Does God endorse slavery?
A response to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MFmC6BD1B4&t=258s Me: The bible doesn't say slavery is okay. Instead, God was saying it was appropriate for a time. Then, God spoke to Abraham Lincoln to end it as well. Opponent: But, that's an interpretation fallacy. The evidence doesn't speak for itself, but instead you are basing your argument ont he axiom that God exists. Me: if there is not axiom, then there is no motivation. You have an axiom too. Nihilism allows evidence to speak for itself, but that may be because our minds simply aren't capable of understanding the meaning of the universe yet. Since I acknowledge my limited faculties, and a hope that makes life better, I allow God to be my axiom. Me; By the way, your searching for a more humanistic society is axiomatic as well in its belief in human intuition and betterment for society. Both of us need an axiom, but every person ha...