Consider this New Testament Principle: A Slave Master Was Asked By Paul To Look Upon His Escaped Slave As A Brother In Christ --And Not As A Slave --- And Especially Not As An Escaped Salve. _________ The story is in Philemon written by the Apostle Paul to Philemon the Slave Master regarding Philemon's escaped slave named Onesimus. "Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel, but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord. For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, no longer as a bondservant but more than a bondservant, as a beloved brother —especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord" —Philemon 1:8–16 The Point? The point is that the New Testament's great Apostle to the Gentiles, the Apostle Paul, looked at a Christian slave --- and a runaway slave too -- as a Christian brother in Christ and urged that slave's Master to also do that. The point is not "earthshaking" but it is at least worth noting. JAG ``
The undeniable fact is that the Bible was written by man with no input from God (if He, She, or It exists). The laws were based on laws commonly found in the communities where the biblical books were written, and the "science" found was restricted to the limited knowledge at the time. It makes sense that the Bible condones slavery as slavery was accepted at the time the biblical books were written (or course slavery of the Hebrews is not permitted). This is why there is nothing in the Bible about dinosaurs, nothing about technology, and nothing about advanced science.
Which is exactly why you should drive home to them how stupid they are and how smart you are! People love that!
I love the way Christians dance around the slavery topic. The Bible condones slavery going back to before Sarah gave Abraham her slave Hagar to rape. Where in the Bible does it tell slave masters not to own slaves? There are no earthly tyrants according to the Bible. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Romans 13:1
People who are not hung up on slavery should probably experience the institution in the manner described by Abe Lincoln. The issue with respect to religious discussion is the fact that the Bible aligns so well with culture suggests that the Bible is the word of man and not the word of God. That, or God approves of slavery.
Not one person in history has ever had any real faith in the Jesus character because no one has ever been able to do what he said a person who has faith in him can easily do. Therefore, everyone is simply full of BS when they claim to believe in Jesus or else the Jesus character was simply a world-class narcissistic liar (if he existed) or else the writers simply made it all up.
People are stupid for believing in the fairy tale because no one has enough faith to do what the Jesus character said a person with faith can do. Only stupid people can't see that.