Why cant the Bible make up it's mind?
It is my contention that the Bible can not be clear or non contradictory on subjects like the soul and freewill because the writers had a sinister agenda.
1.To get people to believe that the soul is a substance that God can create and destroy at will rather than immortal by nature
2.That obedience is Love esp out of fear
3.That God sanctions only one religion and will recreate your soul later after you cease to exist if you behave according to man made religion.
Also that God is Jealous and Angry and wants us to obey out of fear. The Bible view of this God is he sanctions human sacrifice and suicide. So humans would no longer have to sacrifice animals let alone each other God came down in human flesh to commit suicide.
This is suppose to be selfless and prove divinity of Jesus as God. But it assumes that blood sacrifice to the Gods was good but if you reject all other Gods the Biblical God will wash away sins with blood.
This is suppose to be selfless and prove divinity of Jesus as God. But it assumes that blood sacrifice to the Gods was good but if you reject all other Gods the Biblical God will wash away sins with blood.
This assumes the scapegoat principal of washing away sins with blood is desirable and even spiritual. That animal sacrifice up to that point was good
(Some Jewish Theologians still maintain it is good and will even be rewarded in the future with temples for this purpose. )
But this new God is better than the other Gods and should be worshiped as the one true God because he sacrificed himself so we wouldn't have to sacrifice animals anymore.
(Some Jewish Theologians still maintain it is good and will even be rewarded in the future with temples for this purpose. )
But this new God is better than the other Gods and should be worshiped as the one true God because he sacrificed himself so we wouldn't have to sacrifice animals anymore.
Why not just tell people I do not accept blood from animals and you need to do is pray to me?
Because Jewish/Christians invented death. And Christianity at least claims that the only way out of death is their religion.
Before Jewish and Christian religion no other religion believed in death. Any religion before taught the soul was immortal by nature and most taught reincarnation.
Before the Bible was written even Christians believed in reincarnation. The Jews were divided equally between those that believed the soul ceased to exist and that the soul reincarnates.
Because Jewish/Christians invented death. And Christianity at least claims that the only way out of death is their religion.
Before Jewish and Christian religion no other religion believed in death. Any religion before taught the soul was immortal by nature and most taught reincarnation.
Before the Bible was written even Christians believed in reincarnation. The Jews were divided equally between those that believed the soul ceased to exist and that the soul reincarnates.
No Holy book is completely clear on this matter as you will see. Because they are written by man. And not only does man not know anything ultimately but the books themselves were written by politicians with ulterior motives to control the masses by social engineering.
The Great teachers like Socrates and Buddha and Jesus never wrote anything down. They knew that writing can be manipulated by translation and interpretation by accident changing the meaning or on purpose to serve an agenda.
That is why as a writer I will probably give lectures in person with a question answer section at the end just like any other writer that ask the deep philosophical questions.
Writing is good for getting ideas out there. But if you want to teach it is best one on one or in person before a small audience. At least in a blog people can comment and I can respond. If Jesus had a blog he could of cleared up misunderstandings of people who thought he claimed that he was a Biblical God or even supported the Bible as the word of God before the book was even written.
There is a REASON that there is no Book of Jesus written by Jesus in the Bible and why Jesus never signed or endorsed the Bible. And that is because the Bible was written by man not God and after Jesus died. Jesus did not endorse religion anymore than Socrates or Buddha nor did he write anything down. Like Socrates and Buddha he did not want his teaching distorted for a political (religious) agenda.
The only way that Jesus claimed to be God was to tell people that we are all God. Jesus was a mystic pantheist. Jesus taught us we are all gods (God) . Socrates taught us to question the Gods (Religion Aka Politics) and Buddha refused to answer the question. All there responses were by the same motivation. So that we would seek within and not look for God (The Source) outside of ourselves in man made religions.
I have made clear that the Bible is wrong about the nature of God in my post Free at Last. This page will try to list all the contradictions in the Bible about God, Freewill, and the Soul
Man will resurrect
1 Corinthians 15:21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Man will die and turn to nothing
Ecclesiastes 3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Man has no soul because he is a sinner
Ecclesiastes 8:8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Since all men are sinners they have no souls and therefore will turn into nothing
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:Ecclesiastes 3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Man Has a Soul and Sinning Has Nothing To Do With It
26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
John 8
1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
God/Jesus didn't teach reincarnation
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Jesus God DID teach reincarnation
John 3
1There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
Karma is real not sin
. 26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
One Last Thing
Ok I went to a website claiming that Evil can not be eliminated at the source namely the human mind. This is just begging the question but I will indulge the author here is what he says...
"Ultimately, efforts to prevent evil do not prevent the source of evil - the human mind.
Eliminate evil and keep free will?
However, there was no way to eliminate all evil through changing the "laws of physics," since it originates within the human mind. So, the only way to eliminate all evil is to actually restrict the functioning of the human mind - in other words, restrict free will. So, all claims by atheists that God could prevent all evil choices, but allow free will are specious. In reality, the atheists' "solution" has taken away human free will and turned human beings into robots. Although it solves the problem of evil, it destroys the primary reason why God created the universe in the first place - to allow free will beings the choice of loving or rejecting Him.2 God finds such a "solution" unacceptable (Why create a universe in which its primary purpose is unattainable?). However, this kind of evil-free universe does exist for those who want it and choose it in this universe. It is called heaven."
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/evil_free_will.html
As you can see he is begging the question. Let me clarify. He makes the following claims.
1.An Evil Free Universe is not possible because man has freewill and the nature of a mind with freewill is that it is capable of Evil.
2.God has a mind and the nature of that mind is one with freewill yet God is incapable of Evil
3. There is an Evil free universe called Heaven and by exercising obedience to God you will go there by choosing with your freewill to obey God which is love
4.God which is love can not demand obedience because you can not get to love of God or others without choice
Honestly if you can not see the contradictions I am not sure I can help you. I already addressed these contradictions in my post Free At Last but that was in reference to the Bible.
I claimed that if you accept the Bible then you will be stuck with these contradictions and this man proves it with his arguments which I already demolished.
He also claims that God is incapable of Evil and yet can not explain Isiah in which God says nothing is done not by his will and that God creates Evil. Mistranslating the Hebrew word for Evil as calamity doesn't solve the problem. The 10 commandments forbid killing and that is what calamity means here that God kills. Also if all is God's will than not only is God the source of Evil but man has no freewill. Freewill to Christians is man's ability to obey or disobey Gods will. And it is already predetermined by Gods' will what every man will do in any given situation. Again I already addressed this. Last but not least the Biblical God has not only killed humans many times he has repented of this Evil and changed his mind sometimes. Usually as in the case of Abraham it is because man has obeyed God out of fear.
12He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me." (Gen. 22:11-12)
Evil is based on obedience. Since Abraham obeyed God and was willing to sacrifice (kill)
his son out of FEAR God has his angels stop him. Killing is ok just not disobedience.
Not only is the biblical God capable of Evil but Evil is only defined as acting against Gods' will. This means that God is good can only be understood as God does what he wills including Evil and Evil is seen as Good as long as God wills it.
That is
Evil: Causing pain and suffering to other sentient beings by mans will
Good Causing pain and suffering to sentient beings by Gods will in order to teach man to follow only Gods will in which case God will repent of his Evil
Jonah 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
It does no good to debate what types of Evil there are. Evil as killing or destruction etc
If God is incapable of doing Evil he either is not free to do so or defines what is Evil by whether it is his will or not.
Obviously Christians must say God is free so they are only left with Evil is defined as which is not willed by God. By that definition a man that saves someones life and prevents torture from happening against Gods will is Evil.(This CHRISTIAN reasoning led to the Inquisitions and the Crusades)
God on the other hand drowning and killing every living creature on the planet or torturing a man in an everlasting Hell for being the wrong religion is good. (For more examples Go To Evil Bible website http://www.evilbible.com/)
Of course if you do not want to follow a God of Evil you can throw away your Bible.
"This God, according to the Bible, is directly responsible for many mass-murders, rapes, pillage, plunder, slavery, child abuse and killing, not to mention the killing of unborn children. I have included references to the Biblical passages, so grab your Bible and follow along. You can also follow along with on-line Bibles such as BibleStudyTools.net or SkepticsAnnotatedBible.com.
It always amazes me how many times this God orders the killing of innocent people even after the Ten Commandments said “Thou shall not kill”. For example, God kills 70,000 innocent people because David ordered a census of the people (1 Chronicles 21). God also orders the destruction of 60 cities so that the Israelites can live there. He orders the killing of all the men, women, and children of each city, and the looting of all of value (Deuteronomy 3). He orders another attack and the killing of “all the living creatures of the city: men and women, young, and old, as well as oxen sheep, and asses” (Joshua 6). In Judges 21, He orders the murder of all the people of Jabesh-gilead, except for the virgin girls who were taken to be forcibly raped and married. When they wanted more virgins, God told them to hide alongside the road and when they saw a girl they liked, kidnap her and forcibly rape her and make her your wife! Just about every other page in the Old Testament has God killing somebody! In 2 Kings 10:18-27, God orders the murder of all the worshipers of a different god in their very own church! In total God kills 371,186 people directly and orders another 1,862,265 people murdered.
The God of the Bible also allows slavery, including selling your own daughter as a sex slave (Exodus 21:1-11), child abuse (Judges 11:29-40 and Isaiah 13:16), and bashing babies against rocks (Hosea 13:16 & Psalms 137:9).
This type of criminal behavior should shock any moral person. Murder, rape, pillage, plunder, slavery, and child abuse can not be justified by saying that some god says it’s OK. If more people would actually sit down and read the Bible there would be a lot more atheists like myself."
For more insight into what true freedom and love means read Free At Last on my blog. Even the Bible admits there is no fear in love. So in order to follow the true God of Love you must ironically throw away the Bible. The problem is Christian define "love" as obedience. So to keep the Bible as truth you would have to accept Love as
John
18There is no fear in obedience; but perfect obedience casteth out fear: because fear hath torment.
But if you read John from the beginning of that verse "God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 17Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19We love him, because he first loved us. 20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. "
There is no reason to obey only to love. This scripture contradicts the whole rest of the Bible.
If God is Love then there can be no Hell for non Christians to go to because that would be something to fear.
Of course John also says that
15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God
But it is still unclear as to what this means. So I can not confess it. The Jews who wrote the Old Testament invented the Biblical God and even they question the divinity of Jesus because the Bible doesn't support it!
http://whatjewsbelieve.org/
The Bible doesn't even support Hell!
http://www.judeochristianity.com/hell.htm
http://ecclesia.org/truth/hell.html
Or Does it?
http://www.av1611.org/hell.html
If you are still confused then admit it is religion with all it's deceptions about God and contradictions about good and evil, freewill hell etc that confuse you then reject religion as a way to God and you will be truly free.
For those that are to dense to understand Isiah says God is responsible for Evil here is more evidence
( Remember All powerful means Everything that happens is willed by God including Evil that is why the Bible does not deny this)
Proverbs 16:4 (NIV) The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, EVEN THE WICKED FOR THE DAY OF EVIL
Job 9:23 (NIV) When a scourge brings sudden death, God mocks the despair of the INNOCENT.
Cursed be he who does the Lords work remissly, cursed he who holds back his sword from blood. (Jeremiah 48:10 NAB)
Exodus 4:11 (NIV) The Lord said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
2 Kings 6:33
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this EVIL is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
Isiah
5I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
From there Elisha went up to Bethel. While he was on his way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him. "Go up baldhead," they shouted, "go up baldhead!" The prophet turned and saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two shebears came out of the woods and tore forty two of the children to pieces. (2 Kings 2:23-24 NAB)
The glory of Israel will fly away like a bird, for your children will die at birth or perish in the womb or never even be conceived. Even if your children do survive to grow up, I will take them from you. It will be a terrible day when I turn away and leave you alone. I have watched Israel become as beautiful and pleasant as Tyre. But now Israel will bring out her children to be slaughtered." O LORD, what should I request for your people? I will ask for wombs that don't give birth and breasts that give no milk. The LORD says, "All their wickedness began at Gilgal; there I began to hate them. I will drive them from my land because of their evil actions. I will love them no more because all their leaders are rebels. The people of Israel are stricken. Their roots are dried up; they will bear no more fruit. And if they give birth, I will slaughter their beloved children." (Hosea 9:11-16 NLT)
If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey, I will inflict you with seven more disasters for your sins. I will release wild animals that will kill your children and destroy your cattle, so your numbers will dwindle and your roads will be deserted. (Leviticus 26:21-22 NLT)
Anyone who is captured will be run through with a sword. Their little children will be dashed to death right before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked and their wives raped by the attacking hordes. For I will stir up the Medes against Babylon, and no amount of silver or gold will buy them off. The attacking armies will shoot down the young people with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for the children. (Isaiah 13:15-18 NLT)
This is what the Lord of hosts has to say: 'I will punish what Amalek did to Israel when he barred his way as he was coming up from Egypt. Go, now, attack Amalek, and deal with him and all that he has under the ban. Do not spare him, but kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and asses.' (1 Samuel 15:2-3 NAB)
Infanticide:
1 Samuel 15:3 God commands the death of helpless "suckling" infants. This literally means that the children god killed were still nursing.
Psalms 135:8 & 136:10 Here god is praised for slaughtering little babies.
Psalms 137:9 Here god commands that infants should be “dashed upon the rocks”.
The murdering of children:
Leviticus 20:9 “For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.”
Judges 11:30-40 Jephthah killed his young daughter (his only child) by burning her alive as a burnt sacrifice to the lord for he commanded it.
Psalms 137:8-9 Prayer/song of vengeance “0 daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.”
2 Kings 6:28-29 “And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.”
Deuteronomy 21:18-21 “If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.”
Judges 19:24-29 “Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, till it was light. And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.” To put it very bluntly this poor, young lady was murdered by her mate for being raped.
Exodus 12:29 God killed, intentionally, every first-born child of every family in Egypt, simply because he was upset at the Pharaoh. And god caused the Pharaoh’s actions in the first place. Since when is it appropriate to murder children for their ruler’s forced action?
Exodus 20:9-10 God commands death for cursing out ones parents Joshua 8 God commanded the deaths of 12,000 men, women, and children of Ai. They were all slain in the ambush that was planned by god.
2 Kings 2:23-24 The prophet Elisha, was being picked on by some young boys from the city because of his bald head. The prophet turned around and cursed them in the Lords name. Then, two female bears came out of the woods and killed forty-two of them. You would think that God could understand that sometimes the youthful make childish jokes. Calling someone “bald head” is far from being worthy of death.
Leviticus 26:30 “And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.”
1 Samuel 15:11-18 God repents of having made Saul king since Saul refused to carry out God’s commandments (i.e., Saul refused to murder all the innocent women and children.) At least god realizes what an immoral, murderous pig he is on this one.
I Kings 16:34 Laying the foundation for a city using your firstborn child and using your youngest son to set up the gates.
Isaiah 13:15-18 If God can find you, he will “thrust you through,” smash your children “to pieces” before your eyes, and rape your wife.
Jeremiah 11:22-23 God will kill the young men in war and starve their children to death.
Jeremiah 19:7-9 God will make parents eat their own children, and friends eat each other.
Lamentations 2:20-22 God gets angry and mercilessly torments and kills everyone, young and old. He even causes women to eat their children.
Child abuse:
Genesis 22:9 & 10 “And they came to the place which God had told him of and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.” It matters not that god let Abraham get out of murdering Isaac. To put a knife up to your son’s throat is child abuse.
I Kings 3:24-25 “And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other." This test was of course given to see who the real mother of the child was. Christians view this king as a wise man. I look upon his suggestion with far more revulsion then I give accredit to Susan Smith.
Proverbs 13:24, 19:18, 22:15, 23:13-14 & 29:15 God commands repeatedly that you beat your children.
Matthew 19:29 If you really loved Jesus then he insists that you abandon your wife and children for him. Only that way will he allow you to go to heaven. (That is if you meet his other hefty requirements, don’t slip through the loopholes, and ignore the contradictions.)
Mark 7:9 Jesus criticizes the Jews for not killing their disobedient children according to Old Testament law.
If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for only six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom. If he was single when he became your slave and then married afterward, only he will go free in the seventh year. But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife will be freed with him. If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave, and they had sons or daughters, then the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master. But the slave may plainly declare, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I would rather not go free.' If he does this, his master must present him before God. Then his master must take him to the door and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will belong to his master forever. (Exodus 21:2-6 NLT)
Notice how they can get a male Hebrew slave to become a permanent slave by keeping his wife and children hostage until he says he wants to become a permanent slave. What kind of family values are these?
The following passage describes the sickening practice of sex slavery. How can anyone think it is moral to sell your own daughter as a sex slave?
When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment. (Exodus 21:7-11 NLT)
So these are the Bible family values! A man can buy as many sex slaves as he wants as long as he feeds them, clothes them, and screws them!
What does the Bible say about beating slaves? It says you can beat both male and female slaves with a rod so hard that as long as they don't die right away you are cleared of any wrong doing.
When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property. (Exodus 21:20-21 NAB)
You would think that Jesus and the New Testament would have a different view of slavery, but slavery is still approved of in the New Testament, as the following passages show.
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. (Ephesians 6:5 NLT)
Christians who are slaves should give their masters full respect so that the name of God and his teaching will not be shamed. If your master is a Christian, that is no excuse for being disrespectful. You should work all the harder because you are helping another believer by your efforts. Teach these truths, Timothy, and encourage everyone to obey them. (1 Timothy 6:1-2 NLT)
In the following parable, Jesus clearly approves of beating slaves even if they didn't know they were doing anything wrong.
The servant will be severely punished, for though he knew his duty, he refused to do it. "But people who are not aware that they are doing wrong will be punished only lightly. Much is required from those to whom much is given, and much more is required from those to whom much more is given." (Luke 12:47-48 NLT)
