How would you improve the Ten Commandments?

How would you improve the Ten Commandments? Jan 25, 2019 1:36:42 GMT

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Post by captainbryce on Jan 25, 2019 1:36:42 GMT

Jan 24, 2019 20:23:18 GMT clusium said:

Jan 24, 2019 19:43:54 GMT captainbryce said:

I think you did. But let’s just test that. Respond to this:

Leviticus 25:44-46
“‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.

Is ^this one of God’s commandments, and does it say that the Hebrews are allowed to own people as property? Those are both yes or no questions.

Exodus 21:20-21
“Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.

Is ^this a commandment from God, and does it instruct the Hebrews that they are allowed to beat their slaves without punishment if the slave doesn’t die as a result? Again, it’s a yes or no question.

Leviticus 20:13
“‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

Is ^this a commandment from God, and does it instruct the Hebrews to kill male homosexuals? Yes or no?

Deuteronomy 22:28-29
If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.

Finally, is the above passage an instruction from God to his chosen people that if a man rapes a virgin, he is not to be punished at all, but rather has to pay the father and force his victim into a marriage? Yes or no? I don’t want to hear any excuses for why you think this is acceptable, fair, just, or moral.I only want to know if that’s what the scripture actually says.

I already addressed you on God "allowing" the Hebrews to own slaves; The rules for them were far more lenient than they were by other nations, such as the Babylonians, etc.

Why do you think this matters? You are essentially saying that it's morally okay to own another human being as property and beat them if they're your property! What the fuck kind of "morals" are those? How can you possibly sit here and say that it's moral to own another human being as property for life and to beat them?

Jan 24, 2019 20:23:18 GMT clusium said:

Yes, the killing of those caught in homosexual relations is commanded here, just as those caught committing adultery. Let us not forget the fact that the Children of Israel were wandering around in the desert for 4 decades.

Well I do forget it because that never actually happened. It's a complete fiction as there is no archeological evidence to support this whatsoever. But that aside, I don't see how it relates to the morality of God commanding that homosexuals be killed. The fact that you defend this as "moral" is equally disgusting to me.

Jan 24, 2019 20:23:18 GMT clusium said:

There were no prisons, institutions, etc., while out on their lonesome, hence the permitting of Capital Punishment, for such offences.

Why is two men having sex an "offense" at all, much less one that warrants the death penalty? What is the moral argument for that?

Jan 24, 2019 20:23:18 GMT clusium said:

Marrying the rape victim abhors us today, but, back when Deuteronomy was written, it was a vindication FOR HER...

Oh my God...I can't with this bullshit! Yeah, I'm sure she enjoyed having to live the rest of her life with the man who sexually violated her in the worst possible way. Because, you know "society" (God's society) was so morally bankrupt that this was the only way for her to be vindicated!

You are precisely the reason why Christianity is an INSANE religion! You just defended slavery, execution for homosexuals, and punishing rape victims instead of the rapist. Your religion demands the suspension of morality and absurd apologetics to try to make the immoral MONSTER known as "God" into a moral being, and that's just fucking sad!