One of these four statements must be true...

I think you may have misinterpreted my position on your argument. If you had fully read it through, you would've understood that Christianity is not the only religion in which Heavenly Father is depicted as well as his divine rules and commandments. But for the sake of making it easy, I will reference other places where the Bible depicts that we are equal in the eyes of God. In the Bible, I quote "We are all God's children". The Bible states we all have a divine purpose. Another quote from Jesus, the son of God, in the New Testament says, "As I have loved you, love one another." Or, "Love thy neighbour." Taking certain verses in such books as Leviticus or anything within the Old Testament can be subject to opinion and are somewhat pertaining to the cultural time. God clearly demonstrates his rules in which he wants his disciples and his children to follow. Therefore, I believe I have disproved your third statement. 1) God does not exist. I am going to disprove this statement by fact and fact alone. How many people are believers in a God? Whether they be Muslim, Christian, Baptist, Jewish, nondenominational, etc. There are way too many miracles that occur on a daily basis to disprove a higher power. This debate is very much about opinion and not fact, but for the purpose of staying within the boundaries, I am going to say that God is believed by many and it is impossible to falsely persuade so many people into believing such things. 2) God's rules are sometimes wicked. God's rules are not wicked (not by far if I can say). Yes, Heavenly Father has commanded his children to do bad things, and has done hurtful things himself ( the plagues, other examples if you wish). God has not ever done something that was wicked, and he has only done what was NEEDED. "The greatest good for the greatest number," a famous quote by Bentham I should remark. 4) Owning and beating people is not wicked. Now, who would need to ask something like this? Of course it is wicked to beat your neighbour, and since we are all equal in the eyes of God, I would suggest that owning slaves and therefore beating slaves is against his rules. I have read over the quotes listed inside of your portion of the debate, and I will further say, what is being referenced here can be read metaphorically or literally. 1 Peter 2 does say this, however it also can be seen as following your savior. Fear in this time when it was written did not mean actually fright, but rather peaceful love and submission. I will say this in a way that will not deny number three, but the Bible in this period was TRUE to the time, and not to ours. I am definitely not saying the Bible doesn't necessarily represent God all of the time, but rather that the Bible is also very cultural and is an insight into the time of King James I, since this is the version I am reading out of. Also, the view of slavery has been very twisted in today's society. Slaves loved their masters, and masters also cared for their slaves. I will create an analogy to compare this to. In the 1950s, parents hit their children to teach them lessons, and many still had bruises. Now I am not speaking of actual abuse, but in that time that was seen as a natural way to punish and did not indicate the level of care or love. Parents loved their children, and the children loved their parents. Slavery in that time was not seen as actually "owning" someone. If you truly owned something, you could do whatever you want with it, and that is definitely denied here when you say " as long they can recover in a day or two." Yes, they were viewed as property, but not the same type of property seen in today's society.