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About unbelievers, Jesus said, Luke 16:31 "If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead." The Bible provides answers to many questions. The Bible Bard podcast provides clear statements from the Bible about many topics. Of course, you do not need to hear or accept those answers. Believe whatever you want. I believe that your faith is up to you and do not condemn you for your personal conclusions. But remember, simple contradiction is not an argument. A person who is smarter that Moses, Jesus, or the Apostle Paul may be building their rhetorical house on sand. Once you've prayed, "God, if you exist, open my eyes to the truth." God answers prayers from honest unbelievers. Then read every word in the entire Bible at least once. After an honest reading, I'd like to hear back from you. Remember, reading the Bible just looking to confirm your own views is not "reading". Reading a sentence or two out-of-context is not "reading". Put your views aside and just read to understand honestly what it actually says. This is my advice as one who has read every word in the Bible over sixty times through. I had to set aside theology, the opinions of others, and just read to see what it said. An honest reading is life-changing. A dishonest reading changes nothing. I hope you can calm down and be honest with yourself. Why are you so upset over what others believe or think? Even if you are totally correct and everything Moses wrote is indefensible, everything Jesus said was a lie, and every word written by the Apostle Paul was confused and thoughtless, why do you get so emotional about others who are comforted by these same words? Answer the big questions for yourself: According to the Bible, who is God and who are you as a human being before that God? Your answers to those two questions provides clarity about your entire life. Just contradicting the words of others is not a life worth living.

@@biblebard6574 "About unbelievers, Jesus said....," Where did Jesus write that? Are you saying that the gospel of Luke was written by Jesus? Or are you actually saying "About unbelievers, an anonymous source that some people think may have been a traveling companion of someone who had never met Jesus but had a vision of Jesus wrote 30 years later that Jesus said". Is that what you actually mean? "This is my advice as one who has read every word in the Bible over sixty times through." Read again, without your god-glasses. "I had to set aside theology, the opinions of others, and just read to see what it said." Then there is no excuse for you to lie about what it says. Leviticus 25 explicitly condones chattel slavery. "Why are you so upset over what others believe or think?" Hmmm....why am I upset when people excuse or justify chattel slavery? Leave it to a Christian to be perplexed by that.

Sorry, @cygnusustus: But these objections that you raise have been edbunked for over 1,800 years. Because you only seem to reiterate the opions of others (who have not read the Bible) and you refuse to read the text independent of the bias you have received from others, you can only contradict, not argue. See the next Bible Bard podcast where I relate my relationship with an unbelieving Jesus scholar who at least had arguments. Listen to BB_Lesson_78_Jesus was an Alien when it is published.

@@biblebard6574 "these objections that you raise have been edbunked for over 1,800 years." Cool. Then it should be easy for you to "edbunk" them. What are you waiting for?

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Hello, @GuessWhoAsks: I've answered your question in BB-77_The Bible and Slavery. Please don't make the mistake of thinking that a command to a certain audience equally applies to all other audiences. If Moses "permits" divorce doesn't mean that Jesus confirms and delights in divorce. Jesus explained why Moses had a statement in the Law that permitted men to divorce their wives. It is similar for slavery. During ancient times, slavery was technology. Buying slaves from gentile nations was permitted in the Law (for Jews) because of the "hardness of their hearts". In contrast, what in the message of Jesus Christ supports this idea? Would you say that Matthew 7:12 “Do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up all the Law and the Prophets” is an advocacy of slavery? Come on, let's be honest about what the Bible teaches on this topic.

@@biblebard6574 I will try to give the suggested video a watch. Thanks for letting me know you have made another video trying to address the immoral action that the Bible teaches us that God considers "morally acceptable" but the info you typed out here as a reply seems to be logically problematic. Please note that we are talking about the moral lessons that the Bible teaches, so even if a command is only for a specific group, or single person...we can still learn what practices God teaches us that he considers to be "morally acceptable" for his readers to perform on others...The moral lessons taught in the Bible are supposed to apply to all, so the fact that they are meant for a specific audience is pointless since the lesson is meant for all... We agree that Jesus cleared up a mistake that Moses was making due to man so that we understand...God does not want us to practice divorce...Jesus made it clear that divorce is unwanted in scripture...Jesus however never teaches us that non-Hebrew chattel slavery is ever "unwanted" like divorce... Yes, let's be honest... 1...Does the Bible teach us that God considers non-Hebrew chattel slavery to be "morally acceptable" when it allowed the practice to be performed by its readers and never taught to be anything but acceptable?...Yes, it does... 2...Can we agree that the Bible does not teach us that non-Hebrew chattel slavery is an immoral practice, or even "unwanted" unlike divorce?...please note that "unwanted" is a very low bar to set and the Bible never even hints that the practice of non-Hebrew chattel slavery is even "unwanted"...ever... 3...Can we agree that the scripture you are pointing to does not teach us that non-Hebrew chattel slavery is "unwanted" as long as we would accept being a chattel slave ourselves if the roles were reversed?...Since the roles are not reversed then this is always an easy answer for the slave master to provide... 4...Are you saying that ANY action I would "allow" to be done to me, scripture teaches us that the action therefore must be considered "morally acceptable" for me to practice on others, because as long as I would accept it being done to me then it meets the qualifications of "morally acceptable" in the eyes of God to practice on others?

​@@biblebard6574 Please note that we are talking about the moral lessons that the Bible teaches, so even if a command is only for a specific group, or single person, it does not change the lesson, as we can still learn what practices God teaches us that he considers to be "morally acceptable" for his readers to perform on others...The moral lessons taught in the Bible are supposed to apply to all, so the fact that a command is meant for a specific audience is pointless since the lesson is meant for all to understand... We agree that Jesus cleared up a mistake that Moses was making due to man's hard heart so that we understand...God does not want us to practice divorce...Jesus made it clear that divorce is unwanted in scripture...Jesus however never teaches us that non-Hebrew chattel slavery is ever "unwanted" like divorce... Yes, let's be honest... 1...Does the Bible teach us that God considers non-Hebrew chattel slavery to be "morally acceptable" when it allowed the practice to be performed by its readers as non-Hebrew chattel slavery is never taught to be anything but acceptable? 2...Can we agree that the Bible does not teach us that non-Hebrew chattel slavery is an immoral practice, or even "unwanted" unlike divorce?...please note that "unwanted" is a very low bar to set and the Bible never even hints that the practice of non-Hebrew chattel slavery is even "unwanted"...ever... 3...Can we agree that the scripture you are pointing to does not teach us that non-Hebrew chattel slavery is "unwanted" as long as we would accept being a chattel slave ourselves if the roles were reversed?...Since the roles are not reversed then this is always an easy answer for the slave master to provide... 4...Are you saying that ANY action I would "allow" to be done to me, scripture teaches us that the action therefore must be considered "morally acceptable" for me to practice on others, because as long as I would accept it being done to me then it meets the qualifications of "morally acceptable" in the eyes of God to practice on others? Thanks for letting me know you have made a video trying to address the immoral action that the Bible teaches us that God considers "morally acceptable" but the info you typed out here as a reply seems to be logically problematic. Reply

@@biblebard6574 Thanks for letting me know you have made a video trying to address the immoral action that the Bible teaches us that God considers "morally acceptable" but the info you typed out here as a reply seems to be logically problematic. 1...Can we agree that it is not a mistake to consider an action that scripture teaches God allows to be "morally acceptable" even if the command was not directly to us? 2...Can we agree that Jesus does not even imply that non-Hebrew chattel slavery should also be considered to be "unwanted" like he makes it clear that divorce is unwanted? 3...Can we agree that the scripture you reference does not teach any Christian that owning a non-Hebrew as chattel is unwanted as long as you "love" your human property and would accept being considered property if the roles were reversed...which does not teach us that non-Hebrew chattelslavery is unwanted...right? 4...Are you merely trying to deny what scripture teaches is an acceptable difference in treatmnt betwen Hebrew and non-Hebrew in Leviticus 25:39-46, and if not then explain the difference that scripture makes clear?...For clarity I am asking you to explain what is different about the treatment of Hebrews compared to non-Hebrews in Leviticus 25:39-46???

@@biblebard6574 Thanks for letting me know you have made a video trying to address the immoral action that the Bible teaches us that God considers "morally acceptable" but the info you typed out here as a reply seems to be logically problematic. 1...Can we agree that it is not a mistake to consider an action that scripture teaches God allows to be "morally acceptable" even if the command was not directly to us? 2...Can we agree that Jesus does not even imply that non-Hebrew chattel slavery should also be considered to be "unwanted" like he makes it clear that divorce is unwanted? 3...Can we agree that the scripture you reference does not teach any Christian that owning a non-Hebrew as chattel is unwanted as long as you "love" your human property and would accept being considered property if the roles were reversed...which does not teach us that non-Hebrew chattelslavery is unwanted...right? 4...Are you merely trying to deny what scripture teaches is an acceptable difference in treatmnt betwen Hebrew and non-Hebrew in Leviticus 25:39-46, and if not then explain the difference that scripture makes clear?...For clarity I am asking you to explain what is different about the treatment of Hebrews compared to non-Hebrews in Leviticus 25:39-46???