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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
Well... You left out one teeny tiny tidbit.
The Bible doesn't condemn slavery, but it commands slave owners to treat their slaves as they would their own kin. The accepted slavery depicted in the Bible was/is vastly different to the concept of slavery that exists today.
Funny how you forgot to mention that.
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The statement in the bible assumes that slavery is acceptable, and no where in the bible does it explicetly say that slavery is wrong. While I don't really follow the bible anymore, I am familiar with it:
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And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever." (Exodus 21:5-6) God not only condones slavery, but advocates violence against them.
The bible condones slavery (real slavery, with violence and misteatment) because it was written by slave owners. It'd be nice if the OT were written this way to be more palatbable to the times, but if God wrote this, he had to know it would be around for thousands of years and it's implications would be far reaching. The only conclusions to draw are: slavery is okay, or God doesn't exist.