"She wakes to the sound of breathing. The smaller children lie tangled beside her, their chests rising and falling under winter coats and wool blankets. A few feet away, their mother and father sleep near the mop bucket they use as a toilet. Two other children share a mattress by the rotting wall...
Today, we shall examine the topic of slavery in the Old (and New!) Testaments of the Bible. This is a topic I've seen some apologists (Notably Matt Slick of carm.org) defend the practice as put forth by the Bible as being more humane and therefore somehow more morally acceptable than how others prac...
Note: this is, from a philosophical standpoint, utter crap. Ill probably write more about it later. I still believe in a strong theory of human rights, but my thought process here needs updating. This no longer reflects my current philosophical reasoning.
December 16th, 2009, is a very sad day in...