Comments on: Discrediting the Christian Core: The Ten Commandments as a Pathetic Basis for Morality

By: Tabetha

Tabetha — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:17:40 +0000

I think your list is more accurate than the original 10 commandments. I have briefly studied theology in my free time and find a lot of what the bible has to say is very contradicting. Comparing older testaments to new, there are many discrepancies.

By: igotsix

igotsix — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:57:46 +0000

Again, as I said before, the “slaves” referred to in Leviticus are “indentured servants”, people who sold themselves into “slavery”.

At the time, if you had a debt to someone that you couldn’t pay, you could become a servant to work off the debt. There were no bankruptcy courts. After 6 years, you were free to go. The servant was certainly not to be treated poorly. In other cultures, the debtor was put into debtor’s prison, and maybe even tortured, until he could pay off the debt. Of those two, I would pick slavery for myself.

I won’t post here anymore, as there is no intelligent discourse, only slander. I don’t even think you read my posts, let alone Leviticus.

Please don’t email me again, unless you have some constructive comments.

By: Kavan Wolfe

Kavan Wolfe — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:44:27 +0000

@igotsix, You’re fucking kidding me. “The Bible covers the PROPER treatment of “slaves””? What are you Klan? Don’t post here anymore. In fact, I recommend exiting this world for whatever afterlife you believe in as quickly as possible, before you can infect anyone else with your pathological misconceptions of morality.

By: igotsix

igotsix — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:52:49 +0000

I have read the book of Leviticus, but it only mentions slaves (servants) a few times. Exodus and Deuteronomy cover the subject just as much. You’ll have to reference specific examples of where you think there are contradictions. (Have you actually read the book of Leviticus yourself?)

I never said that all slavery was righteous. Of course there are many examples of mankind sinfully enslaving one another. The Bible covers the PROPER treatment of “slaves”. This includes giving them one day off a week, freeing them after 6 years, not returning a runaway slave to his master, freeing ALL slaves on the “year of jubilee” even if they haven’t been with their masters for 6 years yet, not oppressing a servant because they are poor.

Of course the slavery you linked to is terrible, and the Bible would agree that it is terrible. You’ll have to show me where the Bible would support that type of slavery.

By: Kavan Wolfe

Kavan Wolfe — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:40:36 +0000

@Ashley, good point

@yf35, yes, Carlin gave me the idea

@H, good point – Biblethumpers need a kick in the ass, by and large.

@igotsix, I suggest reading the book of leviticus. If an omnipotent god wrote a book, he wouldn’t contradict himself between versions, saying slavery is ok in one book and not in the other. And I don’t know what indentured servants you’re referring to, but I’m referring to the poor bastards in places like Saudi Arabia that have their passports apprehended so they can’t leave and are paid far less than they’re promised: http://www.sptimes.com/2002/webspecials02/saudiarabia/day3/story1.shtml

@Editor, thanks for the support.

By: Editor

Editor — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:20:21 +0000

What an excellent blog, I’ve added your feed to my RSS reader.

By: The War On Bullshit » Blog Archive » Obama: Missing the Point or Playing Dumb?

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:28:50 +0000

[...] counter-arguments about those parts being wrong but the “basic teachings” being right. The basic teachings are just as crazy as the rest. To [...]

By: igotsix

igotsix — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:52:26 +0000

One big problem here is that you’ve pulled these 10 out of the context of the entire Bible. These 10 are just the start of the list, which includes self defense, rape, proper treatment of indentured servants (who sold THEMSELVES into slavery, by the way), caring for other people’s property (even your enemy’s), etc. And it was Jesus who first knocked them down to about 2 (actually, so did Hillel): 1 – Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your might. (Deuteronomy 6:4–9) 2 – Love your neighbor as yourself. (Leviticus 19:18)

In fact, the Bible covers your list very well, with the exception regarding dogma. You do have the “right” to ignore the commandments of the almighty God who created you, but then you’ll have to face Him someday and defend yourself. Good luck.

By: H

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:08:28 +0000

Try telling number 9 to a biblethumper, and number 8 to society in general.

By: yf35

yf35 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:00:03 +0000

Check out George Carlin’s take on the 10 commandments. Essentially the number 10 was a marketing ploy and it’s a bloated list. He argues that they’re actually repetitive and knocks them down to about 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCz0-HY1TLU

Pretty great