Which brings up the questions again.
What are we opposing?
Are you actually opposing what was literally written or are you opposing what people have taken it to mean?
Im interested what model it is that this wide swath has found. So far, the jury is still out on whether the broad path ie wide swath is the better route.
I apologize to the forum for starting to drag the thread off-topic. But Space Age humans advocating Dark Age morality is a pet peeve. Phat, if you can't figure out that humanity is better off now than say, a thousand years ago, you are lost. The modern, Western Judicial system versus the Dark or Medieval age justice... the "Jury" is not actually still out. I refer you to the US Constitution as a starting point.
In an attempt to tie this back to the topic, It has been clear to me for a while that the Bible itself has been a source of horrific racism. It is all about dividing apart; separating humans from each other. Cain vs. Abel; Noah's family vs. the rest of humanity; Abraham from the Chaldeans; Isaac vs, Ismael; Israel vs the rest of the world. The God of the Old Testament was racist enough to mandate the genocide of the Canaanites. Genocide is another of my pet peeves. The mind-set that imbued Israel as described in the OT was one of cultural and moral superiority to the surrounding nations to the point that it was fine to simply slaughter their entire populace wholesale. THAT is freaking racism. I find it troubling that silly Christians constantly reference Adolf Hitler, and utter the word
Holocaust when the Germans committed genocide against the Jews; yet read the Book of Joshua, and make their children sing songs praising
The Conquest when Israel committed Genocide against the Canaanites.
How is this complicated? Racism is evil. All racism, even Biblically mandated racism.
Even in the New Testament where believer's are taught to pretend they are different; that they are magically special.
"In the World, but not of the World"
"Come out from among them, saith the LORD, and be ye separate; and touch not the unclean thing."
"But YE are a CHOSEN generation; a ROYAL priesthood; a HOLY nation; a SINGULAR people."
"...heck is a small price to pay for the truth"