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On 11/11/11, Let’s Crank it to 11!
You only get one 11/11/11 each century, and today is it. And if today is all about 11, it must be Spin̈al Tap Day!The 1984 film This is Spinal Tap, a mocumentary of Britain’s loudest heavy metal band,...
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Old Testament Slavery—Not so Bad?
You’ve probably been there—you’ve read one too many articles claiming that slavery in the Bible is not a big deal, and that biblical slavery wasn’t at all like slavery in America.That’s where I am, so...
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Biblical Slavery, Part 2
(See Part 1 of this discussion.)Let’s continue this critique of a podcast titled “Sex, Lies & Leviticus” from apologetics.com that responded to Dan Savage’s criticism of the Bible. Italicized...
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It’s a Pro-Slavery Free-For-All!
Our little friend William Lane Craig is up to his old shenanigans. God apparently can’t defend himself against charges that he condones slavery, so Craig steps into the breach to do it for him.We need...
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Old Testament Slavery—Not so Bad?
You’ve probably been there. You’ve read one too many articles claiming that biblical slavery was not a big deal, that it was actually a good thing for the enslaved, or that biblical slavery wasn’t at...
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Biblical Slavery (2 of 3)
Let’s continue this critique of an apologetics.com podcast that responded to Dan Savage’s claim that the Bible is “radically pro-slavery.” Italicized arguments are my paraphrases of arguments from the...
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Biblical Slavery (3 of 3)
Let’s conclude this critique of an apologetics.com podcast that responded to Dan Savage’s claim that the Bible is “radically pro-slavery.” Italicized arguments are my paraphrases of arguments from the...
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Yes, Biblical Slavery Was the Same as American Slavery
I’d like to respond to two recent posts on slavery in the Bible from Jim Wallace of the Cold Case Christianity blog. I’ve argued several times before with Wallace (here, here, and here).Let me begin...
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Yes, Biblical Slavery Was the Same as American Slavery (2 of 2)
In part 1, we looked at the popular Christian notion that biblical slavery was a benign form of servitude, quite unlike American slavery. In fact, it turns out that they were almost identical.Now,...
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Bite-Size Reply #13: The Christian tells us: New World slavery was very different than the servitude described in the Bible, and we have Christians to thank for the elimination of slavery in the West....
View ArticleHow Good Was Jesus if He Didn’t Eliminate Slavery? (2 of 4)
(Gilson replied to my last post.) Let’s continue our critique of a Christian argument that claims that Jesus actually *did* push back against slavery: Jesus taught that everyone has equal worth, he...
View ArticleHow Good Was Jesus if He Didn’t Eliminate Slavery? (3 of 4)
Now we’re told that biblical slavery was not at all like American slavery, slavery was entrenched in society (so cut Jesus some slack), and Jesus actually *did* end slavery . . . just not immediately....
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