Why does the Bible condone slavery?

Answer 1

The Bible doesn't condone slavery.

At the time of writing, in many cultures, slavery was an accepted practice. The Bible simply annotates this and gives guidelines on how servants and overseers should treat one another.

But please feel free to cite a chapter and verse where the Bible condones or encourages the practice of slavery.

Answer 2

The slavery in the Bible, at least the OT, is not the same as was in the southern states in America. The slavery in the OT would be better described as indentured servitude that was for a limited period of time, generally to pay a debt. Slavery in the Old South was entirely different from this. Once a slave, always a slave, unless the slave's owner chose to free him or her. If not, the slave remained the PROPERTY of the owner. It was a pretty sick system.
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Answer 3

It does no such thing.
'Thus saith The Lord, Let my people go. old testament,
Exodus 8:1.

The word slave is only in the king James bible twice.
NOTHING GOOD IS SAID ABOUT BEING A SLAVE IN
EITHER PASSAGE. KING JAMES BIBLE IS AN
ANTI-SLAVERY BIBLE.

One can't be a Christian and be in favour of slavery past or
present.

Any one who tells you that "the bible" condones slavery should
have to answer the question of which bible is 100 percent infallible.
If any one tells you that the original Greek condoned it, tell
them from me that paper doesn't last 2000 years.

With brainwashing cults, degenerating education, and
"protestant" academia going off the deep end, we need
AN ANTI-SLAVERY BIBLE.

Answer 4

Do Christians condone slavery like the Muslims do in Africa?

Answer 5

Because the God of the bible wants slaves! Except for murder, slavery has got to be one of the most immoral things a person can do. Yet slavery is rampant throughout the Bible in both the Old and New Testaments. 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.

Many Christians will try to ignore the moral problems of slavery by saying that these slaves were actually servants or indentured servants. Many translations of the Bible use the word "servant", "bondservant", or "manservant" instead of "slave" to make the Bible seem less immoral than it really is. While many slaves may have worked as household servants, that doesn't mean that they were not slaves who were bought, sold, and treated worse than livestock.

"When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment." (Exodus 21:7-11 NLT)

So these are the Bible family values! A man can buy as many sex slaves as he wants as long as he feeds them, clothes them, and screws them!

What does the Bible say about beating slaves? It says you can beat both male and female slaves with a rod so hard that as long as they don't die right away you are cleared of any wrong doing.

" When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property." (Exodus 21:20-21 NAB)

You would think that Jesus and the New Testament would have a different view of slavery, but slavery is still approved of in the New Testament, as the following passages show.

"Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. " (Ephesians 6:5 NLT)


So do not tell me that the bible doesn't condone slavery.

Answer 6

Yesterday it was called slavery and today its called household help/low pay/credit cards. In the Bible some wealthier Jews would pay off their relatives debts and take the relatives on as slaves for a certain time frame.

Answer 7

Because the bible was written at the time when slavery was acceptable, the bible also talks about slave masters being more generous and nicer to their slaves and being more like friends then bosses.

Answer 8

Slavery back then didn't mean the type of slavery based on skin colour or race,like African-American slavery.The slavery in the Bible was more of a servitude.People who weren't able to support themselves would sell themselves to a family,where they would be fed,clothed,treated fairly,and even be set free.

# The Bible restricted the master’s power over the slave. Ex. 21:20).
# The slave was a member of the master’s household (Lev. 22:11)
# The slave was required to rest on the Sabbath (Exodus 20:10; Deut. 5:14)
# The slave was permitted to participate in religious observances (Gen. 17:13; Exodus 12:44; Lev. 22:11).
# The Bible prohibited extradition of slaves and granted them asylum (Deut. 23:16-17).
# The servitude of a Hebrew debt-slave was limited to six years (Ex. 21:2; Deut. 15:12).
# When a slave was freed, he was to receive gifts that enabled him to survive economically (Deut. 15:14)

Answer 9

Your connecting slavery back then to slavery in out time, as during the civil war.

Slaveys back then were treated very well and mostly were almost considered part of the family.

Slavery during the civil war were of people kidnapped and taken to a different country and beaten .

Answer 10

I do not think it soers but during abrahams time and the ols testiment it was coman so the bible says to treat them fairly. just becouse it speaks of slaves does not mean it is condoning it.
it also says all are = in God eyes.