Hi -
Scriptures are from the King James Bible
"2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:"
"Leviticus 25:44-46
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land:and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever:but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour."
"Exodus 21:1-2
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve:and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing."
"Exodus 21:4
If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself."
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Okay, 2 Timothy 3:16 says that ALL scripture is given by inspiration of God . . . for instruction in righteousness.
We read in Leviticus 25:44-46 about people BEING BOUGHT and people being the POSSESSIONS of others and people being BONDMEN forever.
We read in Exodus 21:4 about a family being BROKEN UP. It says, "the WIFE AND HER CHILDREN SHALL BE HER MASTER'S and the man "SHALL GO OUT BY HIMSELF."
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The questions on the floor are:
So -- such conduct was INSPIRED by GOD? 2 Timothy 3:16 says it is . . .because it's SCRIPTURE, we know. And 2 Timothy says that scripture is "given for instruction in righteousness."
Slavery was INSPIRED BY GOD?
Breaking up a family is INSPIRED BY GOD?
According to 2 Timothy 3:16, ALL OF THE ABOVE from SCRIPTURES is INSPIRED BY GOD. And according to those who believe that the Bible is the Word of GOD, such was INSPIRED by GOD.
What's RIGHTEOUS about buying people and breaking up a family as SCRIPTURE expresses?
I don't believe that a loving GOD would INSPIRE or APPROVE of such conduct. Yes, I believe that the Bible contains SOME truths and wisdom . . . But I sure don't believe that GOD inspired ALL that's in it.
Men wrote the Bible content. Some of those men had selfish and vain agendas, such as support of having people as POSSESSIONS -- buying people and breaking up families. That's some mess of men - NOT GOD. Ain't no way, I'm going to believe that GOD was EVER on board with those types of actions. Others share my beliefs in that regard.
Inspired by GOD and righteous? Yeah, right. Puh-leeze.
