(November 14, 2017 at 12:52 pm)possibletarian Wrote: It would have been so easy for a law that outlawed {slavery} completely.
This is one of the things that seals the deal for me regarding the Bible being a human invention and not a divine one. One would think that an actual god, particularly one purporting to be a good one bestowing morality, would have come down hard against things like slavery, rape, and child abuse. Instead we get charming little soundbites on the proper way to punish the victims of these abhorrent acts.