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It 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
by TheFreim 5y ago
It 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...