Originally Posted by
Chris99
I don't want to turn this thread into a debate about the Bible, so we can either start a new thread, PM, or drop it because no one is going to change someone else's mind about this subject. Suffice it to say that my opinion is that the Bible is a historical document that recorded what happened historically without necessarily "condoning" it (polygamy, slavery, adultery, etc.). If you read the Bible in context you will find that the "slave" is our brother, an equal in the eyes of God, and whoever sins by mistreating the slave, orphan, widow, foreigner, etc. will face God's judgment. God allows us to make our own choices without "condoning" the sins we choose. That's all I have to say about that.
Would you be kind enough to forward a list of those "sins" so that I may see how deep in the dodo I really am? Are all the sins of man contained in the Ten Commandments or does an alternate/secret list hide in Gods back pocket? I still find amazing the hypocrisy of man, what with all the killing and such in the name of God and the fact that man still refuses to break the chains of slavery of our current life. i.e., government/religious/monetary manipulation and control and God knows what else.