The bible says we can have slaves!

SO were are my slaves? The Bible says slavery is moral, so why dont I have any slave..........ohh wait could it be the fact that morals dont really exist! That might just be.............morals are whatever the majority believes what harms society, the is no wrong and right, all wrong means is that it hurts others, emotionally or phyically(sp , whats right today may not be right tommorrow, no where in the bible does it say that! Morals like god are human made!~End Rant~flame war begin!

And where does it say this?

I have a slave. His name is Chester.

He makes me sandwiches.

I just realized you have to be trolling.

Ah fuck. He goes the religious war....again...

CynageN said:

"I have a slave. His name is Chester.

He makes me sandwiches."

Do you rent Chester out, I like a good sandwhich but there is never a slave around when you need one these days.

I don't know if the bible says that, but the bible says a lot of bullshit so it wouldn't surprise me...

*Yawn*

Exodous, Leviticus and Duteronomy all define laws dealing with slave ownership, but it's more in reference to a type of indentured servitude than permanent slavery. Whether or not the bible says you can or can't have slaves, modern laws say you can't and contrary to what most religious fundamentalist will tell you, modern laws trump the mosaic laws in most cases.

"I don't know if the bible says that, but the bible says a lot of bullshit so it wouldn't surprise me..."

It also says if you're really poor, you can just go out in fields and eat your fill too.

Their concept of slavery was different than ours, so I was told.

"Ah fuck. He goes the religious war....again..."

and it was written like 4000 years ago , you cant take it litteraly

I'm sure there were some stories of people having indentured servants (Even prominent figures in the Bible). It never says it's moral though. 

The bible was written thousands of years ago, what do you expect?

oh come on man, don't turn this off topic into Gamespots dumbass off topic where idiots argue over religion all day every day. 

Yes, there were slaves back then. The verses on slavery are all about being nice to your slaves, not "Thou shalt keepeth slaves!" Now, you have to consider that this was a long time ago when slavery was acceptable and seen as nowhere near wrong. I'm also willing to bet that their definition of slavery wasn't exactly the same as ours. 

yay! it's like the first week of giantbomb all over again! good times...

Times have changed.

the bible is fiction and not to be taken seriously.

"oh come on man, don't turn this off topic into Gamespots dumbass off topic where idiots argue over religion all day every day. "

Using Old Testament for ownage = AUTOMATIC FAIL

The only argument about religion there should be is over which means to eradicate it.

"And where does it say this?"

"TwoOneFive said:

"oh come on man, don't turn this off topic into Gamespots dumbass off topic where idiots argue over religion all day every day. "

We got over that long ago.

If the OP is speaking of Judaic slavery, then yes, the Bible does condone slaves in an incredibly loose sense. Somewhere between indentured servitude and full-out slavery is where those rules are positioned."

End this stupid fucking topic. Honestly, this is a video game forum.

"I have a slave. His name is Chester.

He makes me sandwiches."

In my humble opinion, the bible is complete BS. Therefore this doesn't mean anything.

"and it was written like 4000 years ago , you cant take it litteraly"

Oh you didn't hear? God is not good. He's just FN powerful so much so that people follow his words in fear of getting on his bad side. Besides slavery, there was a bunch of stuff that happened in the bible that is simply not moral. Yet overtime it was edited to be "God works in mysterious ways."

While I love moral philosophy, this is not the place I think we should be discussing this.  Most people just couldn't hold a vailid conversation on the origin or universality of morality.