Verses to Memorize

I decided to argue with a local straight-laced type about a local Gay festival. It started out as a friendly discussion, quickly turning into an argument, finally deteriorating to the point where we quoted the Bible at each other. This is the stage just before fists fly, and we are detained by the local constabulary. Fortunately, we ended it with mutual anathemas before the pugilism started.

My arguments are almost totally based on the misuse of the Bible to argue the morality of anything, and I take the tack that the Bible condones Slavery, not to mention Genocide, especially if you are unlucky enough to be a Midianite whose neighbor is Moses. Should we proceed to those worthy works because they are in the Bible?

I have some extra-biblical quotes, too:

"[Slavery] was established by decree of Almighty God...it is sanctioned in the Bible, in both Testaments, from Genesis to Revelation...it has existed in all ages, has been found among the people of the highest civilization, and in nations of the highest proficiency in the arts." Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America.


There is a treasure trove of churchmen and divines arguing that the Holy One sanctions slavery, mostly from the years before the American Civil War. For most purposes, the story of Moses and the Midianites works, aided with a few well chosen Confederate quotes.