Posted on 10/07/2005 4:59:16 AM PDT by shuckmaster
You claim the Bible, and thus God, justify slavery. I showed you were you were wrong. Then you came up with this empty statement that is nothing more than an arrogant bluster implying that I erred.
Slavery is a sina nd your claim is nothing more than bearing false witness against Him.
interpretation of Scripture.
Does that apply to Genesis too?
How do you know this is the case? By the number of followers? In that case you'll need to acknowledge Allah and Vishnu. And, since the Mithraics had it right two centuries before Christ, how can you be sure you're following the correct religion?
FReeper defending slavery placemarker
I imagine with the Mary Mapes thing in the news, FR will have a lot of outside attention. I wonder what the national press will make of a Biblical defense of slavery.
Not that the interpretation is incorrect.
It will probably be a quickie hit piece. Something about 'Republican religious conservatives' advocating a strict interpretation of the Bible, giving examples from a 'conservative blog'....cutting to quotes about what the Bible says about slavery....and then they'll ask Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton what they think about that.
You have shown me absolutely nothing to back up your claim. Like I said, I won't go to you for Biblical interpretation. Sorely lacking.
I always wondered how far people would go with a literal reading of the Bible and the claim of absolute moral authority. Now I know.
What's there to interpret?
Speechless in Seattle?
You inferred the Bible was open to interpretation. I asked if that applied to Genesis.
Are you implying some parts of the Bible are open to interpretation and others are not, or that no interpretation is needed in Genesis?
The Bible says so. Why do you think the Bible is always the highest book seller? Could it really be that God's Word does go out and do its work? Appears so.
So what do you think about what the Bible says about slaves?
And I received the following answer.
I think it says slaves should obey their masters among other things. And it says for slaves not to complain.
Because the promise of the Christ was made about 6,000 years (that would be about 60 centuries before Mithraics)before Christ was born. Game, set, match.
Because the promise of the Christ was made about 6,000 years (that would be about 60 centuries before Mithraics)before Christ was born. Game, set, match.
That's exactly correct, whis is why I'm astonished by people who cite the Bible as the final authority on morality.
At least most people say you are required to think about it.
I don't know if the responder noticed I asked 'what do you think', and not 'what does it (literally) say'. I got the impression it didn't matter to the responder...that they were one and the same.
Don't get me wrong. I like the Bible. I've read it cover-to-cover twice and have read individual sections (such as Genesis and Revelation) numerous times in addition. However, I cannot accept it as the inerrant word of God. Part of this has to do with the errors I've discovered therein, and part has to do with God telling me so (though I don't expect you to believe the latter -- hell, it's hard for me to accept at times).
I've come to the realization that most folks worship a book. They do not worship God. They think they are, but they aren't. Their whole existences center around a few hundred thousand words jotted down by a bronze- and iron-age civilization in the Middle East a few millennia ago. They don't seek God; they don't really want to know God. They think they already do.
The Bible was a childrens' book written when civilization was in his infancy. God, like all fathers, wants his kids to grow up and venture out on their own. However, there are some folks who cling to the things of childhood and have become the spiritual equivalent of the 30-year-old loser who refuses to move out of his parents' house because he can't face the real world. Accepting reality is no more denying God than moving out is to deny your parents.
I think he pretty well confirmed what you think.
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