I don't think that'll be necessary.. Just have him read "Letter to a Christian Nation" by Sam Harris.
The "good book" even tells you about selling your daughter. When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment. (Exodus 21:7-11 NLT) It also tells you how the god will help in the rape of women. Lo, a day shall come for the Lord when the spoils shall be divided in your midst. And I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle: the city shall be taken, houses plundered, women ravished; half of the city shall go into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be removed from the city. (Zechariah 14:1-2 NAB) Good stuff... eh???? Real nuggets of truth?
So are you disputing that God exists with your rants about the Bible, or are you just saying that God is cruel? I am just curious, because you seem to have a lot of resentment toward the teachings of the Bible. All of these passages you choose are from the Old Testament and the sacrificing of people for the sins as stated therein is negated by the final sacrifice of Christ. The passages are not nuggets of truth as you say playing on the thread's words. They are the penalties set forth by God in the Old Testament. Does that negate all wisdom set forth by the Bible as well. Of course, the swipes you are taking here have nothing to do with a wider understanding of the Bible, but your own hatred towards people of faith. Personally, I believe that people who harbor this type of anger towards Christianity usually have an inferiority complex that stems from their inability to dissuade the faithful from believing. They try to tear down the believer in order to make themselves feel superior in order to compensate for their underlying feelings of inferiority. Don't mistake what I am saying as applying to all atheists/agnostics though. It is this specific attitude towards religious people that is being displayed here that I am pointing to. The same holds true for many "Christians". I use quotations, because if they were really faithful, they would not behave in this manner. They use the Bible to enforce their superiority over others, while in reality it is used to mask their own feelings of inferiority.
DrMarkan, I think you missed the sarcasm of my post. The starter of this thread claims that the "good book" has nuggets of truth and he goes on to show how the book chooses the right over the left. I wanted to point out the various "evils" mentioned in the "good book" which are really not nuggets of truth in today's context. By the way, selling one's daughter is not a punishment. It is morally wrong. I think you are suffering from an inferiority complex, because your beliefs are being challenged and you know you don't have logic to refute it. The only way would be call your opponents name, which you resorted to.
nuggets of truth from the nt "good book": âAs in all the congregations of the saints, women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.â If anyone is interested in learning the truth about the bible and its history i recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060738170/102-1874863-2251340?v=glance&n=283155 Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
I know you were being sarcastic. How does that diminish the malice behind it? The way in which the thread creator was attacked for what looks to be an attempt at facetiousness says it all. When I noted the inferiority complex, I am observing the reason for one's behavior. It is not name-calling. Name-calling would be something like calling Republicans, "Repugniclans". If you need to see an example of that, go to your first post in this thread. Back to your post. I am going to assume that you do not believe in a higher being (I could be wrong, but it certainly seems that way). If so, how do you decide whether a father selling his daughter is morally wrong? I'm not saying it isn't, I just want to know how someone that is an atheist decides.
So are you saying an atheist would not know that it is a bad thing to sell his daughter? He certainly would not know its wrong from reading the bible because the bible condones it.
Oh please read on 3 more verses: 1 Corinthians 14:38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.