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Natural processes are not perfect. What is naturally selected for is whatever reproduces the most successfully. If in a population, non-backwards eye parts end up being linked genes with something that decreases reproductive success significantly, it won't be selected for. Not that eyes that are not backwards are nonexistent in the animal kingdom.So are you suggesting that the theory of evolution is bogus and does not work? Just how is it that natural selection would select something that is "backwards"?
You should know.
My point exactly...
Don't you have a job and debt to the bank?
"Slavery" has negative associations because man has been an animal towards his fellow man and trading and treating slaves like they're animals.
God does not think that's okay.
According to Wiki the worlds population of atheists is 14% and there are 32% Christians. So Christianity must be more successful according to your theory.Natural processes are not perfect. What is naturally selected for is whatever reproduces the most successfully. If in a population, non-backwards eye parts end up being linked genes with something that decreases reproductive success significantly, it won't be selected for. Not that eyes that are not backwards are nonexistent in the animal kingdom.
As an idea, sure, but religion isn't genetic, so it isn't influenced by evolution. Ideologies and theological perspectives are not inherited.According to Wiki the worlds population of atheists is 14% and there are 32% Christians. So Christianity must be more successful according to your theory.
Nuts. Slavery is slavery. Indentured servitude is slavery.There actually is no "slavery" in the Bible because they were considered to be bond servants. A countryman could only serve for 7 years. A foreigner could serve for 49 years. This is what the Jubilee is all about. The Jubilee was every 7 years and the Golden Jubilee was every 49 years. So a contract or what a person was worth was based on when the next Jubilee was. This is an object lesson and represents bondage to sin. Only the Blood of Jesus can set us free. Today it is very common for people to sign two year contracts. Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore for example have two year contracts. They call them contract laborers. IN China they have a national holiday one week out of the year. There are up to 20% of the work force that does not return to their job after the holiday. They usually find a different job somewhere else. Often in a different line of work.
indentured servant definition. A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country. During the seventeenth century most of the white laborers in Maryland and Virginia came from England as indentured servants.
Neither do you, so...Now, now -- getting snippy isn't going to fool anyone into forgetting you have no rebuttal, no argument, no response, and no point.
From what the Bible says, you can do anything, beat them as hard as you want, just don't kill them.Right, but when you don't work, you will eventually loose your house.That's not a prescription.
The "better off" have always employed the less well off.
Working to make and sustain a living.
You can do this the right way or the wrong way as a 'boss' or as an employee.
When the Bible speaks of slavery it does not refer to or condone chained people in cages treated like disposable animals.
Not really, there is a big difference. The civil war was not fought over indentured servants. 460,000 people died in that war to put an end to slavery. Today contract workers sign a contract for two years. It is not 7 years the way it use to be when people were sold to pay for their travel over to this country. Back when they would trade servants for tabacco.Nuts. Slavery is slavery. Indentured servitude is slavery.
Is that the way you treat your property? "The righteous care for the needs of their animals," Are you suggesting that the Bible teaches we are to take good care of animals but we do not need to take good care of our servants?From what the Bible says, you can do anything, beat them as hard as you want, just don't kill them.
At the time of Darwin they studied Science and the Bible. There are still people that do that today. For many of the mainline denominations you need a college degree to get into Seminary.As an idea, sure, but religion isn't genetic, so it isn't influenced by evolution.
Oh, c'mon. That's stupid and silly. That's why indentured servitude is ruled illegal.Not really, there is a big difference. The civil war was not fought over indentured servants. 460,000 people died in that war to put an end to slavery. Today contract workers sign a contract for two years. It is not 7 years the way it use to be when people were sold to pay for their travel over to this country. Back when they would trade servants for tabacco.
OH, geeze, I forgo t. Yes there is a big difference. Slaves get beater for life. Indentured servants only have to take it for a few years, provided, of course, they manage to earn enough money to buy their freedom, which often they couldn't. Also, slaves could be freed after seven years. If you think indentured servitude isn't like slavery, then you should check out the Peasant's War that happened at the time of Luther. The peasants were technically not slaves, but treated actually worse than some slaves.Is that the way you treat your property? "The righteous care for the needs of their animals," Are you suggesting that the Bible teaches we are to take good care of animals but we do not need to take good care of our servants?
Yes, the OT sanctifies slavery, which is not exactly taking good care of people. Well, go ahead and beat them, but just don't kill them. That's good care?Is that the way you treat your property? "The righteous care for the needs of their animals," Are you suggesting that the Bible teaches we are to take good care of animals but we do not need to take good care of our servants?
Actually, Darwin would have become a country pastor, had he not gone on the Beagle. He was actually an ordained Anglican clergyman. People often forget that.At the time of Darwin they studied Science and the Bible. There are still people that do that today. For many of the mainline denominations you need a college degree to get into Seminary.
That is not what the Bible says. You really need to be careful how you represent the God of the Bible. We are told that we are not to "oppress one another". That means we are not to do wrong to one another. In my case I was actually a CEO in that I did not want to work for other people so I ran my own business. I find that even today there is some degree of oppression when your work for people that is not acceptable to me. So if you think that the Bible says it is ok not to treat people right, then you do not understand the message that God has for us in the Written Word of God. His message is one of love, mercy, grace and forgiveness.Yes, the OT sanctifies slavery, which is not exactly taking good care of people. Well, go ahead and beat them, but just don't kill them. That's good care?
I have known many people that were contract workers in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and other countries. The problem in American is that we get an idea of slavery from what was going on in the South and that is preventing people from understanding what was going on.OH, geeze, I forgo t. Yes there is a big difference. Slaves get beater for life. Indentured servants only have to take it for a few years, provided, of course, they manage to earn enough money to buy their freedom, which often they couldn't. Also, slaves could be freed after seven years. If you think indentured servitude isn't like slavery, then you should check out the Peasant's War that happened at the time of Luther. The peasants were technically not slaves, but treated actually worse than some slaves.
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