to that in order to prove her love (or whatever she does it for.) A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. How does this jive with that thought? And while we need to be careful not to have a judgemental attitude, is it wrong to be grossed out because someone is eating garbage? Wouldn't you at least try to offer them something good to eat? Discernment is not wrong. My wife and I are devout Christians and her reading this book has done nothing to impact her faith in God or our love for each other. Quite the contrary. For those on the religious pedastal blabbing "truth," you really need to look more inside yourself and follow the teachings of Christ rather than condemn. Otherwise you've become the definition of hypocracy. "The Bible does not specifically condemn the practice of slavery. It gives instructions on how slaves should be treated (Deuteronomy 15:12-15; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 4:1), but does not outlaw slavery altogether. Many see this as the Bible condoning all forms of slavery. What many fail to understand is that slavery in biblical times was very different from the slavery that was practiced in the past few centuries in many parts of the world. The slavery in the Bible was not based exclusively on race. People were not enslaved because of their nationality or the color of their skin. In Bible times, slavery was more a matter of social status. People sold themselves as slaves