Bashing Bible bashers

Extracted from the series West Wing, President Bartlet delivered a KO on an anti gay practitioner highlighting the ridiculous practice of selecting quotes from the Bible to shore up irrational prejudices.

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[Aaron Young]

Actually the book of Leviticus is very clear, an Israelite may not be possessed as a permanent slave but it is the prerogative of an Israelite to own someone of a different race. If you believe that this is not the case in the OT and that slavery is condemned in the NT then you are illiterate, lying, delusional, just plain stupid or some mixture of the four.

[darkfairyofhell]

"serve with honor so that Christianity would not be looked down upon." Because slaves want their slavers to be honored, but the slaves themselves don't want to be honored in turn. Yep, sounds like good ol' bible thumper logic to me.

[darkfairyofhell]

And what should I do about the twenty unmarried pregnant girls in my school? Shall I get the men of my town to stone them as it is said in Deut. 22:13-21?

[TheJordaddy35]

At most you using this verse proves the hypocritical nature of the book you are defending. In Biblical times you and i both know that slaves weren't afforded the luxury of being considered "men." They were chattle, less then men. You are referring to a verse that refers to a free citizen who is given humanity, not a less than dirt slave as they were viewed back then. Wake up and open your mind, you may get some perspective, revel in the beauty of reality not the feigned bliss of blind ignorance

[harry4health]

Go in depth instead of clipping verses on the issue.

Slavery in Bible:

- OT: Christian-ThinkTank*com/qnosla­ve*html

- NT: Christian-ThinkTank*com/qnosla­vent*html

Also:

- How Christians Ended Slavery:

Townhall*com/columnists/Dinesh­DSouza/2008/01/14/how_christia­ns_ended_slavery

- DVD movie: "Amazing Grace"

- Getting The Facts Straight:

Breakpoint*org/commentaries/25­43-getting-the-facts-straight

[ronaraullo]

You missed the whole point entirely.

[Aaron Young]

However, you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way. (Leviticus 25:44-46 NLT)

in case you didn't read it the first time.

[Aaron Young]

"That was specific to the Iseraelites in that situation..." Do you want to know who said that, I will give you three guesses. Please remain consistent, the Bible clearly states in both the old and new testaments that the law is eternal and will not change until the heaven and earth no longer exist, and yet you are trying to say that we must take things in context, the Bible purports to be absolute and therefore independent of context, its laws are facts.

[harmoncollege]

It's not dependent on time or place.

[harmoncollege]

Sure can, and I explained the context. Feel free to go back and read it.