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No, I don't speak out of ignorance. Believe it or not, there are laws against murder where that shopkeeper was. If he had been caught, he surely would have been punished. Murder is and pretty much always has been proscribed against by all societies. Now, it is true that the application of those laws has left much to be desired in many places, but there have been few to no places in the history of the world that said that murder was acceptable.

Continuing to speculate, I see. YOu didn't read the Old Testament or you would know what I am talking about.

I knew you would go there. Jesus said to love God and love your neighbor as you do yourself. If you today can figure a way to love your neighbor as you do yourself and own a slave, then I invite you to it.

Thy neighbor is a reference to other Jews, not all human being. Hence this instruction would not be a prohibition against ill treatment of people from other tribes, such as we see with all the genocide and slaughter in the Old Testament. Thou shall not covet thy neighbors stuff, but according to your divine command theory, it's perfectly acceptable to covet the property and virgin girls of another tribe, and kill them all to get it.

Show me where Jesus limited his teachings to Jews. Show it to me. Would it be where he told the story of the good Samaritan? That story shows that Jews are superior in all ways and that Jesus only cared for them, right?

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"

He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, with all your mind, [Deuteronomy 6:5]; and your neighbour as yourself [Leviticus 19:18]."

He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."

But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbour?"

Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he travelled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.' Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbour to him who fell among the robbers?"

He said, "He who showed mercy on him."

Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

In the words of Jesus himself:





You don't argue with me. You argue with Jesus.

It was called "The Enlightenment".

Throughout history supposed christians have used the Bible and twisted it around for their causes. That does not make then "Good Christians" that just makes them a$$ holes who twist the Bible to fit their needs. Christians, that is those who really believe and do their best to follow Christ and His teachings understand the those who twist and pervert the Bible will receive their due.

Yep, I understand that. However I believe the christians who held slaves in this country still perverted the Word. What ever happened to the year of jubilee? That was a little loophole that was overlooked.

Throughout history supposed christians have used the Bible and twisted it around for their causes. That does not make then "Good Christians" that just makes them a$$ holes who twist the Bible to fit their needs. Christians, that is those who really believe and do their best to follow Christ and His teachings understand the those who twist and pervert the Bible will receive their due.

If you want to observe a NT book with a highly Jewish point of view, read Matthew.

Yep, I understand that. However I believe the christians who held slaves in this country still perverted the Word. What ever happened to the year of jubilee? That was a little loophole that was overlooked.

Your "understanding" of the Bible and Christianity is perverted by your disdain and, likely, hatred of it. I strongly doubt it is obtained by a Biblical study, but from books whose sole purpose is to demean and trivialize the Bible and related faiths. As such, discussing Bible borne faith and matters with you is futile, as you have no faith and no valid understanding of the Bible. I believe the only reason you post on and start threads related to faith, is to demean that faith and primarily to persuade the weak in their faith, that such "nonsense" is invalid. Obviously, some believe they may persuade you otherwise and bring you to the light, so to speak. I've long kicked off the dust from those sandals and know the only way you will find faith is the hard way, if at all, as pride will not permit otherwise.

Anyway, I thought this thread was about the religion of Atheism, right?

Even if your post is true and accurate on all points, it would simply mean that he's doing exactly the same and for the same reasons as most of the "christians" here do with, for, and to any other belief systems (or even certain sects of Christianity itself). The shoe doesn't feel so good when it's on the other foot, now does it?