The Bible/Yahwey are the source of Morality

You can only hope :) I’m not shocked because his rules were still there, they just we’re officially proclaimed by prophets until later; at which the official basis for Christianity was being laid. Killing in the bible Okay, and if Hitler or Stalin did it, we’d be appalled no doubt, but it all comes back to the fact they did was done for personal reasons; either the personal advancement of themselves, their country, a group of people they like, it doesn’t matter, but it’s all for selfish reasons, something God doesn’t do. God doesn’t think killing is okay, that’s why there’s a commandment against it and it is in that commandment that we find God’s moral position is on killing. Killing on Earth would’ve happened for one selfish reason or another. And I’ve already clarified my stance on that. Sodom and Gomorrah I think you misunderstood me there, God bargained with Abraham to have ten righteous men living in the city. What Abraham had to do was either find ten righteous men to live in the city, or to get ten men currently in the city to change their ways and become righteous. So when that didn’t happen, God made good on his end. You're still looking at it as if she died for looking over her shoulder. It was the blatant disobedience that took place, especially after the city got destroyed for such a thing; blatant disobedience of God's rules. The free will is there, it's just when it's taken to such extremes, as it was in those cities, God sends a warning, which he did. They had the free will to choose to if they'd heed the warning God had sent, or continue in their ways, and with their free will, they chose not to listen, and God doesn't give empty warnings.Planning I have to admit, nice argument, but I'll close this one saying this: It is impossible for us (us referring to the human race) to completely wrap our minds around the intricate mind and workings of God. SatanI know this because it's in the Bible, I summarized of course, but I can't remember exactly where. And the passage didn't say that because it wasn't intended to. That passage was merely the example of pride that condemned him. And God is omniscient of humans and their lives, but angels are a different thing all together.SlaveryWell I'm glad I could bring you amusement in this debate :) but this idea of freeing slaves started with the Jews. You have to agree that you need a starting point when you're trying to make a change. And that specific line "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." doesn't necessarily speak towards the behavior of God himself since God and Jesus are two different entities. And the teachings, as well as God's word, never change, it's peoples interpretation of the Bible. And some parts of the Bible aren't specifically "God's words" but how the prophets or others interpret God's word or their experiences can vary. WomenIt's understandable because in the society of the Old Testament it displays women as lesser beings. By "teachings" I meant the interpretive teachings, not God's word itself, and that's explained above. Because everyone has sinned at one point or another. No one is free of sin unless they have freshly left confession and have repented. I agree it's not the best strategy (especially in this day and age) to try and pick up a woman by asking if she's a virgin, but loosing your virginity before marriage was seen as a crime, and is a sin. And keeping your virginity, like I said earlier, is seen as a sign of purity and innocence. And it is still seen as a symbol of purity and innocence today.AnimalsHere you go:Proverbs 12:10 "Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel." Because animals were created by God, and since this is a debate about how God is the source of morality, I think it's only fitting that you see that morality was instinctively instilled in these animals by the source of morality, God. :)Disproving GodDisproving God doesn't disprove the morality behind his words IN the Bible (and we can save unicorns for another debate). An atheist can find a way to disprove God, but I don't think you'll find an atheist (or any other normal human being) who is completely okay, and even applauds things like murder and theft. These are just two things in the Bible, God's words, that give us the basis for that part of morality. The part of morality that tells us killing and theft is WRONG. You don't have to hear of God himself to receive his teachings from someone who has. The person teaching this morality, whether to direct or indirect, they still receive the teaching of morality, which God and the Bible is essentially the source of. The person receiving said "morality teaching" doesn't have to necessarily know it's from the word of God, hence the indirect way. Fond of those hypothetical, aren't we? Well, in the Bible, God said he made us in his image, so, as he being the source of morality, we're instilled with at least a basic instinctive knowledge of what's right and wrong, being our conscience.I'm really pleased at how this debate turned out, and I as well thank you for this great debate!