One of these four statements must be true...

One of these four statements must be true:1] God does not exist2] God's rules are sometimes wicked3] The bible is sometimes not representative of God's rules4] Owning and beating people is not wickedArgumentGod's rules, as recorded in the bible, sanction slavery.Leviticus 25:44-46Your male and female slaves are to come from thenations around you; from them you may buy slaves.You may also buy some of the temporary residentsliving among you and members of their clans bornin your country, and they will become your property.You can bequeath them to your children as inheritedproperty and can make them slaves for life.Exodus 21:20-2Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rodmust be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, butthey are not to be punished if the slave recovers after aday or two, since the slave is their property.1 Peter 2Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to yourmasters, not only to those who are good and considerate,but also to those who are harsh. For it is commendable ifsomeone bears up under the pain of unjust sufferingbecause they are conscious of God. But how is it to yourcredit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endureit? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, thisis commendable before God.Now, I know that many Christians don't like the use of the word "slave" in these translations and argue that "servant" is a better word. I could go into all of the technical, historical and linguistic reasons why "slave" is the right word... I could give you definitions of the word "slave" so that you can judge for yourself from exactly what the bible says and whether you agree that "slave" is the best word to describe what the bible is talking about. But I don't need to... if you wish to read "servant", that's fine by me... but we are still talking about servants who can be bought and sold, kept for life, left to their master's children, beaten to within an inch of their lives AND, were they to die three days after a severe beating (from infected wounds, for instance) then they are to take comfort in the fact that their continued subservience is commendable before God... all the while knowing that their masters are to receive no punishment.Since the bible says that God's rules sanction owning and beating people, it logically follows that one of the following is true:1] God does not exist2] God's rules are sometimes wicked3] The bible is sometimes not representative of God's rules4] Owning and beating people is not wickedI challenge any Christian to pick which of those four statements is true (one must be). Go on... see if you can see which of those four statements is true... if you pick 3, just remember that when you use the bible to justify an idea such as "homosexual acts are abhorrent to the Lord"! If you think that homosexual acts are abhorrent to the Lord because the bible tells you so, then you have to accept that it pleases the Lord that slaves are beaten almost to death. Anything less is hypocrisy.Nature of the debate:I'm hoping that nobody is going to take this debate on but, if they do, Con will be arguing that it is not logically sound to conclude that at least one of the four statements I've made is true.Oh how I wish the World wasn't such that this debate will inevitably be taken up soon...