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Originally Posted by Hexadecimal
You are taking the owner-slave relationship's variation from the God-man relationship and treating them as the same.
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Wrong. I haven't done anything of the sort. I merely showed how man has been given free reign by god to perform an act. That act can be punishment if used as a penalty, which the OT does not preclude. Thus, that a punishment can be carried out by the "whim of man" stands demonstrated.
My argument doesn't require that "owner-slave relationship is the same as the God-man relationship", nor any other of your accusations. My argument only requires that man be given authority to use an action that can be used as punishment is he so wishes (i.e. if it's man's whim). He has.