Excuses excuses and excuse

Most of us can agree that r*pe and slavery are egregious and abhorrent things, so why do christians make every excuse for laws where such things are permitted (ie Deuteronomy 21:10-14 and Leviticus 25: 44-46) they will make any and every excuse for these verses and not see how psychotic their arguments are.

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SW-User

Hi there, the "out clause" for many Christians (usually of the literalist/conservative/fundamentalist sector of the Faith - also known to themselves as the "True Christians"....😀 ) is that the words you quote are of the "Old Covenant", now replaced by the New Covenant, one of mercy/grace where we are "all one in Christ Jesus".

Unfortunately, such "True Christians" are supporters of the doctrine of Eternal/Perpetual torment of any who do not accept such offer of mercy/grace, which they claim is the New Testaments "clear teaching".

I would simply say that such a doctrine is far more repugnant than any commandments found in the Old Testament, and further, that any who subscribe to it have had there moral sense corrupted.

That is it for me. I will not engage with any here who wish to argue.

BibleData · M

@SW-User It shouldn't be argued that slavery was only taking place in the time of the Law of Moses because there were guidelines to having slaves in the Christian scriptures as well. In fact it was much more common then.

Slavery was much more common in the Roman Empire than in the time of the ancient Hebrew scriptures. Individuals could own hundreds or thousands of slaves. The imperial government's position on the institution of slavery in the time of the first century Christians was not challenged by Christians. They respected the legal rights of others, including other Christians, to own slaves.

The apostle Paul sent back the runaway slave Onesimus, who had become a Christian and willfully returned to his master, also a Christian. (Philemon 10-17) Paul admonished Christian slaves not to take improper advantage of their Christian masters (1 Timothy 6:2) Christian masters were obligated to deal fairly with their slaves. (Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 4:1)

All Christians, regardless of their social status, slave and free man, were the same and of equal standing. (1Corinthians 12:12, 13; Galatians 3:28; Colossians 3:11)