Posted on 10/07/2005 4:59:16 AM PDT by shuckmaster
the Bible doesn't support it nor does it condemn it, so who am I to say it is immoral.
The "Festival of the Troll Who Couldn't Think for Himself" continues unabated... one wonders how he might feel about changing lanes without first signalling.... I'm pretty sure that isn't covered by scripture
Let me make sure I have you right here. Slavery is wrong because we prohibit it and only because of that. We didn't prohibit it because it was wrong and it was not wrong until we prohibited it.
I read things like this and chuckle at having so often been told on these threads that agnostic materialists like myself have no moral compass.
"Comment #375 Removed by Moderator"
Another stick on stupid moment.
Are you THX1138's bio progeny?
Yes, I'm confident that you do. It's revealed by your posts.
You said "I don't consider it wrong to have slaves"
"You" and not others.
"You" and not the government.
Why do -you- not consider it wrong to have slaves?
I'm glad you acknowledge that your support of slavery is not based on your religious views.
Landru, help me!
No.
IOW since I am free to recognize that the apparent anomalies can easily fit if I do not have the hubris to assume that fallible humans have perfectly and accurately transmitted the words of the Bible and if I recognize that God was not writing a biology textbook, my understanding is quite possible greater and more accurate than yours.
How long will the silly dance go on? Is slavery only bad when some people support it? Is slavery only bad when and where it is outlawed? That's what taxesareforever is claiming now.
Where are the creationists saying that what taxesareforever is saying is wrong? Is "witnessing" that good, that you can support any old thing at all under the banner thereof?
You stated:"...What is right or wrong for one country is not necessarily right or wrong for another country. Just ask the people living in other countries...."
What are your views on burkhas, honor killings, infidel killings, suttee, footbinding?
" Where are the creationists saying that what taxesareforever is saying is wrong?"
Crickets.... chirp! chirp!
You posted:"That meains that it is a given that Christians would oppose slavery and subjugation as indeed they have done over and over again."
Also as they have -not- done over and over again.
Many non-Christians have opposed slavery. Many Christians have supported it.
Being Christian does not seem to be a deciding factor in relation to supporting slavery.
On this thread, it is not a given and has not happened even once, unless we count the chiding of the hated evolutionists by the spurious waving about of an SJ Gould quote. When does the dance of equivocation, distraction, and denial end? Is there a creationist with backbone and integrity? Can a person with backbone and integrity BE a creationist, with the evidence picture being what it is?
Is slavery bad? If taxesareforever has no problem with it, is he being morally lax? Is his interpretation of the Bible overly literal? What do you think about this?
I suppose it may blow the brains of some folks, but Darwin was very much opposed to slavery.
I'll bet that with a little creative quote mining he can be declared to have invented it or something.
It is truly disheartening that not even one literalist has disavowed the stance taken by taxesareforever.
Another stick on stupid moment.
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Sorry, but you are wrong. The exact text of post #375 is below, as well as in #603, to which I referred you--apparently you did not check #603, or didn't believe it. I cut and pasted post #375 because I didn't believe anyone could say this.
I don't know why you refuse to acknowledge, or condemn, this post.
You don't actually agree with it, do you?
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To: Thatcherite
My position on slavery? I don't consider it is wrong to have slaves.
375 posted on 10/08/2005 5:49:05 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Government is running amuck)
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I do believe there is a time lapse between the Constitution and the Civil War. However, the Civil war was fought over states rights but an end result was the end to slavery. History 101.
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