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[Mav]

Oh and for the discussion on slavery:

https://restavekfreedom.org/2018/09/11/t...20221%20BC.

Slavery's origins predate a lot of the religious argument that has been bandied about on here too.

I’m glad you did a bit of research. The link you provided stresses that slavery remains a problem today and needs to be confronted. In fact, the history of slavery leads the reader towards the article’s main purpose: “Join Us to Help Enslaved Haitian Children”. I assume you realise this and you’re walking away from the assertion you previously made:

The world is a very different place today.  No one gets forced to do anything they don't want to, and this discussion about slavery is about as relevant as gay bashing is.

The only slaves I see are slaves to the wage.

By the way, I’m struggling to understand why you point out that slavery predates the “religious argument” (I’m assuming you mean the observation that the Bible doesn’t condemn slavery but instead attempts to make it ethical by setting out the obligations of slave owners). As you know, I noted that in doing so the Bible took the pragmatic course of allowing a practice that was widespread in those days to continue. In other words, it predated the Bible. So why are you suggesting the article undermines my point when I made that point myself?

Here’s a question for you. Is slavery always morally wrong or does it depend on circumstances?