. Circular reasoning I have to admit if God had not specified circumcision I wouldn't have come up with the idea myself It doesn't explain why cultures other than Jews circumcise Or why epidemiological evidence shows public health benefits of circumcision
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Replying to @realChaim_Rubin @RockerMan_198 and
In his book Marked in Your Flesh, anthropologist Leonard Glick explains (Chapter 1, footnote 6): "many Middle Eastern peoples, including the ancient Hebrews, genitally altered some boys or youths as a *custom*, [but] it was not until around 500 BC that the Judeans defined...
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Replying to @cooney21 @RockerMan_198 and
. How does he know that? Assume I'm not reading his book I assume there's zero evidence beyond such phrases as 'assuredly', 'without a doubt' I have read many such posturing bloviations
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Replying to @realChaim_Rubin @RockerMan_198 and
When your
#circumcision position depends entirely on your uncritically accepting an authority in which God is said to condone slavery & when you refuse to accept clear evidence said authority (Gen 1:1-3) is incorrect, you're in no position to ask epistemological questions.#i22 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @cooney21 @RockerMan_198 and
. God condones slavery like he condones divorce It happens It's a world of slavery, not Bible based What God did is create a safety net and ground floor to slavery that is the basis for human rights Cosmology is tricky, especially in Hebrew Study it here http://www.geraldschroeder.com/AgeUniverse.aspx …
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Replying to @realChaim_Rubin @RockerMan_198 and
There's nothing "safe" about being a slave, and there's nothing moral or ethical about slavery. The rules God is said to have given about, e.g., when a slaveowner may beat a slave to within an inch of his life, were & are violative of human rights, not a basis for them.
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Replying to @cooney21 @RockerMan_198 and
. Read the Torah laws on slavery A slave must be provided for before the master A slave must work in his profession A slave who is injured must be freed A slave who has run away cannot be returned You’re just fullofsht
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Replying to @realChaim_Rubin @RockerMan_198 and
The Israelites owned slaves because God is said to have given them express permission for them to do so. (See Lev. 25:44-46.) And of course, that's only b/c the Israelites already owned slaves, and they conveniently inserted that permission into Leviticus to justify themselves.
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Replying to @cooney21 @realChaim_Rubin and
Slaves in ancient
can only be those who lost in battle against
(since there were no such thing as pow prisons, or those who became indentured servants because they owed to much money and needed to work it off. Not like the east of the world capturing and selling people.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @malkaavram @cooney21 and
*rest of the world. Israelites were slaves and it is against our religion to capture people or keep an entire people as slaves.
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"You may also acquire [slaves] from among the aliens residing with you, and from their families that are with you, who have been born in your land; and they may be your property." Leviticus 25:45.
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