Peg if God is the same "yesterday, today and tomorrow," according to the bible then why does he sanction unfair practices at one point in time and condemn them in another.
Let me just ask you this. Would it be OK to sell daughters off for marriage to anyone here in America for money or any other reasons?
If God allowed it in ancient times then why isn't it OK now?
Theists are always saying that non-believers think that morals are relative (to the time and situation) and yet that is exactly what you are saying. You are saying that god is accomodating certain customs. If god is sovereign like the bible claims, then why does he have to "kotow" down before social customs whether in ancient or modern times?
It makes it sound a LOT like humans are calling the shots and god is just saying. "Ok if that's the way you do it, I'll at least give you some rules on HOW to do it." That is ridiculous. If god can give rules for how to treat slaves then why couldn't he have made rules AGAINST slavery? Again it just doesn't make sense.
And don't tell me I am not reading it right. I studied the bible in a fundamentalist bible college for 4 years and taught bible classes for 20 years before coming out of my delusional state and starting to use my brain.
Again, I ask you does god REALLY accomodate humans? If so, why? If he can give them the ten commandments, why couldn't he have made an eleventh--"Thou shalt not have slaves."
Edited by Starflight, : Corrected typos