RE: 10 Questions Biblical Literalists Cannot Honestly Answer
June 16, 2017 at 4:41 am
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2017 at 4:44 am by Fake Messiah.)
(June 15, 2017 at 2:22 pm)Drich Wrote: Who says all slavery is bad? Our society currently was built on and is completely supported by the modern day equilivant of slavery. Now just because we call our version of slavery something different, does not make one bound in slavery any different than those who came before. Only real difference is that in Jesus' day there were rules protecting slaves, now not so much as they are not considered slaves no more. So the moral judgement here is if a slave is treated well and according to the law then slavery can indeed be a good thing for the slave and the one who owns them. Now before you come off 1/2 cocked understand and maybe look up the difference between chattle slavery and just slavery Believe it or not most of you idiots have been preprogramed to unload at the mentioning of the word slave. The more you understand the word the more you see it everyday and the most you will accept that your very life hings on modern day slaves. So like the bible points out not all slavery is evil.
Sure, so what do you say Dirch you want to be my slave? I'll treat you just like the Bible commands. I'll beat you up every day, since slave can be pummeled almost to death as long as he/she survives "Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property". (Exodus 21:20–21). For the very first day I'll give you a shiner, but since I'm so good I'll let you pick underneath which eye you want, but don't worry your eye will be safe because although there is certainly nothing wrong with beating you up as long as you don't lose any body parts "An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth." Exodus 21:26–27
So you'll have bruises and broken bones since they are tolerable violence since you said "slavery can indeed be a good thing", so what are you waiting for?
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
