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:: My question for MountainDew was because he ''only'' removed the Bible passages which appeared to justify the slave trade and kept in only those passages which appeared to condemn it.  If he had removed all of the passages I would not have had a problem.  You said yourself that the job of a SYSOP is to be fair, that edit was not.  For me the Bible has nothing to do with my opinions on the slave trade (in case I need to say it - it is repugnant to me), but exactly because he is a SYSOP I assumed that they Bible entries were wanted here.[[User:Airdish|Airdish]] 16:15, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

:: My question for MountainDew was because he ''only'' removed the Bible passages which appeared to justify the slave trade and kept in only those passages which appeared to condemn it.  If he had removed all of the passages I would not have had a problem.  You said yourself that the job of a SYSOP is to be fair, that edit was not.  For me the Bible has nothing to do with my opinions on the slave trade (in case I need to say it - it is repugnant to me), but exactly because he is a SYSOP I assumed that they Bible entries were wanted here.[[User:Airdish|Airdish]] 16:15, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

*Well, ''unlike some users'', we are concerned with the article as a whole, not just matters of religion. Since the Bible does not support slavery, but merely recognizes condidtions as they were at the time, it would be unfair to use the Bible to justify any form of salvery.  What was that bit about rendering unto Ceaser? --~ [[User:TK|TerryK]] ^{[[User_talk:TK|Talk2Me!]]} 17:25, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

*Well, ''unlike some users'', we are concerned with the article as a whole, not just matters of religion. Since the Bible does not support slavery, but merely recognizes conditions as they were at the time, it would be unfair to use the Bible to justify any form of salvery.  What was that bit about rendering unto Caeser? --~ [[User:TK|TerryK]] ^{[[User_talk:TK|Talk2Me!]]} 17:25, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

 

:: As I tried to imply, I do not see a reason for there to be ''any'' Bible passages in this article.  But if there are any, then they should show how it was from both sides of the argument, i.e. the article should be fair - look at [[User_talk:MountainDew#Spoon|this]] exchange regarding [[User:Spoon]]'s posts - cherry-picking what you want or don't want should not be an option and I wanted to question [[User:MountainDew]]'s employing of this tactic. I'd remove all passages but I assume that they'd be reverted. I agree with you that the Bible cannot be read with a 21st century morality.  My vote is for the creation of a new article on "Slavery in the Bible" if anyone wants one. [[User:Airdish|Airdish]] 17:44, 22 March 2007 (EDT)