The Bible clearly approves of slavery in many passages, and it goes so far as to tell how to obtain slaves, how hard you can beat them, and when you can have sex with the female slaves.
'However, you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way.
And don't tell me that it was necessary for survival. Today there are also millions of starving and unemployed people around the world. Does that mean that they must be slaves then? Furthermore, why should God treat Israelites better than others? Is it necessary to for God to approve of slave beating? And what's up with allowing masters to have sex with their slaves?
2007-10-18
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