What reality is being checked?

The one in which Christendom has habitualized unconditional reconciliation with the status quo.

What an interesting string of words.

I posthumously hate that guy.

Wat????

There is a memorable scene in the movie Sixth Sense where the main character reveals his secret that he sees dead people. He then mentions that the dead don’t even realize that they are dead.

"There's another nail," said the hammer.

What an absurd reply. Where did I remotely suggest that slavery has "disappeared from the human experience"?

You conveniently sidestepped my point: the bible endorses slavery. Such a good book!

btw, here's something random for the thread.

I celebrate the death of Rush Limbaugh, as should every good Christian (but for different reasons). I celebrate it because he was a repugnant human being. Christians should celebrate because now Rush sits at the right hand of the father, right? Or is he in hell? LOL!

1. I'm sorry to hear that you have such an empty, shallow existence that you celebrate the death of certain radio talk show hosts.

2. In varying degrees, we are all "repugnant human beings" given that All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23). I'm a sinner, and you're a sinner. The relevant question is: Are you a forgiven sinner?

3. I don't know if Rush was a Christian or not. Even if he was, he is not "sitting at the right hand of the father."

The Bible does in fact endorse certain types of slavery*. But chattel slavery, as that which existed in Pre-Civil War America, is specifically condemned in the Bible.

The Scriptures specifically condemns manstealing. It is even a capital crime:

And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. Exodus 21:16

The Scriptures specifically states that all workers are to receive a fair wage:

Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due (Romans 4:4 ESV)

See also James 5:4, Leviticus 19:13.

Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages. (Jeremiah 22:13 ESV)

*Types of slavery endorsed in the Bible include being a servant to pay off a debt owed, and being compelled to be a laborer as a prisoner of war.

Yeah guys the bible isnt bad, it just endorses debtors slavery.

In the bible's view, if I have a 100K hospital bill that I cant afford, they would be perfectly right to enslave me for years.

Maybe, maybe not.

Kidnapping someone for slavery was condemned in Exodus, although in the Deuteronomic Code it was okay to conquer other people and take them as slaves, but only if you were feeling merciful and didn't want to just kill them all.

Moreover, banning kidnapping for slavery is not the same as condemning chattel slavery. The US banned the transatlantic slave trade in 1808, but chattel slavery continued for almost sixty more years because of blood slavery, something endorsed in the Bible:

Also, while in Exodus this six year rule applied to male Hebrew slaves, the author goes on to note that female sex slaves could be kept for life:

Uh, no. Here is the passage in context:

Paul here isn't laying out a principle of fair compensation for work, but making a point about earning forgiveness vs being given it as a gift and pointing to the common principle that wages for work is not considered a gift but something you are due for your work. I see no implication here to fairness in wages or that slaves are supposed to be paid for their labor.

Nonsense. Unless you want to claim ignorance of the following well-known passages, why did you ignore them? **






** is this when you switch tactics to "why is slavery wrong"?

1. Save your sorrow. And you should celebrate anyone's death, since this existence is merely a stopping point to eternal life, right? So hooray for Rush! He's achieved the ultimate goal of you guys. LOL

2. Sin is a religious term, meant to control the masses. I don't buy into that line of thinking. I don't give it any thought (in fact, that's one of the big advantages of atheism: it requires so little of your time)

3. I'm sure he identified as a christian, whether or not he satisfies your particular definition.

Bottom line: he's dead and that's a net positive for society.

Sure.

Why is slavery wrong?

The chief duty of man is to fear God and obey His commandments. If Rush received Christ as his Lord and Savior, then he is enjoying paradise. However, the Scriptures teach us that God does not delight in the death of the wicked (i.e. the unsaved).

Citation needed.

The Scriptures tell us that The fool has said in his heart that there is no God.... (Psalm 14:1)

Citation needed.

If you accept Evolution and the attendant "Survival of the Fittest", pretty much the death of anyone who is old, sick or weak is a net positive for society. More resources for the young and healthy. We can hasten evolution and create a Master Race sooner rather than later.

Question for the Evolutionists: Is it at least possible that some races are more evolved/intelligent than others? As a believer in Special Creation, I need not consider such thoughts, since each person is specifically created by God, so their intelligence isn't based on race.

Gotquestions.org on slavery (it's fairly brief):

https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-slavery.html

That seems to be the problem. Perhaps it (and you) shouldn't hold such a brief view.

As I already asked, were you ignorant of the verses describing chattel slavery when you declared that it was "condemned in the Bible"? Or, as I suspect you weren't, why did you ignore them.

This shouldn't be so difficult.

No one but the people in your cult care what your book says. It was written by iron-age men who needed explanations for the world, so they made it up.

Fear God? Sounds like you're a victim of Stockholm Syndrome. I would pity you for wasting the one life you have on this ridiculous myth, but I really don't care what you do with your life as long as it doesn't affect me. So keep fearing god and be sure to obey his commandments. You don't eat shellfish do you? Or mix linen and cotton? Work on the sabbath?




Yeah, scripture tells you a lot of things meant to keep you in line. I don't gaf about your scripture.



You display an astonishing ignorance of what evolution is.

Again, your ignorance is showing. There is no such thing as "more evolved." As a believer in Special Creation, you don't really need to think at all (and you've obviously availed yourself of this option). I find you people so amusing.

This statement is just empirically false.

All Scripture is inspired by God.

While I most certainly do not believe that I am wasting my life, if we humans were just highly-evolved pond scum, then every life would be a wasted life. Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we shall die.

The judicial and ceremonial laws that were binding on the Jews in the Old Covenant are not binding today. We are no longer living under the Covenant of the Law; we are now living under the Covenant of Grace.

I hope that you accept Jesus' offer of forgiveness for your sins.

Perhaps "more highly evolved" would be more accurate?

Why do (many) atheists like to use profanity so much?

I'll answer my own question: Because they are in rebellion against a God that they know exists, and because of their pride and their love of their sin, they become angry.

Is god against profanity now? Scriptuarly?