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Originally Posted by afchic
LJ19 - I think the point you are missing is that any religion can justify anything with select verses from their sacred texts.
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Thanks for your response afchic. But, that was the point I was making. If any religion can justify anything with select verses, one religion shouldn't be described as more "callous to human suffering" or more "desensitized to notions of human dignity."
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Originally Posted by afchic
I would ask you to identify any verse in the NEW Testament that calls for rape of women and children or the enslavement of non believers.
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Did Jesus ever speak out against slavery ?