Ringing in the New Year with everyone's favorite content: Responses to lists! This time Braxton Hunter with Trinity Radio is putting out 5 more "Questions for Atheists". These are, sadly, much worse than his previous round of questions (and some aren't even for atheists!)

Atheists, particularly those who were former Christians, tend to be zealous in their anger towards Christianity. So much so that the rocks they throw at Christianity often end up hitting Jewish people instead. We're going to be tackling this issue with Vishanti, examining ways in which atheists misunderstand & mischaracterize Judaism, and perpetuate antisemitic rhetoric.

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In this episode we get Dr. Josh Bowen of @DigitalHammurabi to talk about slavery in the Bible, and its context in the Ancient Near East. What do Christians often say about it? How did slavery in ancient Israel compare to the slavery practiced by its neighbors? Was it really a mostly kind sort of social institution, or was it something more akin to slavery in the American South?

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro 4:50 - Slavery in the Ancient Near East (ANE) 16:30 - Tangent on genocide 18:20 - Slavery in ancient Israel 26:10 - Slaves being released every 7 years 28:25 - Wasn't kidnapping outlawed!? 30:00 - Was God meeting humans where they were? 33:30 - Israelites becoming chattel 38:25 - Was a slave then the same as a slave now? 45:40 - Slavery in the American South vs ANE 51:50 - How was slavery actually practiced in the ANE 57:50 - Limitations on violence 1:01:30 - Summary 1:04:30 - How to engage with fundamentalists 1:17:20 - Where to find more 1:20:00 - Outro