"Natural selection takes care of the rest." This confirms you do not understand the term itself.
Please explain further. The point I made is that human beings who have the genes that make them able to function well in a society, have an evolutionary advantage.
Furthermore I'd refute anyone who claims the bible morally contradicts itself even once, that my friend, is "subjective"
The Bible is supposed to be, for the religious, the ''word of God''. There's only one God for Christians, so I'd have to make the assumption that he has only ''one word''. Yet the Bible does contradict itself on matters such as killing, stealing, having slaves etc etc. Which of course makes absolute sense, since the Bible was written by every day humans like you and me and they wrote it based on their own morality.
Science concludes every living organism EXCEPT MAN has no moral reasoning outside biological advancement within their environment.
There is an abundance of evidence of signs of morality in animals. Obviously it is not as complex as the human morality since no animal has our cognitive capabilities. But many animals do behave on moral principles that even humans have. For example many apes respect each other's ''property'', they try to keep harmony within their groups by preventing ''fights'' etc. Evolution has favoured those apes who somewhere in their brain they had hardwired ''Stealing and hurting each other is bad''.
On all these matters I'd love to debate you publicly, however understandably this outlet isn't the place.
" Yet the Bible does contradict itself on matters such as killing, stealing, having slaves etc etc."
This i dont mind correcting. Please simply provide examples. I can shed light on the slave subject. Slaves then was not reminiscent of American slaves or the slave trade in modern history. Most people didnt have denari/coinage/money so they resorted to trade. One most common forms of trade was to work off debt for crop shares, land, etc...this was considered "slaves". Also those who had committed crimes were too "slaves" as a form of payment for the crimes theyd committed.
Hence the Bible informed the Jewish ppl to be good to their "slaves". 😏
Just a couple of quick ones....
Mark 12:31 - The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[a] There is no commandment greater than these
Romans 13:10 - Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
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Leviticus 20:13
If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
Deuteronomy 22:20-21
If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found, 21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death.
Leviticus 21:9
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
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So what should I do to my gay neighbour and my ''slut'' friend? Love them or kill them?
Lol very good my friend, let me elaborate. The first scripture in Mark is part of God's new Covenant with man. Jesus died to abolish the 613 laws of the old testiment, mans law, there are 37 scriptures confirming this. The ten COMMANDMENTS are solid. Homosexuality is an abomination in the eyes of God and yes in the old testiment under the law of Pharisee's they'd kill those who where guilty of committing homosexual acts and women that committed adultry and sold their body. Thank God Jesus paid the price to abolish those laws. In regards to homosexual people as well as whores, love them...don't FALL in love with them, God commands it.
*Note: These are my beliefs as written in the Bible, it's not meant to offend anyone. The Bible also states God is merciful.. Luke 6:36, Ephesians 2:4...many more and He forgives those who ask for it 1 John 1:9. 🕇
You should love them by showing them that their lawlessness [ 1John 3:4 ] is selfish interest in their own pleasure, exemplifying a lack of love for their neighbors [ society ]. If you do this sincerely, they may repent [ change mind ].
What happens when your examples become the rule instead of the exception?
"Which of course makes absolute sense, since the Bible was written by every day humans like you and me and they wrote it based on their own morality."
Why would men write a book that condemns what they want to do and are doing? The first example that comes to mind is Nicolaitanism [ the clergy/laity system] .