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The whole bible is about liberation from slavery (of sin) and quite clear about being against slavery (physical). Read of Israel's salvation from Egyptian slav
by tr33house 5y ago
The whole bible is about liberation from slavery (of sin) and quite clear about being against slavery (physical).
Read of Israel's salvation from Egyptian slavery? Joseph? Limits on slavery (7 year max) because people were too stubborn to accept not having slaves. The year of Jubilee?
- SkipperCat 5y agoThe bible has multiple verses codifying how to treat slaves. All sorts of rules and protocols. The old testament does not say "slavery is a sin" or "slavery is forbidden". It clearly says "slavery should be done this way". An as soon as you do that, slavery becomes accepted.
- cabalamat 5y agoMy point exactly.
- TheFreim 5y agoIt has provisions to help limit the harms of slavery, this is not the same as actively promoting it. It's similar to the allowance of divorce (and polygamy) in the OT which Jesus says was simply allowed/tolerated due to the hardness of their hearts.
- dkersten 5y agoThere’s plenty of bits about fighting the neighbouring lands, killing all the men and taking the women for “marriage” (which, let’s face it, is a fancy way of saying sexual slavery and rape). The Old Testament is full of these battles of conquest...