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RE: The state, slavery, and sin

in #christian7 years ago

The redemptive work of Christ is the relatable experience mankind has of objective love. You're begging the question in regards to what love is.

The god of the Bible is defined as both truth and love, but most who call themselves Christians seem to focus on the story of atoning sacrifice far more than on the core teachings of love for neighbors

If you read my post, I already responded to this argument. We can't know what love for neighbor truly is without first loving God properly.

As a result, they are just as ready to demand aggressive coercion through the political system as anyone else is.

Non-sequitur. It doesn't follow from the rest of your argument.

Law defines acceptable behavior, and requires that all lives either be brought into conformity with the law. Any who persistently refuse to comply will ultimately be killed...

Aren't you setting acceptable behavior by dictating to others that the establishment of government and laws is itself wrong? You're defining slavery as wrong. Political masters as bad. Taxation as bad. Being punished for failure to obey laws as bad. You're establishing your own definitions of acceptable behavior — laws of your own making.

My question to you is: According to what standard? What's your rubric for making these moral judgements? To what do you measure slavery as wrong and another as bad, and why should another person pay any credence to your self-made laws?