The bible on slavery

The contradictions are in the minds of people that don't understand scripture. 

Slaves do consent yes .

The bible actually teaches we all are enslaved one way or the other.

There are many OT passages that regulate slavery.

Regulating slavery is a subset of keeping slavery legal.

Well, in two ways.  The first way was by way of war.  When Israel defended itself or attacked another people group, sometimes, the enemy was captured and not killed. These then became slaves.  Better to have them under your control than let them go to attack you again.  

Capturing an enemy is mass kidnapping.  War is mass murder.

The second way was by way of selling yourself as a bondservant or as an indentured slave. This was the cultural equivalence of taking out a loan. Israelites could sell themselves off in order to take out a loan. 

For me, the issue is not a consenting adult choosing to sell themselves; the issue is if they have kids, then those kids become slaves through no fault of their own.  If you have $3 billion more of debt and you die and you have a kid, your kid should not be forced to take on your debt.  This is the argument BLM uses with reparations and I don't agree with it.  I hold Christianity to the same standard.

Of course, in the NT, it was primarily the Romans and the Greeks who had slaves.  There are very few races of people in the history of the world who never had slaves.  

Did God put an end to any of it?  No; so he endorsed it if he had the power to stop it and refused.

He didn't put an end to whites in the South owning slaves; he didn't put an end to Africans in Africa owning slaves.

God supports slavery and it was America and the Northern Republican party that ended it in the US.  The South's justification for slavery was the bible said it was ok.

Also when it comes to the Bible, Christians teach, that EVERYONE is a slave.  There are no exceptions. We are either a slave to sin. Or we are a slave to righteousness. 

There is no other option.  

So doing what you want if you aren't harming anyone else significantly or doing what a pro slavery God wants even if it does harm someone else significantly?  Decision made.

On the other hand, it might also be recognising that abolishing it wasn't going to happen until the world started following Christ and that therefore it is better to put into place fair and just regulations than simply having a free for all. 

The enemies of Israel wanted to wipe Israel of the map. 

Under the Jewish law, kids were not retained as slaves.  Kids did not have to take on their parent's debt. 

Sin always hurts someone else. There are no exceptions. 

On the other hand, it might also be recognising that abolishing it wasn't going to happen until the world started following Christ and that therefore it is better to put into place fair and just regulations than simply having a free for all. 

Jesus was pro slavery and it's how the confederacy justified slavery.

The enemies of Israel wanted to wipe Israel of the map. 

Muslims: Want the South Levant.

Israeli Jews: Want a place where they can have religious freedom.

Me: Why can't the Israeli Jews move to the US where they aren't getting bombed by Gaza?  You both benefit under this.  Israeli Jews are more likely to know English than Canadians.

Under the Jewish law, kids were not retained as slaves.  Kids did not have to take on their parent's debt. 

Really?  That was something that happened?  Seems surprising.  If one is owned by someone else, then that would apply to their kids as well.

Sin always hurts someone else. There are no exceptions. 

How would a Hindu worshipping a Cow hurt someone else significantly?  That violates the 1st commandment I think.

MISS TRADESECRET'S MISGUIDED QUOTE ONCE AGAIN!:  "Jesus never condoned slavery."

https://www.debateart.com/forum/topics/10448/posts/426840

HUH?  WTF!  MISS TRADESECRET embarrasses herself AGAIN where none other than Jesus as God stated the following relative to SLAVERY where He most certainly condoned it by having SLAVES BEATEN!

"And that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes." (Luke 12:47-48)

do u ever say anything new or do u always recite the same lines from the same boring script

you're a broken record  #46

I think people should be allowed to live in any country they want to live. I think we should get rid of passports and visa. But people should be allowed to live anywhere without the fear of getting blown up. In America, you might not get bombed, more likely to get shot. #41

In Jesus' time, slavery was normal.

 In America, you might not get bombed, more likely to get shot. 

Simple really in India. Same as the rats. In India, a place where there is much starvation. Cows run free in the streets and are forbidden to be eaten. And the rats eat up to 1/3 of the food that comes into the ports.  Worshiping cows and rats literally hurts millions of other people.