It’s hard to say what God has a “problem” with regarding slavery. God had no problem with his chosen people wiping out his enemies sometimes, and other times taking them for slaves. But the Bible doesn’t advocate individuals choosing to enslave others, it was always punishment God meted out on the enemies of Israel, or conversely on the Israelites.
However, the word translated “slave” is often really an endentured servant more than someone who has been captured into servitude. Not quite the same as selling yourself sometimes, as one might be forced into servitude, but still not the same as what we think of as slavery.
For much of history God had a rule about such servitude, not allowing it to go on in perpetuity.
The message seems not to focus on slavery itself, or on one group thinking itself above another based on their status.
As to your remaining point, it is most clear the 10 commandments were delivered. They appear in a book that was written millenia ago, so it’s not something we just made up a few years ago to adorn our courthouses to make the ACLU mad.
Further, the Supreme Court has ruled that the 10 commandments, above EVERY other set of principles which were based on MAN’S ideas, is the one true set of rules from the one true God.
That is why the 10 commandments cannot be posted in public places, while any other writing of man regarding laws could adorn our schools, courts, and other public places.
Who am I to disagree with years of supreme court jurisprudence, the ACLU, and the combined for of the liberal left?
The Cross is also a very revered sign in our society, more than any other. The Supreme Court has ruled that even our Flag, cherished as it is, can be burned publicly and with impugnity, and no punishment can be exacted.
But nobody may burn a Cross. To do so will earn you a jail term and the emnity of our society.
I don't recall a Supreme Court decision that found that the 10 commandments were "the one true set of rules from the one true God."
Would not the legal interpretation that the 10 commandments represented religious belief be more likely?
You wrote: “For much of history God had a rule about such servitude, not allowing it to go on in perpetuity.”
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My response: I don’t find such a rule recorded in the Bible. I don’t think you do either, and I assume you are simply attributing the abolition of slavery in some societies to divine intervention. If so, there is no basis for the attribution. Of course, slavery continues in some areas of the world. My primary point on this point remains that the God of the Bible is concerned with whether we mix wool and linen, eat bacon, work on the Sabbath, or covet our neighbors’ property (donkey, ox, wife, and slaves), but apparently not with whether we or our neighbor has a slave.
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You: “As to your remaining point, it is most clear the 10 commandments were delivered. They appear in a book that was written millenia ago, so it’s not something we just made up a few years ago to adorn our courthouses to make the ACLU mad.”
Me: There are a lot of things that appear in books written millenia ago. You are impressed by ancient literature? How do you know which ancient literature you believe, and does there have to be any proof of the claims in the literature? Maybe you are a little too quick to reject Thor or Zeus?
You: “Further, the Supreme Court has ruled that the 10 commandments, above EVERY other set of principles which were based on MAN’S ideas, is the one true set of rules from the one true God.”
Me: I didn’t realize the Supreme Court had confirmed the existence of a supernatural entity. I’ll bet that was one interesting Daubert hearing in that case.