Why do you suppose Jesus never condemned slavery?

@Frank Apisa,

I come back to this thread and find this conversation. The discussion really got out of hand, didn't it?

@Frank Apisa,

Fancy you trying to tell us "how things work". You don't seem to have the faintest idea outside what cats and dogs do.

I never attempted intromission before their ears went bright red. Except on a train once and for which I apologized profusely.

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@Frank Apisa,

After who knows how many pages and zillions of posts, it takes a newbie to leave one post and take a hike, perhaps never to return. Yet, he made an important point about the attitude Hebrews had toward slavery:

colliedogboy wrote:

. . . Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were all carried away to Babylonia as slaves, yet they never tried to complain, revolt, or overthrow the Babylonian government--they simply went about their daily chores and caused no problems for their captors. . .

This demonstrates the Hebrew attitude towards world conditions: they are not permanent. What is permanent, according to that pesky Bible, is God's purpose for mankind to live forever on earth.

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@Logicus,

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The discussion really got out of hand, didn't it?

This is not a discussion Log. It is Mr Apisa trying to reassure himself that he won't need to do a stint in Purgatory shortly.

You can tell how much he thinks sex is disreputable by his answer to my last question.

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@spendius,

How do you get over the knees Frank?

It doesn't seem right putting them on Ignore imo.

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@spendius,

I do not understand what you guys are arguing about anyway. Is this about reproduction?

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@Logicus,

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I do not understand what you guys are arguing about anyway. Is this about reproduction?

Reproduction? that is all spendius talks about, "sex" He is getting older and is not as active as he use to be. Here is one of his older videos when he was in his youth.

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@reasoning logic,

I still do not get it...

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@Logicus,

Did you watch spendius in his video?

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@reasoning logic,

No. I'm still afraid to click play. XD

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@Logicus,

Logicus wrote:

I come back to this thread and find this conversation. The discussion really got out of hand, didn't it?

This discussion was over many years ago...but it keeps getting revived.

But the "out of hand" applies to Spendius, who comes into discussions every once in a while to hurl a grenade...usually invoking Jane Austen or some other non-relevent person of factoid...and a pompous insult.

He's fun to laugh at.

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@spendius,

spendius wrote:

Fancy you trying to tell us "how things work". You don't seem to have the faintest idea outside what cats and dogs do.

I never attempted intromission before their ears went bright red. Except on a train once and for which I apologized profusely.

Get away from the fist, Spendius...get a woman. Try for an ugly one...you may succeed. Pay her if you have to. She'll help you with "what goes where...and how you use it."

Then we can discuss sex.

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@neologist,

neologist wrote:

After who knows how many pages and zillions of posts, it takes a newbie to leave one post and take a hike, perhaps never to return. Yet, he made an important point about the attitude Hebrews had toward slavery:

colliedogboy wrote:
. . . Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were all carried away to Babylonia as slaves, yet they never tried to complain, revolt, or overthrow the Babylonian government--they simply went about their daily chores and caused no problems for their captors. . .
This demonstrates the Hebrew attitude towards world conditions: they are not permanent. What is permanent, according to that pesky Bible, is God's purpose for mankind to live forever on earth.

True.

But my question had to do with Jesus...who is considered GOD by some people.

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@spendius,

spendius wrote:

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The discussion really got out of hand, didn't it?

This is not a discussion Log. It is Mr Apisa trying to reassure himself that he won't need to do a stint in Purgatory shortly.

Cute...but "Purgatory?" C'mon!

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You can tell how much he thinks sex is disreputable by his answer to my last question.

Sex is fun...not disreputable.

Sorry it scares you so much, Spendius. Refer to my last post for how to get over the fear.

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@spendius,

spendius wrote:

How do you get over the knees Frank?

It doesn't seem right putting them on Ignore imo.

Put your head into it, Spendius. It'll come to you.

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@Frank Apisa,

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Sorry it scares you so much, Spendius.

Damn right it does. If it doesn't you then you must have only dipped a toe in up to now.

What do you think Mr Spitzer paid such money for? He could have got what you obviously get for peanuts.

I bet you do that nodding donkey thing with your left hand clasping your right elbow behind women's backs. Shakespeare mentions it somewhere.

You're a thorough-going misogynist. Except when you are marking your own homework of course. God's gift to women.

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I'll say it again...

2000 years ago, "slavery" was just another job description; it was what low-information voters did for a living in those days. In other words, anybody who has ever voted for Bork Obunga would have been a slave in Jesus' times.

The question is, why would any of you guys want Jesus to have abolished slavery and put all of those unfortunates out of work??

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@Frank Apisa,

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Refer to my last post for how to get over the fear.

It was for little lads. There is no way of getting over the fear which animals are not susceptible to.

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@gungasnake,

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The question is, why would any of you guys want Jesus to have abolished slavery and put all of those unfortunates out of work??

They don't want Jesus to have abolished slavery because they would have had nothing to charge Him with had He done so. The idea would never have entered His head. Love thy neighbour is sufficient.

Apisa is just playing on the emotive aspects of American slavery to try to prove that Christian moral precepts shouldn't apply. Not to him at least. And to prove that he is a more compassionate person than the rest of us and morally superior to Jesus.

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@spendius,

spendius wrote:

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Sorry it scares you so much, Spendius.

Damn right it does.

Yes, by now we all realize that sex scares the crap out of you, Spendius.[/quote]

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If it doesn't you then you must have only dipped a toe in up to now.

Well, if you've done it by dipping your toe...I guess I understand why you are so scared by it. Women would prefer other parts of the anatomy to be used...which perhaps accounts for the reason I enjoy it so much.

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What do you think Mr Spitzer paid such money for? He could have got what you obviously get for peanuts.

I have no idea of why Spitzer paid money for it...but I am sure he got his money's worth. Try it some time...and let us know how it works for you.

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I bet you do that nodding donkey thing with your left hand clasping your right elbow behind women's backs. Shakespeare mentions it somewhere.

Ahhh...now we bring in Shakespeare. And improvement over Jane Austen, but still just your way of running from an argument rather than actually arguing.

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You're a thorough-going misogynist. Except when you are marking your own homework of course. God's gift to women.

I am not a misogynist...but I do suspect you are one. I have never suggested I am any god's gift to women.

I enjoy sex (less these days then when I was younger)...and that is what I havse said. You are terrified of sex...which probably accounts for your misogynism. Try to get over it, Spendius. Get laid, old man.

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