Quote from stu:
Would you please explain how you are using the verb to Condone
Is it not in the accepted way to:
- Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
..as in Judaism and Christianity, where in the same place it addresses your inner world of " Love thy neighbor as thyself " via the Bible , it also addresses the inner world of condoning slavery by such things as...." You may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. "
Or do you use the verb to Condone as meaning... to ignore the nasty bits.. selectively cherry pick the nice bits... and then surreptitiously pretend there are no bad bits?
here is Stu hating religion again. OK stu why don't you define slavery as it was used in your quotes.
Frankly, I do not know the answer nor do I care, because I do not view the bible as a civics lesson.
But I know those who do and I have heard very detailed explanations of the difference between slavery and bond servants. And considering my rate of taxation when I was single and making a lot of money trading - I felt like a bond servant.
As a side note...
Since being single and making good money, I make less, I have three kids (nice tax deduction there and I had massive interest write offs, last year.
Now, I am thinking wow if I get health care from the Dems - I might not have to work all that much. Go Obama. just kidding.
But I will say, now, I know why people are not as pissed off at the tax code as I was.
That code is freaking joke.
My family is a much bigger drain on society and I pay less taxes.
A single guy, without a house making a few six figures is so screwed it is not just.
Then a family comes makes less -writes off 3 kids, gets a rebate, has 36,000 in interest payments, writes off his mileage, has a moving expense and boom - hardly owes anything or gets money back.
That tax code is one screwed up code. If that happens every year I could see why people vote democratic to get more handouts.