RE: Why did god allow people to be born after the fall ?
November 14, 2017 at 2:39 pm
(This post was last modified: November 14, 2017 at 2:44 pm by Crossless2.0.)
(November 14, 2017 at 2:16 pm)SteveII Wrote:(November 14, 2017 at 10:45 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote: The bible says exactly that involuntary slavery is moral. God even commands it and provides instruction for how it should be performed.
Regulating a universal cultural institution (shared by every nation in the region and probably on earth) is not the same as declaring it moral.
Perhaps not, but prohibiting a cultural institution on the grounds of immorality would be within the power of a supreme (and supremely good) being. Having the power and unique authority to establish such a low moral bar and then failing to do so suggests nothing other than a sovereign willing to tolerate if not condone the institution. It may not rise to the level of Yahweh declaring it "moral" (I guess not all of his orders were therefore 'moral' in nature) but it sure doesn't look good for him. Shit, people were subject to capital punishment for much less than enslaving others.
I amuses me no end how believers, who are so quick to claim their faith as the foundation of all true morality, become cultural relativists every time Biblical slavery comes up. Anything to avoid admitting you worship a book character, eh?