tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post116463902141177716..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: Neuhaus on the Bible and SlaveryLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-21892909440270967942009-09-22T13:22:52.134+01:002009-09-22T13:22:52.134+01:00Here is Leviticus 25:39-46 (Jewish Study Bible):
...Here is Leviticus 25:39-46 (Jewish Study Bible):<br /><br />"If your kinsman under you continues in straits and must give himself over to you, do not subject him to the treatment of a slave. He shall remain with you as a hired or bound laborer; he shall serve with you only until the jubilee year. Then he and his children with him shall be free of your authority; he shall go back to his family and return to his ancestral holding. For they are My servants, whom I freed from the land of Egypt; they may not give themselves over into servitude. You shall not rule over him ruthlessly; you shall fear your God. Such male and female slaves as you may have--it is from the nations round about you that you may acquire male and female slaves. You may also buy them from among the children of aliens resident among you, or from their families that are among you, whom they begot in your land. These shall become your property: you may keep them as a possession for your children after you, for them to inherit as property for all time. Such you may treat as slaves. But as for your Israelite kinsmen, no one shall rule ruthlessly over the other."<br /><br />This sure looks like slavery to me.Larry Arnharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-56685417304955510412009-09-22T07:12:38.531+01:002009-09-22T07:12:38.531+01:00The Bible does not condone slavery:
Every Orthodo...The Bible does not condone slavery:<br /><br />Every Orthodox Jew I've met believes the whole Jewish Bible. Yet, I've never met an Orthodox Jew who believes in slavery. The apparent conundrum is an illusion. There are five words that, with their cognates, are translated in English versions of the Jewish Bible as servant:<br /><br />1.אנוש (enosh; homo sapien) <br /><br /><br />2.נער (na·ar; youth, boy) <br /><br /><br />3.עבד (eved; worker, apprenticed-employee), with its cognates <br /><br /><br />4.שרת (sharat; minister) <br /><br /><br />5.שכיר (sakhir; temp, hireling, mercenary) <br /><br /><br />There is no word in the Jewish Bible that can be properly rendered as slave!<br /><br />The Jewish Bible doesn't advocate slavery. Slavery was yet another example of evil men perverting Scripture to justify their evil actions. Using supposed Biblical advocacy of slavery as justification to reject part of the Bible is based on a false premise. Even when taking enemies, rather then imply enslavement, the Biblical instruction is to treat them, and ensure their welfare, as an eved, employee.<br />Quote : Pishtah Keihah, Author Paqid Yirmeyahu Ben DawidAnders Branderudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15696376904417632753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-1165764213905244512006-12-10T15:23:00.000+00:002006-12-10T15:23:00.000+00:00Yes, the evils of eugenics and social Darwinism sh...Yes, the evils of eugenics and social Darwinism show how Darwinian science can be distored by "problems of disordered passions and interpretation." <BR/><BR/>But to solve these problems, we have to appeal to our natural moral experience. Holloway, West, and others insist that such moral experience doesn't work if it is not guided by biblical religion. But my point is that biblical religion is not reliable if it is not filtered through our natural moral sense, as illustrated by the debate over slavery. This shows that our moral judgment stands on its own, independent of religious belief.Larry Arnharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-1165731627333503262006-12-10T06:20:00.000+00:002006-12-10T06:20:00.000+00:00Is Darwinsim thesame as Darwinian conservatism? Th...Is Darwinsim thesame as Darwinian conservatism? The same problems of disordered passions and interpetation would exist for Darwinism as it would for the Bible.GGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853957836418800896noreply@blogger.com