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Old 09-02-2004, 11:52 AM   #131
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By your concept of morality, perhaps, but not (apparently) by the morality of their system.
Which seems to indicate a non-objective standard of morality. Which is a point others have brought up too, and which I think, (IIRC) the point about slavery was brought up to address: has god's morality changed, or has "morality" morality changed.

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(This is the part where someone could make the rude little observation that many gods in history, and especially the Judeo-Christian God, are suspiciously similar to and self-serving for the people who invented - oops! - I mean WORSHIP them. But rudery goes against MY moral system, so pretend you didn't see this.)
Deal....I never saw nuthin'

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HOWEVER, I do see a problem when Christians, who have basically glommed on to this Jewish God, try to negate or rewrite these elements of the OT to make everything fit into their johnny-come-lately version. I don't have a problem with one religion branching out from a pre-existing one, but if you take a God, you TAKE him. Don't try to say down was really up and bad was really good to soothe your own nagging discomfort.
Yeah! What she said!

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As for the slaves, IIRC "Hebrew" does not equal "Israelite".
Could be. I was typing fast, missed that. I'm not sure quite what the difference was though, probably some Hebrews not of the tribe of Israel. Descendants of Esau then?
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Old 09-02-2004, 05:58 PM   #132
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#1) An opinionated defense, hmmm? Not that that brush paints anyone else here?

#2) In case you missed the entire rest of this thread, there's been a pretty significant defense of the position:
"The god of the bible approved of slavery."
Based primarily upon biblical text.

However, the alternative has boiled down to:
"There is no condemnation of slavery in the bible, and god did approve of slavery in the bible, but because some people sold themselves into slavery, therefore slavery must have been a good thing."

When this was systematically dealt with, argumentum ad repition ensued, and you haven't offered anything new to the table. Have you? You didn't in this post....




No, I don't hink I should. If it's entertaining to me to point out how you cannot defend the god you worship, then I think I'll just keep on doing it. But, thanks for the advice. Unless you've been able to provide a defense? You sure didn't in this post....


Don't need to.

YOU made the assertion. YOU support it. All an assertion needs in order to be dismissed is the current burden of evidence to stand against it.

Currently the evidence is:

Us: 1
You: 0

So, put up, or shut up already.

YOU simply disagree with it, because it goes against that convenience which comes with disbelief. While you're here, where's those city-jail stats, and those stats regarding those who haven't been convicted yet? Did your forget them yet again? :thumbs:

Are you commanding me to shut up, boy? What if I DON'T shut up? What are you going to do about it? Does giving command statements make you feel some type of "manly" satisfaction hiding behind your little screen? Do you get some type of sick satisfaction continually harassing people with your child-like arguments and surface-read research? Pathetic. :boohoo:
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Old 09-02-2004, 06:19 PM   #133
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YOU simply disagree with it, because it goes against that convenience which comes with disbelief. While you're here, where's those city-jail stats, and those stats regarding those who haven't been convicted yet? Did your forget them yet again? :thumbs:

Please, repeat after me one million times:

The one who made the assertion bears the burden of supporting it.
The one who made the assertion bears the burden of supporting it.
The one who made the assertion bears the burden of supporting it.
The one who made the assertion bears the burden of supporting it.
The one who made the assertion bears the burden of supporting it.
The one who made the assertion bears the burden of supporting it.
The one who made the assertion bears the burden of supporting it.
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You made the assertion that we disbelieve in order to sin more, or more conveniently.

Now, being the gentleman I am, I made every effort to help you support your position.

(Aren't I nice?)

I went out searching, and searching, and searching, for something that might show patterns of behaviour for people that have different beliefs.

And, though I was trying to help, I was only able to find statistics that damaged your position. I was hoping you, the one who made the assertion in the first place would fare better, or might have had something beyond pure wild speculation to base your opinion on. Apparently I was wrong.

I'll notice you've still failed to present any evidence to support your assertion. So the score still stands:

Us: 1
You: 0

Last time I watched a soccer game, (football) the final score was 1-0. Guess who was declared the victor?

And you know what, the losing team didn't even demand that the winners score more goals...weird huh?

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Are you commanding me to shut up, boy?
"Boy?" What are we, in a bad 50's movie? ROFL.

In fact, I might even quote you on that!


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What if I DON'T shut up?
Well, if you don't shut up, and you don't put up, you'll look pretty silly buckaroo. You've been called out, pardner, and it's lookin' like you're yellow.

(See, now I'm making it like a western!)

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What are you going to do about it?

Uhm, pretty much just let you go on and on, and maybe point out to the viewers at home that you've gone one more post without supporting any of your positions. The advice to put up or shut up was really for your own good. I mean, by now most folks see how you've failed to defend your position, and are starting to think you look kinda silly. I mean, you're just digging a deeper hole now...but, whatever. Your choice!

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Does giving command statements make you feel some type of "manly" satisfaction hiding behind your little screen?
See it as advice, not commands. Or an invitation. Please, I would love to have an opportunity to change my mind. Just offer up some evidence, valid arguments or support for your poition. (That would be the 'put up' option that you skimmed over to get to the 'shut up' option...)

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Do you get some type of sick satisfaction continually harassing people with your child-like arguments and surface-read research? Pathetic. :boohoo:
Well, seeing you dodge and avoid the issue for the viewers at home does provide some satisfaction. And, as I said before, you continue to amuse me. But I wouldn't call those "sick" really.

(BTW: Still us: 1, You 0. I would love for you to change it though!)
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Which seems to indicate a non-objective standard of morality.
Sure. Cultural relativity, and all that.

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Which is a point others have brought up too, and which I think, (IIRC) the point about slavery was brought up to address: has god's morality changed, or has "morality" morality changed.
I have two answers for you:

1) God is constant, unchanging and eternal. As He was then, so shall He ever be. And I mean that in absolute terms, kiddo. So no, insofar as something like "morality" can be ascribed to our understanding of God, His doesn't change. Just our understanding of what He wants. But his COVENANTS with us may change, which means rules (down here) can change, as He deems.

2) The morality of the God in the OT made sense to the people who wrote it.

Which one sounds more true to you?

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I'm not sure quite what the difference was though, probably some Hebrews not of the tribe of Israel. Descendants of Esau then?
Right. IIRC, Israelites = tribal designation. Hebrew = ethnic designation (and the Israelites looked down on non-Israelite Hebrews). I think it goes back before Esau though. Aaron? Or someone with an A name? Oy, now I have to open that freakin' book again...
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You made the assertion that we disbelieve in order to sin more, or more conveniently.

Now, being the gentleman I am, I made every effort to help you support your position.

(Aren't I nice?)

I went out searching, and searching, and searching, for something that might show patterns of behaviour for people that have different beliefs.

And, though I was trying to help, I was only able to find statistics that damaged your position.
Please show us the results of all your searching (and searching, and searching), so we'll know how thorough your "searching, and searching, and searching" truly was. Actually, though, you weren't trying to "help" anyone but yourself. You're the one who turned "more conveniently" into "more sinning," not I, since that would help to serve your purpose here.

Poor thing. Him was only ABLE to find what? Bet him looked REAL hard, too, huh! What disabled your "searching" anyway? A lack of time for posting here too much perhaps? All you've referred to were just some kind of (made-up perhaps?) prison stats (which, btw, I don't remember actually being presented?). Hey, where are these stats, along with all those OTHER stats I requested anyway? One cannot draw general, overall conclusions with only partial stats, can one. Well, one can if one wishes to be mistaken, of course.


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I was hoping you, the one who made the assertion in the first place would fare better, or might have had something beyond pure wild speculation to base your opinion on. Apparently I was wrong.

I'll notice you've still failed to present any evidence to support your assertion. So the score still stands:

Us: 1
You: 0

Last time I watched a soccer game, (football) the final score was 1-0. Guess who was declared the victor?

And you know what, the losing team didn't even demand that the winners score more goals...weird huh?

"Boy?" What are we, in a bad 50's movie? ROFL.

In fact, I might even quote you on that!

Looks like a thrown "game" (uh, if that's how you see it?) to me. Hmmm, perhaps someone (other than you) thinks differently about what the true "score" (LoL!) is. :thumbs:


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Well, if you don't shut up, and you don't put up, you'll look pretty silly buckaroo. You've been called out, pardner, and it's lookin' like you're yellow.

(See, now I'm making it like a western!)

Well, yee-haw! Why do you care if I look silly, especially since that seems to be your main goal here anyway (making anyone who disagrees with YOUR opinions look silly, in case that went over your head)? You do tend to make things how YOU see fit to make them, so long as it's convenient for YOU. :thumbs:



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Uhm, pretty much just let you go on and on, and maybe point out to the viewers at home..."

Yep, sounds like a sick person to me. I would suggest therapy.



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See it as advice, not commands. Or an invitation. Please, I would love to have an opportunity to change my mind. Just offer up some evidence, valid arguments or support for your poition. (That would be the 'put up' option that you skimmed over to get to the 'shut up' option...)

Good excuses, but there was no option in your command phrases (RE: "put up or shut up"), as you were commanding me to do one of two things. Too bad for you that I don't take commands from the likes of you who feels larger hiding behind your computer screen.



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Well, seeing you dodge and avoid the issue for the viewers at home does provide some satisfaction. And, as I said before, you continue to amuse me. But I wouldn't call those "sick" really.

You seem to get satisfaction from thinking (or perhaps seeing, in real life?) someone suffer??? Hmmm, again I would advise therapy.

Btw, when do you find the time to study and sell cars (your post times, from your nearly-30 postings yesterday, "suggest" otherwise I'm afraid, but whatever!) . . . in your sleep?

Yep, you should have taken the PlayStation advice. :wave: :thumbs:
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