and my medication has nothing to do with it.

You may want to re-evaluate stopping your medication.

From what I’ve read (I’m not sure on this) – the death penalty is regulated, and there has to be witnesses or something. I don’t like the idea of a death penalty – because that means sending people to Hell, but if it weren’t for that, it would be good. And I think it’s what’s supposed to happen.

On slavery – this is a response from one of my friends to a questionnaire. The question was something like why does the bible support slavery if it’s clearly wrong?

” First, I have to ask, who is he to say “slavery is clearly wong”? He has no moral standard other than his own opinions.

He’s right, the Bible does not condemn slavery. Therefore, he is wrong, slavery is not clearly wrong.

The Bible condemns kidnapping, something often associated with (but not necessarily equated with) slavery.

The Bible regulates slavery and condemns oppression of slaves. Slavery was often a way to pay a debt – an irresponsible person who could not manage his own life (and pay his debts) would be put in a position where he would have to work and be supervised more closely. We may not realize it, but this natural consequence happens even today in a way: a person who works hard on his own will end up on top (eg. running his own business) and a person who slacks off will end up having to work for someone else and take orders”