March 25 good news: 84 percent of the world population has faith........

[beam me up scottie]

19. Why isn't slavery forbidden in the ten commandments?

You're ordered to stop swearing, worshiping other gods, coveting your neighbour's stuff (including his wife who is included in his property) ... but slavery didn't make the top ten?

You would think that the morally reprehensible practice of owning other human beings would at least get a mention.

He didn't forbid bigotry or war either come to think of it.

That lame catch-all 'thou shalt not kill' has all kinds of work arounds in the bible, in fact God actually orders his followers to kill other people.

Witches:

You should not let a sorceress live. (Exodus 22:17 NAB)

Gay people:

If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives. (Leviticus 20:13 NAB)

Mediums and Fortunetellers

A man or a woman who acts as a medium or fortuneteller shall be put to death by stoning; they have no one but themselves to blame for their death. (Leviticus 20:27 NAB)


Adulterers:

If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10 NLT)

Loose women:

A priest’s daughter who loses her honor by committing fornication and thereby dishonors her father also, shall be burned to death. (Leviticus 21: 9 NAB)

People who prefer other gods:

Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be doomed. (Exodus 22:19 NAB)

Infidels:

They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. (2 Chronicles 15:12-13 NAB)


So much for abolition, civil rights and peace.