS good, and how do we determine it?

[bennyboy]

Didn't he already post it and tell you exactly where it was?

Here, I'll give it to you.

Exodus 21

20- Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, 21- but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.

Look, I asked a very simple question.

Esquilax made the statement that there is a passage that states a slave "can be beaten" .

And I still have the passage that says they can be beaten, you unbelievable moron.

*emphasis mine*
The scripture you posted does not state that slaves "can be beaten" only what happens if they are beaten...

Try again.

I already know what Huggy's going to do.  He's going to find a translation that uses a different word: "servant," maybe, or "bondmen," and insist that these aren't slaves-- cuz, you know, a purchased "servant" who has to work for free is totally not a slave.  Am I wrong, Huggy?

Seems you we're wrong.

Okay, so if you beat your slave, and he doesn't die, you will not be punished.  In what goofy semantics does that not mean you can beat your slave?

I want you to quote the Bible passage that says something like, "Thou shall not beat thy slave, because that's dickish, unnecessary, and cruel, and because the slave is a person, too, and therefore protected by the all-encompassing love of your Lord God."

Okay, I'm waiting.