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that is...Hegelian dialectic upinya? ya
you talk diff when lightning flashes from east to west I guess
the Euphrates is literally drying up ppl, don't be looking for soldiers ok

we don't write the way you talk or whatever the v is
 
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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. Exodus 21:20-21 NIV.

So, what is your objection for God having set a consequence for something a man "MIGHT" do to an other person?


Eternal Punishment Mt 25:46
a lake of fire Rev 20:10, REV 21:8,
eternal fire, MT 25:41
Fiery furnace MT13:50

Moreso I was interested in what YOU believe that MEANS for an individual ?
Like specifically what the individual will be suffering.

I don't know. Why does it have to be a punishment especially when he has not made it clear he exists.

Curious, that you can mention God so often, and Observe the existance of the Earth, skys, sun, moon, oceans, etc.; and say you have no clear vision of His existance.

Usually the legal; definition has something to do with severe emotional or physical harm. I would say beating a slave with a rod as long as they don't die within 2 days is severe physical harm.

You imply you have an option for raising your children to avoid corporal punishment.
I would presume, you made rules for your children, and they knew the consequence for disobedience of the rules. Yes?

However the scenario is of Master / Slave relationship.
They certainly may be two men of same size, rather than adult father and his child.
The relationship is spelled out how the relationship is established.
The rules are established by the Master.
The disobedience of the rules is known by the slave.
So, what is your point?
You do not like the punishment for rule violation?

All that tells me is YOU would not be willing to agree to such a relationship.

And that men IN ancient days, disagree with you, and DID agree to such a relationship.

So, If you TODAY, became indebted to another and could not Repay...
What would to do?

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So, what is your objection for God having set a consequence for something a man "MIGHT" do to an other person?
The consequence itself. Beating a slave severely is not a moral act no matter what the salve did. That is my objection besides owning people as property.

Moreso I was interested in what YOU believe that MEANS for an individual ?
Like specifically what the individual will be suffering.
I assume fire.

Curious, that you can mention God so often, and Observe the existance of the Earth, skys, sun, moon, oceans, etc.; and say you have no clear vision of His existance.
I mention god because we are discussing gods existence and morality. Not that I believe he exists. There are scientific explanations for the stars, moon, oceans etc. that are more convincing than god created them.

You imply you have an option for raising your children to avoid corporal punishment.
I would presume, you made rules for your children, and they knew the consequence for disobedience of the rules. Yes?
Yes.

However the scenario is of Master / Slave relationship.
They certainly may be two men of same size, rather than adult father and his child.
The relationship is spelled out how the relationship is established.
The rules are established by the Master.
The disobedience of the rules is known by the slave.
So, what is your point?
You do not like the punishment for rule violation?
Yes. I think it is immoral. The punishment should be moral and fit the act of disobedience. Also, some of t he slaves were slaves not by choice so they may have known the rules but had no say whether to live under them or not.

All that tells me is YOU would not be willing to agree to such a relationship.
True, but you are dodging the fact that some of the slaves were slaves not of their own choice.

And that men IN ancient days, disagree with you, and DID agree to such a relationship.
Not all did.

So, If you TODAY, became indebted to another and could not Repay...
What would to do?
We have moral laws that handle this situation. We don't and shouldn't implement a slave master relationship to solve this problem because it is an immoral situation. You keep avoiding the fact that some of the slaves were slaves by force not choice.
 

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The consequence itself. Beating a slave severely is not a moral act no matter what the salve did. That is my objection besides owning people as property.

Morality was never the issue.
What men MIGHT do to another man under his Authority is the issue.
Killing a man under an others Authority gave the consequence.

Property is simply a term of having complete Authority over the thing.
Today people are appalled of one person owning another (even the ownership of Animals in some cases). Yet there is NO question, that one person can be charged with a crime for NOT being responsible for their complete Authority over another.

It's the WORDS that offend people...slave, owner, master. Even though people themselves Voluntarily GIVE other people Authority OVER THEM.

I assume fire.

And what about FIRE? Do you believe that something....like a dead body, shall suffer being in Fire?

Certainly, you have heard; eternal LIFE is the offering for a man to be Forever with God....
And there is no ETERNAL Life offered to a man Without God.
So what if a Dead body is thrown into a Fire Pit? What does a Dead body know or feel?

I mention god because we are discussing gods existence and morality. Not that I believe he exists. There are scientific explanations for the stars, moon, oceans etc. that are more convincing than god created them.

So off the cuff, where did the moon come from?

Yes. I think it is immoral. The punishment should be moral and fit the act of disobedience. Also, some of t he slaves were slaves not by choice so they may have known the rules but had no say whether to live under them or not.

You hinge the punishment on morality.
God does not MANAGE a mans morality.
Some men are kind, fair, considerate...
TO their family, their employees, their servants....and some are real Bastards, to their family, employees, servants.

God simply made the rules, and the punishments thereof.

And "IF" you understood Scripture, those Mosaic "rules" / Laws have been fulfilled.

So what applied to them, in their day, has what to do with you?

True, but you are dodging the fact that some of the slaves were slaves not of their own choice.

I am not dodging anything.
What slaves? Women, Children? He who had authority OVER THEM, decided FOR THEM.
You were once a child....WHO made decisions FOR YOU? If you dad was head of household and decided to send you off to live with another, to boarding school, to apprentice with a man owning a farm.....that would not have mattered if you agreed or objected.
Same thing in ancient days....the one with authority over an other made the agreements. And particularly there were adult people who made their own agreements, to resolve their own debts....(which btw was for a period of no longer than 7 years and if there was a remainer of their debt, it was forgiven).

We have moral laws that handle this situation.

We have Laws. Laws of the Federation, Laws of the States, Laws of the Counties, cities, neighborhood and families....
As an Adult, YOU can agree and make yourself subject to the Consequences if you violate the laws....
OR
You can go to another country, state, city, neighborhood, or get a new family that is more to your liking of their laws.

Not much different IN the OT. Gods laws and Consequences were given to a PEOPLE, who Agreed to be subject to those laws and consequences. You were not given those laws or consequences, nor were you there to agree or disagree with those laws or consequences.

So, not sure of your making a big deal out of something that never applied to you, or something you had to consider whether or not you liked or agreed with.

Perhaps I don't agree with your rules for your children or Chinese Laws or Islamic Laws...so what? I have not agree to subject myself to any of those things.


We don't and shouldn't implement a slave master relationship to solve this problem because it is an immoral situation.

Why? Because you say so?

But what about the man WHO CAN NOT PAY HIS DEBTS.....You avoided providing a solution.

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We have moral laws that handle this situation. We don't and shouldn't implement a slave master relationship to solve this problem because it is an immoral situation. You keep avoiding the fact that some of the slaves were slaves by force not choice.
If I may...

That is not the situation. The situation is that God has held a mirror up to the evils of man and demonstrated how those evils have made slaves of us all, that apart from Him, we have enslaved ourselves to many such evils.
 

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Morality was never the issue.
What men MIGHT do to another man under his Authority is the issue.
Killing a man under an others Authority gave the consequence.
Morality is always an issue.

Property is simply a term of having complete Authority over the thing.
People are not things.
Today people are appalled of one person owning another (even the ownership of Animals in some cases). Yet there is NO question, that one person can be charged with a crime for NOT being responsible for their complete Authority over another.
Owning a person and having responsibility for another is not the same thing. If I owned my children I could beat them severely, since they are not my property I would go to jail for beating them severely. I am responsible for their well being and that means authority but not ownership.

It's the WORDS that offend people...slave, owner, master. Even though people themselves Voluntarily GIVE other people Authority OVER THEM.
Again you avoid the fact that some slaves were not voluntarily slaves but slaves by force.

And what about FIRE? Do you believe that something....like a dead body, shall suffer being in Fire?

Certainly, you have heard; eternal LIFE is the offering for a man to be Forever with God....
And there is no ETERNAL Life offered to a man Without God.
So what if a Dead body is thrown into a Fire Pit? What does a Dead body know or feel?
The bible indicates to me that you will be tortured by fire and be alive.

So off the cuff, where did the moon come from?
It came from the remnants debris from a large impact into the earth by an object of some kind. If I remember my science correctly.

You hinge the punishment on morality.
God does not MANAGE a mans morality.
Some men are kind, fair, considerate...
TO their family, their employees, their servants....and some are real Bastards, to their family, employees, servants.

God simply made the rules, and the punishments thereof.
Yes and they are many times immoral.

And "IF" you understood Scripture, those Mosaic "rules" / Laws have been fulfilled.

So what applied to them, in their day, has what to do with you?
Nothing but there were real slaves at the time and these are literal rules for beating them without consequence for the owner. That is immoral and if you want to follow a god with those morals ok, but at least admit that this was the case fr non voluntary slaves.

I am not dodging anything.
What slaves? Women, Children? He who had authority OVER THEM, decided FOR THEM.
You were once a child....WHO made decisions FOR YOU? If you dad was head of household and decided to send you off to live with another, to boarding school, to apprentice with a man owning a farm.....that would not have mattered if you agreed or objected.
My dad never did anything to me that was immoral. He never severely beat me.

Same thing in ancient days....the one with authority over an other made the agreements. And particularly there were adult people who made their own agreements, to resolve their own debts....(which btw was for a period of no longer than 7 years and if there was a remainer of their debt, it was forgiven).
You still avoid the obvious that some slaves were not indebted to the owner, they were forcibly taken into that slavery.

We have Laws. Laws of the Federation, Laws of the States, Laws of the Counties, cities, neighborhood and families....
As an Adult, YOU can agree and make yourself subject to the Consequences if you violate the laws....
OR
You can go to another country, state, city, neighborhood, or get a new family that is more to your liking of their laws.

Not much different IN the OT. Gods laws and Consequences were given to a PEOPLE, who Agreed to be subject to those laws and consequences. You were not given those laws or consequences, nor were you there to agree or disagree with those laws or consequences.
I can surly disagree with laws and punishment in the society I live in. The fact is Exodud 21:20-21 is an immoral law no matter who commanded it.

So, not sure of your making a big deal out of something that never applied to you, or something you had to consider whether or not you liked or agreed with.
Because it goes to the character of the god you want me to believe in. If he existed I would have to make a choice, which really is not a choice with the threat of hell and all, to follow an immoral being and go against my morals or not and be punished for it.

Perhaps I don't agree with your rules for your children or Chinese Laws or Islamic Laws...so what? I have not agree to subject myself to any of those things.
Would you be ok being my slave under the OT rules for slavery?

But what about the man WHO CAN NOT PAY HIS DEBTS.....You avoided providing a solution.
No I didn't, we have laws and court systems to arbitrate this. We don't go enslaving people because they owe a debt.
 

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If I may...

That is not the situation. The situation is that God has held a mirror up to the evils of man and demonstrated how those evils have made slaves of us all, that apart from Him, we have enslaved ourselves to many such evils.
This has nothing to do with the actual slave rules given by your god to beat them. They are immoral.
 

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This has nothing to do with the actual slave rules given by your god to beat them. They are immoral.
If you stay at that level you will never understand. You are looking at symptoms, and I am explaining causes. Do you want to know what is behind the slavery symptom...or not?

But again, I am being kind. You are messing with the Creator of the universe. You are actually out of your element and have your nose where it does not belong. All of the suffering and immoral injustice that you are attempting to judge God for, was done on purpose because of people just like you. You are getting exactly what was intended. So, unless you really want to know the actual solution...you will get exactly what you deserve. Rise above the mire, or go down with it. Your choice.
 

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Morality is always an issue.

I would say, morality is not mentioned in Scripture, but rather what is mentioned are Precepts...
Which both have meanings regarding behavior between people.

God sets the standard and principles for Precepts. You can agree and go along, or not agree and not be part of that group.

People are not things.

It seems you are offended by a person being called a thing, or even perhaps an it.

It did not in the least offend God to inform Mary of A "holy thing" in her womb.

Luke 1
[35] And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Owning a person and having responsibility for another is not the same thing. If I owned my children I could beat them severely, since they are not my property I would go to jail for beating them severely. I am responsible for their well being and that means authority but not ownership.

And exactly what DOES the Law that would send you to jail have to do with 6,000 yr old Mosaic Law?

Again you avoid the fact that some slaves were not voluntarily slaves but slaves by force.

No I did not avoid anything. You simply did not get the answer you wanted.

The bible indicates to me that you will be tortured by fire and be alive.

Perhaps you could share that Scripture.

It came from the remnants debris from a large impact into the earth by an object of some kind. If I remember my science correctly.

An impact to the Earth? Where did the Earth come from?

Yes and they are many times immoral.

And? So? That is behavior between men.
What's the problem with God providing consequences He is content with.....
Just as you provide the consequences in your own household?

Nothing but there were real slaves at the time and these are literal rules for beating them

So? There are rules for executions too, and for incarcerations, and for planting crops, and for becoming born again....

without consequence for the owner.

So? If you decide the punishment for your kids is A TIME OUT, or Grounding....and you leave them in Time out TOO long, or Ground them for longer than the rule....You are promoting YOU should have a Consequence?


That is immoral and if you want to follow a god with those morals ok,

Of course it is my Option to follow and Subject myself to whatever I choose.

My God taught, STAY OUT OF DEBT...Because you may NOT LIKE the consequences.

You were never subjected to the Mosaic Laws and yet whine how you dislike such Laws...which is about as funny as you disliking Chinese Laws, or Islamic Laws, or any other Jewish Laws....and spending an enormous amount of time complaining about them.

Laws are Laws, you don't like them, don't subject yourself to them.

I'm not a Hebrew or Jew....so what they subject themselves to has not one iota effect on me.

but at least admit that this was the case fr non voluntary slaves.

Dude, how much clearer language do you require. Historically Men head of a TRIBE had authority over EVERY member of the TRIBE.
Men of a household had authority over EVERY member of the household.
Are you utterly unaware a bargain struck between a father and another man being given the fathers daughter was a Binding agreement? She became the property of the other man...and the man dictates the rules of his household.

In the US millions of fathers GIVE AWAY their daughters to other men....they say the words....but it is just tradition....as times have become more and more corrupt; Today marriages occur saying a life long promise, but have already been guaranteed the OPTION to break the promise as if it is already incorporated in the marriage contract.

My dad never did anything to me that was immoral.

And? who defined immoral? You, your dad, who?

He never severely beat me.

Why not? Did you always do as your dad said? IF NOT, what was your Consequence?
FOR EXAMPLE....
Say your dad said to mow the lawn, and you didn't. What was your Consequence?

You still avoid the obvious that some slaves were not indebted to the owner, they were forcibly taken into that slavery.

Slavery is subjective, as I have already said.
Give an Example of a specific Slave that has you so determined to Defend, as you say they were FORCED into being a SLAVE....

I can surly disagree with laws and punishment in the society I live in. The fact is Exodud 21:20-21 is an immoral law no matter who commanded it.

You continue on your "moral" issue...(that by the way, does NOT apply to you)...
but yet you have NOT Offered your ALTERNATIVE of what "YOU" think should have been done differently.

So, do tell.

Because it goes to the character of the god you want me to believe in.

Yes, it does speak to the character of God, teaching men to stay out of debt, to be true to their own word of doing what they say they will do, to subject themselves to the authority that governs over them, and be prepared for the consequences when they go into debt, when they don't keep their word, and when they refuse to submit to that which is in authority of governance over them.

Yes, God set forth a plan to make Weak, whinny, untrustworthy men, strong and honorable and ultimately holy men.

And No, I don't care if you believe in God.
It is God who wants you to believe in Him.

If he existed I would have to make a choice, which really is not a choice with the threat of hell and all, to follow an immoral being and go against my morals or not and be punished for it.

You call hell a threat. Is heaven also a threat?
I do not find fortelling a person what consequences to Expect for whatever Choices they make to be a threat.

And so, you reveal..."your morals". Guess that means YOU decide what is moral or not?

Would you be ok being my slave under the OT rules for slavery?

I wouldn't even consider answering that question that has no application to me whatsoever.

No I didn't, we have laws and court systems to arbitrate this. We don't go enslaving people because they owe a debt.

Well in the OT, there were rules for men who could not pay their debts to enslave themselves to pay off their debts.

Today, we have laws that say you can not incarcerate a person FOR a debt....but our government is so clever, they Order a person to Pay their Debt, and if they can't, the government CAN and DOES incarcerate people for Disobeying a Court ORDER...
See what a little cleverness can yield?
Eh, it is simply a fine example of corruption.

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If you stay at that level you will never understand. You are looking at symptoms, and I am explaining causes. Do you want to know what is behind the slavery symptom...or not?

But again, I am being kind. You are messing with the Creator of the universe. You are actually out of your element and have your nose where it does not belong. All of the suffering and immoral injustice that you are attempting to judge God for, was done on purpose because of people just like you. You are getting exactly what was intended. So, unless you really want to know the actual solution...you will get exactly what you deserve. Rise above the mire, or go down with it. Your choice.
You have said before that as I understood your argument that god instituted slavery to show us how bad slavery is and that it is not Christians fault there is slavery but instead it is atheists fault slavery exists. That is like saying I should abuse my child to show them that abuse is wrong. That is immoral in my opinion.
 

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You have said before that as I understood your argument that god instituted slavery to show us how bad slavery is and that it is not Christians fault there is slavery but instead it is atheists fault slavery exists. That is like saying I should abuse my child to show them that abuse is wrong. That is immoral in my opinion.
Sketches don't have opinions.

You completely misunderstand what I have been saying.

You are a crumpled up sketch in God's garbage can (we all are), and He is standing over it saying, "Hello...up here...wakey, wakey. You blew it and that is fine if you really want to die when the trash man comes. But if not, pay attention because you are already gone, and it will take an act of God to bring you back. So, what's it going to be? Are you going to stick with your original sin idea that there is no god, or believe there is and be saved?"

So...no, there is nothing immoral about God's handling of the trash. Trash has no moral standing to make such a claim.

Welcome to your reality!
 

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I would say, morality is not mentioned in Scripture, but rather what is mentioned are Precepts...
Which both have meanings regarding behavior between people.

God sets the standard and principles for Precepts. You can agree and go along, or not agree and not be part of that group.
Unfortunately I don't have this option. Christian values influence my life by their influence on my children textbooks, school curriculum, various laws that I may or may not agree with. So the morals Christians believe in affect my life. A rigid moral code which you are describing is problematic in my opinion. The same action could be moral or immoral in different contexts.

It seems you are offended by a person being called a thing, or even perhaps an it.
I am. People are not objects to be bought and sold or abused.

It did not in the least offend God to inform Mary of A "holy thing" in her womb.
So, it's gods morals as described in the Bible that I have a problem with.

And exactly what DOES the Law that would send you to jail have to do with 6,000 yr old Mosaic Law?
Because owning another person and abusing them is wrong no matter what the culture is.

No I did not avoid anything. You simply did not get the answer you wanted.
o you never addressed slaves that are slaves by force not by choice.

Perhaps you could share that Scripture.
Mt 25:41, Mt 13:40-42, Mk 9:42-48, Rev 20:15.

An impact to the Earth? Where did the Earth come from?
The expansion of the universe.

And? So? That is behavior between men.
What's the problem with God providing consequences He is content with.....
Just as you provide the consequences in your own household?
Because they are immoral consequences even if a deity gave them. God does not have to be moral to exist.

So? There are rules for executions too, and for incarcerations, and for planting crops, and for becoming born again....
Some rules are moral and some are not.

So? If you decide the punishment for your kids is A TIME OUT, or Grounding....and you leave them in Time out TOO long, or Ground them for longer than the rule....You are promoting YOU should have a Consequence?
No these are not immoral acts. BTW in my opinion grounding and times outs don't work in the long run.

Of course it is my Option to follow and Subject myself to whatever I choose.
It is.

My God taught, STAY OUT OF DEBT...Because you may NOT LIKE the consequences.
I agree, I do the same.

You were never subjected to the Mosaic Laws and yet whine how you dislike such Laws...which is about as funny as you disliking Chinese Laws, or Islamic Laws, or any other Jewish Laws....and spending an enormous amount of time complaining about them.
Because they are not the subject of this discussion. These were real people being abused and the god you believe in said there would be no punishment for the abuse. Why should a god like this be followed?

Laws are Laws, you don't like them, don't subject yourself to them.
This is not the point of the discussion. The law was immoral that is something you I guess don't think is a problem or is immoral. Is severely beating a slave moral?

I'm not a Hebrew or Jew....so what they subject themselves to has not one iota effect on me.
Right, do you not care about anyone else? Do you care about sex slaves currently in the world just because it does not affect you?

Dude, how much clearer language do you require. Historically Men head of a TRIBE had authority over EVERY member of the TRIBE.
Men of a household had authority over EVERY member of the household.
Are you utterly unaware a bargain struck between a father and another man being given the fathers daughter was a Binding agreement? She became the property of the other man...and the man dictates the rules of his household.
Not all rules are moral. This is what you are not getting. A man can be the head of the household but when he abuses his wife and kids then that is a problem and he should not be an example of a moral husband/father.

[quote[In the US millions of fathers GIVE AWAY their daughters to other men....they say the words....but it is just tradition....as times have become more and more corrupt; Today marriages occur saying a life long promise, but have already been guaranteed the OPTION to break the promise as if it is already incorporated in the marriage contract.[/quote]So what, they are not selling them to slavery and VTW when a daughter is 18 she no longer needs permission to get married.

And? who defined immoral? You, your dad, who?
I wrote how I determine morality in another thread I started to address this.

Why not? Did you always do as your dad said? IF NOT, what was your Consequence?
FOR EXAMPLE....
Say your dad said to mow the lawn, and you didn't. What was your Consequence?
What does this matter do the discussion? He never severely beat me with a rod as your bible says owners could do to slaves.

Slavery is subjective, as I have already said.
Give an Example of a specific Slave that has you so determined to Defend, as you say they were FORCED into being a SLAVE....

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. Lev. 25:44-46 NIV

You continue on your "moral" issue...(that by the way, does NOT apply to you)...
but yet you have NOT Offered your ALTERNATIVE of what "YOU" think should have been done differently.
Not have slaves.

Yes, it does speak to the character of God, teaching men to stay out of debt, to be true to their own word of doing what they say they will do, to subject themselves to the authority that governs over them, and be prepared for the consequences when they go into debt, when they don't keep their word, and when they refuse to submit to that which is in authority of governance over them.
You still refuse to acknowledge that some slaves were not debt slaves but slaves by force.

You call hell a threat. Is heaven also a threat?
I do not find fortelling a person what consequences to Expect for whatever Choices they make to be a threat.
It is when god is the author of hell and the system to which we are saved. He is saying follow me or be tortured forever. That is a threat.

And so, you reveal..."your morals". Guess that means YOU decide what is moral or not?
Read my thread on this.

I wouldn't even consider answering that question that has no application to me whatsoever.
Typical.

Well in the OT, there were rules for men who could not pay their debts to enslave themselves to pay off their debts.
Yes but the entire time you have ignored the forced slaves.

Today, we have laws that say you can not incarcerate a person FOR a debt....but our government is so clever, they Order a person to Pay their Debt, and if they can't, the government CAN and DOES incarcerate people for Disobeying a Court ORDER...
See what a little cleverness can yield?
Eh, it is simply a fine example of corruption.
This is only for willful non payment.

Edited to add: Is it moral to own another person as property? yes/no? Is it moral to make a woman marry her rapist? Yes/No.
 
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Sketches don't have opinions.

You completely misunderstand what I have been saying.

You are a crumpled up sketch in God's garbage can (we all are), and He is standing over it saying, "Hello...up here...wakey, wakey. You blew it and that is fine if you really want to die when the trash man comes. But if not, pay attention because you are already gone, and it will take an act of God to bring you back. So, what's it going to be? Are you going to stick with your original sin idea that there is no god, or believe there is and be saved?"

So...no, there is nothing immoral about God's handling of the trash. Trash has no moral standing to make such a claim.

Welcome to your reality!
Give me sufficient evidence that god exists and then we can talk.
 

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Give me sufficient evidence that god exists and then we can talk.
It doesn't work that way. Trash does not demand evidence from other trash. That would tend to give you a false sense of reality.

No, you can either come around to the reality that is actually true...or fade away with the one you "believe" is true. Ironic.
 
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It doesn't work that way. Trash does not demand evidence of other trash. That would tend to give you a false sense of reality.

No, you can either come around to the reality that is actually true...or fade away with the one you "believe" is true. Ironic.
This is nonsensical BS giving evidence to believe that you cannot demonstrate that a god exists.
 

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This is nonsensical BS giving evidence to believe that you cannot demonstrate that a god exists.
What is nonsensical, is you demanding evidence under the circumstances (which you have no understanding of and will not hear). Would you ask one of Leonardo Da Vinci's throwaway pieces to give evidence of Leonardo's existence? That is just stupid...and yet exactly what you are purposing, and you don't even have a clue that you are doing it.

Your loss.
 
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What is nonsensical, is you demanding evidence under the circumstances (which you have no understanding of and will not hear). Would you ask one of Leonardo Da Vinci's throwaway pieces to give evidence of Leonardo's existence? That is just stupid...and yet exactly what you are purposing, and you don't even have a clue that you are doing it.

Your loss.
Is it moral to own another person as property? is it moral to make a woman marry her rapist? Yes/no?

These are easy questions to answer.
 

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Is it moral to own another person as property? is it moral to make a woman marry her rapist? Yes/no?

These are easy questions to answer.
There are no other persons, only One begotten. The rest is manifest creation...within you.

Evidence of God...hahahaa!

You have answered already. Easy for you. You judge yourself. See you in the judgement.