for most of christian history, the entireity of the followers of the christian faith felt that things we now think of as ugly blemishes upon human history as morally sanctioned by god.
until about 120 years ago most christians felt that the bible dictated man's dominance and women's submissiveness.
when slavery was in effect, many americans thought that it was morally santioned by the bible. why not be more specific?
instead of inspiriring the writers of the bible to write a huge portion of the Old Testament with books detailing the history of Israel, why not write whole books of practical, clear, concise, uncontentious, moral instructions?
for example, why not write things like:
man and women are equal. man is no more the master of a woman than she is the master of him.
do not make other people your slaves
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2007-02-08
14:50:48
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