Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:13:55 -0800
From: "Senex R. Rupicapra" <olgoat-AT-kdsi.net>
Subject: Re: the bible


Rick Holden wrote:

> How about a quote from the big book itself:
> 
> "Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with
> eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God."
>                                                                 Colossians 3:22
> 
> "Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters accourding to the
> flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto christ."
> Ephesians 6:5
> 
> "And if a man smite his servant, or his maid with a rod, and he die under
> his hand; he shall surely be punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a
> day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his money."
> Titus 2:9-10
> The same passage I've seen in the NIV version:
> "Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything to try to please
> them, not to talk back to them, but to show that they can fully be trusted."
> 
> "Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the lord's sake: whether
> it be to the king, as supreme: or unto governors."
> 1 Peter 2:13-14
> 
> I can go on and on. I've also read Tolstoy's, "Christian Anarchism." But it
> only makes sense if you haven't read the bible.
> 
> Holden

	hey, folks, Rick's trying to get a Christers/Anti-
Christers thread going!   we aint had one o them for quite
a spell.  fun!

	old goat.
       "Mistrust those in whom the 
	impulse to punish is strong."
	--Friedrich Nietzsche
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