The sad, twisted truth about conservative Christianity's effect on the mind

[Cartoonist]

2. One of the saddest posts I ever read.

First, I keep reading. Not just those verses, or the other selected verses listed at the local atheist dollar meme website, but the whole book. Then I learn. I learn what the Book of Leviticus is, when and for whom it was intended, and then I read some more. I learn that slavery was rampant in the area at that time and at that place. Then I read some more. In between I look out the window and notice nobody is owning slaves or selling slaves on the way to synagogue or church. Then I read some more. I will read the other verses that condemn slavery, that exhort compassion and tolerance, and extol the dignity of human beings. In short, I read it all. At a certain point I realize what this verse is about and why it was written as it was written when it was written.
(name of poster withheld)

It goes to show the obsession with religion that prevents believers from seeing the truth. they just keep reinforcing the lies they tell themselves, like how it was different then and isn't that way anymore. Especially the part about slavery.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking
http://www.humantrafficking.org/

Most telling is this page:
http://www.traffickingresourcecenter.org/states?gclid=CjwKEAjwmfKpBRC8tb3Mh5rs23ASJACWy1QP6tdMs001tgsV21hDdP6XH3EbX4gLj8kGgBOkJLMKLBoC-mzw_wcB

But because the above quoted poster does not see it out his own window, it therefore doesn't exist, and he can keep his nose buried in his Bible and read only the good parts.