thenexttodie
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thenexttodie said:First, I think your premise here is a bit over-optimistic. The Israelites, throughout the Bible, seemed to be often not that interested in doing anything God told them or wanted them to do. Just like most of us are today.
Sparhafoc said:And I think your argument evades the crucial point.
If you don't tell a child that doing X is bad, then they can't know it's not right to do it.
Given that Christians tend to portray God as being vastly superior to a human than an adult is to a child, then it is very difficult to explain this omission. And it IS an omission, it can't be simply explained away.
Well, it's not for you as you have said you don't hold that YHWH is omniscient/omnipotent, which kind of saves it from the metaphysical hole most Christians have dug for it (although one still wonders why you would call it a god, but that's a by-the-by)
Thank you for remembering I do not believe God is omniscient. I get tired of constantly having to explain this to people.
You have sort of made your argument in different way I think than most people would. Especially by pointing out that 2 of the 10 Commandments are basically the same, so why didn't God omit one of them and replace it with a Law against slavery?
I have been thinking a lot about this the last few days. I have searched the net to see how a couple other Christians, who are a lot smarter than I am, would answer this and I was not satisfied. But because you are a smart guy, I feel you deserve an answer which not only might be valid but would also be something completely original.
I think that one reason that God did not forbid slavery is that it would have caused many Israelites to seek out enslavement elsewhere. I think I am the first human to ever posit th<is idea. And I think it sorta ties in with a few things I have said elsewhere in this thread.
thenexttodie said:Sparhafoc said:Given that 4 of the commandments are basically rules of worship (2 just iterating the same notion of not worshiping other gods), it is difficult to understand how these supersede the horror of slavery.
On problem with my arugment is that God provided the Israelites with mana, meat and clothing, So why would and what to be, or need a slave? II am drunk as fuck right now so I am sorry if I don't make much sence. I bet this whole post comes out completely fucked. Sorry bro.