(January 18, 2016 at 5:08 pm)Drich Wrote:(January 18, 2016 at 4:31 pm)robvalue Wrote: It's slightly worrying how a being of incredible power chooses to set things up so that slavery is possible, let alone necessary.
Well, worrying if we assume he's not an asshole.
God gave us complete reign over this world and Slavery is what we wanted.
Which again in of itself does not have to be a bad thing. It's when the people in authority choose to abuse or even people who have contracted themselves out do not meet their agreed upon tasks/goals that it becomes a bad thing.. Or even when greed takes the person who is in authority they want more work in exchange for what is right or fair, does slavery become a bad thing.
Slavery is an institution that bring out the very best or the very worst in people, and as history has shown unchecked slavery always brings out the very worst.
So wait...
Are you actually saying, that in some form, under the right hands, slavery is actually okay?
Please describe under what circumstances and what this slavery would look like.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
