AchtungBono
Refugee
If BinLaden speaks out against Polanski drugging and raping a 13 year old girl anally, it does not pain me to agree with him.
If Jesus Christ speaks out in favor of stoning or slavery, it does not pain me to disagree with him.
So, are you with BinLaden and against Jesus?
Bin Laden speaking against drugging and raping a 13 year old girl is the ultimate hypocrisy by someone who ordered thousands killed because they follow the wrong religion and because they don't prescribe to his twisted idea of god-worshipping and don't deserve to live because of that.
In the old testament, according to ancient Jewish law, a person who couldn't pay his debts was sold into slavery and this was considered common practice in ancient times. Slaves weren't chosen at random and captured like they were when the first slaves came from Africa. Also, slaves were given positions of authority and trust in antiquity and were, for the most part, treated with respect until they were ultimately given their freedom.
Stoning was a means of execution for offences such as adultery (which you would agree is a bad thing) and was also common in those days.
So to answer your question, Bin Laden isn't the one to talk about moral issues and therefore I wouldn't place any credence in what he says.
Jesus is speaking about slavery, which is a form of paying a debt to society, and stoning which is a means of punishment like the electric chair is today. Therefore he is not saying anything wrong because he speaks from knowledge and learning and justice and not hypocrisy like Bin Laden.
That being said, I abhor slavery and stoning and I agree that Polanski should face charges for eluding justice for as long as he did - even though the victim herself forgave him for the crime itself.