07-22-2022, 06:53 PM
(07-22-2022, 04:00 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: If Jesus had a grave and his body was interred, he'd've spun 5 million times in the past 6 years alone.
I'm a bit perplexed. You speak of God and Jesus in real terms, but in the post below, seem to suggest the Bible is purely man-made? Am I correct, or perhaps I'm misinterpreting your position?
(07-22-2022, 06:08 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: Absolutely correct on your part.
However, a modicum of common sense and modern morality must be used when reading it; we know that keeping slaves is morally, socially and just outright wrong, so that would be eschewed. Like Morpheus says to Neo about the Oracle in the first film, "don't think about it in terms of right and wrong. She is a guide, Neo..." which then leads to the Oracle telling him in Reloaded, "... I expect what I've always expected you to do; make up your own damn mind, believe me or not."
Everyone's relationship with God is personal and reading scripture is meant to be done contextually, taking from it lessons and morals that you are to use to live the best life you possibly can... or you don't. It isn't black and white: NOTHING in the world is black and white and we all need to sift through all the shit, to find what is valuable, good and just. By mixing church and state, the, "personal," part of religion is being eschewed and to keep everyone in line and indoctrinated, you need something, "bUlLeTpRoOf," that can unite everyone and cause them all to fall in line... and what's the common thing? The Bible. So how do you keep people indoctrinated? Use something meant to be a guide and to be taken contextually, as fact and to be taken literally and if you don't, "you don't belong," as you, "aren't following law."
Anyways, I'm rambling a bit. I will say one thing though, there is no, "detailed guide," on how to keep slaves: there are little bits of info from Proverbs on how you should treat those who serve you, but I wouldn't say that there are, "detailed instructions."
That's a bit hyperbolic.
Also, the Bible does indeed give instruction on how to buy foreign slaves, how long you can keep Jewish slaves, how much you can beat them before you're punished, that if you give your slave a wife he cannot take her or children with him if his time is up and he chooses to leave or how slaves can are considered property / inheritance and can be passed down to children? I'm quite sure you are aware of all these things.
