A lot is said about the Bible and slavery. Every time I get into a discussion or read someone trying to make an argument about the Bible being archaic in terms of social progress, one of the comments that shows up is that the Bible condoned or put forth a system that included slavery. What [...]
Banning Abortion would not stop abortions from happening, we’re told, because they’ll happen regardless. Wouldn’t we prefer that abortions happen in doctor’s offices instead of back alleys? Wouldn’t we want to keep people that want abortions safe? What if we applied this logic to other societal ills—like slavery?
Although slavery officially ended in America after the Civil War, it’s still existing in the USA. True, there is sex slavery, human trafficking, and other things that are alive and well, but when you go to the Bible and the historical accounts you get a different picture of slavery and you’ll see what I mean. [...]