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The author doesn't understand that slavery in the Bible is different than the slavery in the 17 to 1800's so the author is confused and is comparing apples to oranges when they say that the Bible has a positive view on slavery.
When you have an author who doesn't understand then the author is spreading more confusion.
The author doesn't understand that slavery in the Bible is different than the slavery in the 17 to 1800's so the author is confused and is comparing apples to oranges when they say that the Bible has a positive view on slavery.
When you have an author who doesn't understand then the author is spreading more confusion.
Slavery, in any form, is immoral. Nice try...
The author doesn't understand that slavery in the Bible is different than the slavery in the 17 to 1800's so the author is confused and is comparing apples to oranges when they say that the Bible has a positive view on slavery.
When you have an author who doesn't understand then the author is spreading more confusion.
Slavery, in any form, is immoral. Nice try...
The skeptic’s criticism that the New Testament does not speak against the abolition of slavery is misguided for any number of reasons. First, an attempt to generalize and condemn all types of slavery fails to take into account prison, personal debt, indentured servanthood, and a host of other morally permissible situations. Bankruptcy laws, prison terms, community service hours, and garnished wages are morally acceptable modern equivalents to certain types of slavery that were prevalent during the time of the biblical writers. Second, Jesus and the New Testament writers always condemned the mistreatment of any human being, instructing their followers to be kind, loving, and compassionate, whether they were slaves or masters of slaves.
While I have never believed that the purpose of the Civil War was to abolish slavery, it is difficult to deny the influence that Christian leaders had in advancing the arguments against slavery, both in the United States and abroad. Any Christian ministers in the American South who justified the practice were in the minority here, and a tiny minority in the Christian world. To say that "Christians" supported and justified slavery is a vacuous mis-statement of reality.
You can beat them, rape them, sell them and their children
Sounds like slaves to me
And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished. Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property.
In the first place, how could God allow a slave owner to beat his slave at all? To answer this question, we must remember who many of the Old Testament slaves were. They were members of the wicked, sinful nations who had been delivered into the hands of the Israelites because of their immorality. Suppose that a slave from one of those nations had made up his mind to do as much damage to his owner as possible. The slave had the option of running away to a gentler owner whenever he wished (Deuteronomy 23:15-16). However, suppose that he chose to stay and steal from the owner, or break the owners equipment intentionally, or destroy the owners crops. What could the owner do to stop such sabotage? Herb Vander Lugt put it like this:
Then, too, no matter how well the slaves were treated, some might have been rebellious and defiant. Forgetting that they were alive because they were taken as war captives instead of being executed, they might have blamed their master for their slave status. They might have shown their resentment by destroying property, abusing fellow slaves, or refusing to work. The master may have had no other way to bring his slave in line than to use physical punishment (1999, p. 17).
As appalling as it is to the sensitivities of most United States citizens, many countries still employ some type of beating or bodily harm to deter crime (some readers may recall the controversy over caning in Singapore in the early 1990s). When a modern-day prisoner violates rules while incarcerated, more stringent punishment (such as solitary confinement) often is required. If a slave deserved the death sentence, yet was allowed to live under certain conditionsand then did not comply with those conditionswould it be feasible to suggest that his death sentence could be reinstated? Even though it seems harsh to us, Exodus 21:20 does not militate against the justice of God.
The Lord required all slaves to be released frequently. It was part of the law and the festivals.
Whether the law was followed is another story. Considering the wickedness that occured in Ancient Israel, my guess is the law wasnt followed as it should have been.
The author doesn't understand that slavery in the Bible is different than the slavery in the 17 to 1800's so the author is confused and is comparing apples to oranges when they say that the Bible has a positive view on slavery.
When you have an author who doesn't understand then the author is spreading more confusion.
The author doesn't understand that slavery in the Bible is different than the slavery in the 17 to 1800's so the author is confused and is comparing apples to oranges when they say that the Bible has a positive view on slavery.
When you have an author who doesn't understand then the author is spreading more confusion.
Slavery, in any form, is immoral. Nice try...
So why do we encourage it in politics?
Exodus 21:20-21
When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the slave is his money.
Exodus 21:1-36
Now these are the rules that you shall set before them. When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out alone. But if the slave plainly says, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free, ...
You can beat them, rape them, sell them and their children
Sounds like slaves to me
Slavery in the Bible was based on CRIME AND DEBT AND TRESPASS AND THEFT AND WAR CRIMES AND RESTITUTION. And punishment. (Just like prison systems today.) And on BOND-PAYMENT. NOT skin color.
Don't kid yourself into thinking different.
Crime and punishment. and bond-debts.
Remember how prisoners used to make license plates. They had NO CHOICE in doing that. Today they're made to do other work, such as renovations, construction, and clean-ups after natural disasters such as hurricanes.
These things are NOT "options" for these prisoners. They're MADE to do these things.
Prisoners are in effect "slaves" to the STATE. Just because that term is not generally used for prisoners, don't fool yourself into thinking that that is not, in effect, what it is, and what's going on here. Freedom is restricted, and controlled, and they're ordered around, and told what to do and when to do it, with NO choice in the matter, and no real way out of it.
Prisoners are FORCED to make shoes. And items that will be sold in stores. For either slave dog wages or no wages at all. Did you know that? They have no choice. Do you weep for these prisoners? Armed robbers, drug dealers, rapists, and burglars?
CRIME AND DEBT, KIDS.... servitude to the Courts, Cops, and Government, and State. Who are we kidding ???? THAT'S SLAVERY !!!!! and it's warranted.
