In Christian Mythology, what is the standard of Morality?

Question

As an example, in Exodus 21:20-21 it allows for slave masters to go unpunished after beating their slave if the slave lives for more than 24 hours after the beating. In Leviticus 25:45 it specifies the conditions for when it is permissible for children to be owned as property.

No where did Jesus say, the rules regarding slavery are eliminated.

We in the 21rst Century find such things deplorable. We don't believe in owning people as property, even thou in the Christian Mythology in the passages I have just referenced God makes this a legal institution to them.

So who is currently setting the standard of Morality. Can that person at any time say no its ok we are allowed to have slaves its God's word, and will modern Christianity follow?

Just wondering who sets the policies for when its ok to have a morality different from the Judeo-Christian God as it outlines in the mythology.

Answer 1

Ooooooh they are so angry!!! They sound like chihuahuas to me....yip yap your going to hell yip yip yap jesus loves you yip yip yap yap but not when you ask good questions that make him look bad yip yip yap. LOL

Heel, roll over, play dead- stay

Answer 2

It is whatever they make up at the time. They will justify basically anything because one aspect of the mythology is that it is can be easily altered to suit any situation.

Example: Killing is bad..... but then again killing is good if god told you to.
Adultery is bad...... unless you are Solomon or David.
Incest is wrong.... unless you are Lot.

The babble is so full of contradictions the xians can pick and choose what is moral based on which scripture backs them up.

PS- Please accept the fact that xianity is a myth. There is no evidence for the nonsense that you people believe. All archaeological evidence has been refuted. Read a book, got to college, take some Biology, Geology, Astronomy, History classes, talk to people other than xian robots and then try for a second to really examine if what your mommy and daddy taught you matches up with reality.

Answer 3

First of all I'd like to thank you for your question as you raise some valid concerns.

The old testament law as it is found in Exodus seems horrifying to our standards of morality today. But it never the less it was the set of instructions that God gave the israelites of that time period. When Jesus showed up on the scene He did a lot of cool things though. Instead of giving us this strict moral code with which to live by He promoted the spirit of the law. He sums up the entire ten commandments with two saying "Love the Lord your God with all your Heart, Soul, Mind, and Stregth and Love your neighbor as you Love yourself." Looking back at the old testament this fulfills the meaning to all law in the old testiment when read properly and the correct context (I'll admittt that at this time I do not have a direct answer for your little mishap in Exodus, but time after time that I have really gone and researched these issues, God has shown me His purpose of it all in scripture. I have not done the extensive research it takes to be able to answer every one of these random questions people pull off of websites attempting to discredit Christianity.)

I do however have an answer for your qualms about Christ never mentioning anything about slavery in the new testament. You are most likely thinking of slavery as it existed in the United States from colonization to the 1850's. That type of slavery can not be compared to the slavery of Jesus's time. The slavery that is mentioned in the new testament referrs to a system to repay debt. If a person is in debt to another, that person could become his slave in order to repay that debt. This was normally not a perniment condition and the "slave" would be set free a designated number of years later. So in that sense it was the "slaves" decision to become a slave thus his/her free will was left intact. A more acurate comparison would be that of the indetured servant. That system arrose in America about the same time as American Slavery.

Also when reading the Bible, be careful to seperate what the Bible records and what the Bible condones. There are a number of atracities recorded in the Bible and even biblical characters that commit them, but it doesn't necessarily condone them. King David for example killed his friend and stole his friend's wife. This is obviously not morally permissible but the Bible does not condone it. If you keep reading, God curses him for it. Though because He is a compassionate God, later forgives.

Answer 4

Well, here's my 2 cents....I think that "christians" pick and choose what they will or will not follow from their bible. There are christians that say that they are no longer under the "law" of the OT, but "Jesus" said that he came to fulfill the law not destroy it....I think the one they take orders from is their pastors...so it's a local thing....I remember when I was in church, some of the things the pastor said made NO sense....but everyone followed without question (sheep....funny how they are compared to an animal that just follows without question) and do whatever their "shepherd" says! The ones who question and seek real truth don't stay christians for too long.

Answer 5

Well, I really like ancient greek mythology, but I cannot tell a lot about christian mythology yet.

Anyway, I think that the standard of morality in christian mythology is that every human is a sinner from the very moment they were born. No choice.

Answer 6

Silly rabbit, there is no standard of morality for Christian Mythology.

If you really notice, God either supports, causes, or orders his chosen people to break just about every single law that he has ever put forth for his followers to abide by in that ole bible book.

God has ordered murder, allowed men to steal from their brothers (Essau and Issac) and then blessed the thief, allowed kings to steal wives from others (David, Uriah, Bathsheba), and even ordered the genocide of the Caananites just because they happened to already be living on a piece of land that he promised to the Jews.

Christian Morality reads like this 'Follow God's laws... until he tells you it's ok to break them'.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Because you have to look at the time frame of WHEN this happened. Jesus came in to a culture where slaves were owned.

Today it would be immoral to have slaves, or more than one wife, or to not allow a woman to be educated, or to not go to a doctor. But in those days, Jesus gave rules for the society in regards to what was then modern-day culture.

What is timeless though are the principles given by those stories.

Let me give you one more analogy here. It sounds like you took some time to read and research your question. I commend you for that. But taking a look at only a few verses that meet your needs without understanding them in context is like going to the "Joy of Cooking" cookbook and reading the steps to make a chocolate cake and taking one step from that recipe and then going to another page and taking a step from the recipe for making chocolate fondue. Both relate to chocolate, but following the steps that way would make for a disastrous recipe.

Answer 9

Whatever fits for the particular situation they would like to control. Supposedly Jesus wipes it out the old laws but when it suits them christians still quote them to justify what they feel is immoral or wrong.

Answer 10

Jesus set it for us when he said that we should love each other and treat each other as we'd like to be treated. Not too many people want to be treated like a slave or treated as property. It is a principle simple enough for all of us to follow.