Hi -
Scriptures are from the King James Bible
"2 Timothy 3:16
All
scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness:"
"Leviticus 25:44-46
Both
thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the
heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and
bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn
among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with
you, which they begat in your land:and they shall be your possession.
And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to
inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever:but
over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over
another with rigour."
"Exodus 21:1-2
Now
these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. If thou buy
an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve:and in the seventh he shall
go out free for nothing."
"Exodus 21:4
If his master have
given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and
her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself."
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Okay, 2 Timothy 3:16 says that ALL scripture is given by inspiration of God . . . for instruction in righteousness.
We read in Leviticus 25:44-46 about people BEING BOUGHT and people being the POSSESSIONS of others and people being BONDMEN forever.
We read in Exodus 21:4 about
a family being BROKEN UP. It says, "the WIFE AND HER CHILDREN SHALL BE
HER MASTER'S and the man "SHALL GO OUT BY HIMSELF."
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The questions on the floor are:
So -- such conduct was INSPIRED by GOD? 2 Timothy 3:16 says it is . . .because it's SCRIPTURE, we know. And 2 Timothy says that scripture is "given for instruction in righteousness."
Slavery was INSPIRED BY GOD?
Breaking up a family is INSPIRED BY GOD?
According to 2 Timothy 3:16,
ALL OF THE ABOVE from SCRIPTURES is INSPIRED BY GOD. And according to
those who believe that the Bible is the Word of GOD, such was INSPIRED
by GOD.
What's RIGHTEOUS about buying people and breaking up a family as SCRIPTURE expresses?
I
don't believe that a loving GOD would INSPIRE or APPROVE of such
conduct. Yes, I believe that the Bible contains SOME truths and wisdom .
. . But I sure don't believe that GOD inspired ALL that's in it.
Men
wrote the Bible content. Some of those men had selfish and vain
agendas, such as support of having people as POSSESSIONS -- buying
people and breaking up families. That's some mess of men - NOT GOD.
Ain't no way, I'm going to believe that GOD was EVER on board with those
types of actions. Others shared my beliefs in that regard.
Inspired by GOD and righteous? Yeah, right. Puh-leeze.
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