Ten Commandments

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  • Village Idiot
    Village Idiot
    EA916

    First, we must recognize that the Bible does not say God supports slavery. In fact, the slavery described in the Old Testament was quite different from the kind of slavery we think of today - in which people are captured and sold as slaves. According to Old Testament law, anyone caught selling another person into slavery was to be executed:"

    You are obviously not reading the scripture citations I have provided. The Bible does promote permanent slavery of captured non-Israelites. You are avoiding that by mentioning laws that applied to Hebrew slaves and even then there were provisions for permanent slavery for Hebrew women. I'll quote once more what has already been quoted here:

    44 “‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. 46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly. - Leviticus 25:44-46 New International Version

    You may claim that the scriptures somehow mean something else but basic sense says otherwise.

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