Expert: Germania Rodriguez - 2/24/2005

Question
hi,
I really want to know what's all this is about? I'm pretty offended when I look at these verse:

gen19:31-36
if there are no unmarried men of the same faith available, a woman shall get her father drunk and have sex with him ( that's obviously immoral)

deut22
marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. if she's no a virgin, she shall be executed.
death is the only exit from marrige. should a married man died without having fathered any male heirs, his brother shall take the widow as ONE of his wives.

gen 3:16
to the woman he said," I will greatly increase your pains in child bearing; with pain you will give birth to children. your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."

exodus 21
when a man strikes his slave, male or female with a rod and the slaves die under his hand, he shall be punished. but if the slave survives a day or two, he shall not be punished: for the slaves is his money.

leviticus 25
as for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy your male or female slaves from the nations that are around about you...you may bequeath them to your sons after you, to inherit as a possesion forever.....that the lord intended the blessed institution of slavery to last forever!

I'm not a first timer and had asked many many christian about this issues and the general answers I've received:
1)YOU don't understand the bible....
2)there are "meanings" behind the bible(well that's fine), but ended up everybody giving me many different answers some even contradicts each other.
3)we can't know about it, it's the lord's word, so our duty is to believe in the holy bible.
4)you got to ask the pastor, I don't know.
5)what? you doubt the bible? you better not! you will go to hell!

I never will lied to you, but many christians I've asked said that slavery is OK because it's the lords word! it goes for other nasty things to.

slavery, excutions, sex with father are IMMORAL!!!! it has nothing to do with whether it's the past or future, god's word or or not! it makes people SUFFER! that's what I know about, if you also believe its OK then I really have nothing to say....

I'm seriously concern about this issue and I meant no offense. Hope to hear from you soon.
thank you  

Answer
Hi,
The law was given to Israel only, and it was temproary, lasting only from Moses to Christ, being added to the Abrahfamic covenant of promise :until the seed (Christ) should come to whom the promise was made. The law was never given to any but the Israel. Now we are living under the Grace of God... for Grace we are saved, before was for the law. but Jesus broke the law the day He died on the cross.
The Bible is to believed not to try finding controversies.
If you read the history of humanity, you will see the in all time its being bad people and good people.. every body has there own way of see things maybe to be justified, or maybe the think what they doing is ok... but the principles is the same. what it was bad before, still bad now.