Reply #71: hmmmm, that about says it. Recently there was

[Carl Brennan]

a discussion at DU about some neo-con zipperheads who were trying to rationalize slavery. That is because the Bible doesn't ban slavery so therefore it must be OK.

Me: "No, sorry folks it is the Bible that isn't OK when it comes to that issue."

Repug: "The Bible is the word of God".

Me: "Well, if God simply means good without the second "o" I have a big problem and always will, with a god who says slavery is OK."



Of course slavery isn't as bad as torture and I saw not one peep of outrage when these good Christian kiddies were nailed torturing Iraqi prisoners.

In sum the form of religion they practice would allow the Holocaust if it was being done by someone who claimed to be a person of god.



Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
- Voltaire, 1767.