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Originally Posted by FoolThemAll
Define slavery as narrowly as you wish. This merely shifts the debate from "are Bible-condoned types of slavery wrong?" to "does the Bible condone slavery?". (Again, IL can correct me if I'm misrepresenting him.)
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Well if you need to decide what a word means, it must be defined. I usually just go to the dictionary for such things.
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Originally Posted by Dictionary.com
involuntary subjection to another or others. Slavery emphasizes the idea of complete ownership and control by a master: to be sold into slavery.
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Complete ownership is different than working off a debt through servatude.