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Opening
A refresher on the guidelines.
I will present my argument and you can raise your hand to argue against it.
My argument and your defense must both come from the Bible.
I’m allowed to lie to you, but if you ask me if I’m lying, I’ll be honest.
I’m allowed to use logical fallacies, but you are allowed to call me on it.
I can choose who to pick when hands are raised and I am allowed to neglect any of you if I choose to do so.
I may have multiple arguments and if I feel that either you have won an argument, or if I feel you are at a dead end, I can elect to move to another argument and we will discuss everything later.
If you have a thought, raise your hand.
If someone is talking and I make eye contact with you, put your hand down and I’ll get back to you once whoever is talking is finished.
Any questions?
Opening Argument
So we have a government that we have to obey, correct?
Now whenever there’s a behaviour, the government can do one of four things.
The government can encourage a behavior by rewarding this behavior in some fashion; benefits, tax deduction, discounts, etc.
The government encourages you to have children by giving you a tax deduction.
The government encourages you to join the military, or to become a first responder, by giving many benefits.
The government can tolerate a behavior by doing nothing.
In other words, it’s allowed, but not encouraged.
I think an example of this would be owning firearms.
You have the right to own a firearm, but you get no benefits or tax deductions (I think).
But you also are not taxed annually for guns you own (I think).
The government can discourage a behaviour such as through tax or limitations.
An example of this is smoking.
Past a certain age, you’re legally allowed to go buy a pack of cigarettes, but there’s a heavy tax on smoking to make it more expensive.
Why? There’s a health risk and they’re bad for the environment.
The fourth thing the government can do is outlaw something.
This is obviously something you’re not allowed to do at all.
If you’re caught doing this, it is an offense and you will be fined and could possibly serve jail or worse.
We can agree that the government can do one of these four things for any behaviour, right?
So last week we established that God is good even though there is evil in the world, right?
Well, what if I told you there’s places in the Bible where God not only tolerates evil.
He encourages it.
Would you believe me?
Argument: Genocide
So what I’m about to read is God giving an encouragement.
I’ll read the behavior in a second.
Answer:
Argument: Rape
Argument: Polygamy
Abraham, Jacob, David, and Solomon all had multiple wives.
Prostitution
Slavery
Starvation
Argument: Slavery
Loss of servant and payment and everything.
5 “Do not return a slave to his master when [he] has escaped from his master to you.
16 Let him live among you[] wherever he wants within your city gates.
Do not mistreat him.
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