where in the bible does god say he is against slavery?

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and was there a mark given or an earring worn to identify a slave ?thanks

Answer 1

Some things permitted in the Old Testament did not necessarily represent the ideal. Due to the hardness of ancient Israel’s heart, God tolerated (and regulated) some things under the Old Law that had been long standing customs which He did not endorse. This was a temporary state of affairs until they civilisation could progress to the extent they could learn a better way.

God desired that all people love their neighbours as themselves (Leviticus 19:18). Yet, in a time when God used the children of Israel as His arm of justice to punish evildoers, certain questions arose. What was to be done, for example, with the survivors of those wicked nations? What was to be done with a man who was so far in debt that he could not repay his lender? These issues, and others like them, necessitated that God institute some form of humane regulations for prisoners of war or people working to pay off a debt. That latter type of “slavery” was much more of an employer/employee relationship than an owner/slave situation. Would it be fair for a society to allow a person who had accumulated a huge amount of debt to sell his labour to another person to pay that debt? Yes, it would. However, God—aware that abuse might arise in any situation—even regulated "debt slavery", and provided for the rights and privileges of the slave to be guarded and for them to be released from the debt and set free after a reasonable time.

Immoral nations who practiced unspeakable evils surrounded the Hebrews. In order to rid the world of their destructive influence, the children of Israel under God's guidance, dealt with them in several ways. One of those ways included forcing the wicked nations into slavery. Many of the slave regulations in the Old Testament deal with the treatment of individuals and nations who had committed crimes against humanity that were worthy of death. The wicked people were graciously allowed to live, but they were subjected to slavery, much like a lifetime prison sentence in modern criminal cases. Other times the people were so depraved, so evil, that Capital punishment was the only option for the good of mankind as a whole.

Certain other types of "slavery" are not morally wrong either. For instance, when a man is convicted of murder, he often is sentenced to life in prison. During his life sentence, he is forced by the State to do (or not do) certain things. He is justly confined to a small living space, and his freedoms are revoked. Sometimes, he is compelled by the State to work long hours, for which he does not receive even minimum wage. Would it be justifiable to label such a loss of freedom as a type of slavery? Yes, it would. However, is his loss of freedom a morally permissible situation? Certainly. He has become a slave of the State because he violated certain laws that were designed to ensure the liberty of his fellow citizen, whom he murdered. Therefore, one fact that must be conceded by anyone dealing with the Bible and its position on slavery is the fact that, under some conditions, slavery is not necessarily a morally deplorable institution.

The fact is, certain types of “slavery” not only are permissible, but sometimes necessary to the well-being of a society at large. For the biblical stance on slavery to be condemned as unjust, it must be established that the specific regulations of slavery described in the text are immoral and unfair. However, when closely scrutinized, the biblical stance on the legal type of slavery practiced by the Jews aligns itself with true justice. All regulations found therein were established for the just treatment of all parties involved. "Slavery" in the form permitted in the Old Testament was a mutually beneficial relationship between servant and master, similar to an employee/employer relationship. Furthermore, slavery often was a substitute for the death penalty—which certain nations deserved. Debt accumulation caused many free persons to sell their labour and become slaves. The fact is, certain types of “slavery” not only are permissible, but sometimes necessary to the well-being of a society at large.

The type of slavery that used to be practiced in America was specifically banned by the Bible, kidnapping a man and selling him as a slave was a crime punishable by death, as noted in Exodus 21:16 and if a master mistreated his slaves and they ran away , God made it unlawful for runaway slaves to be returned to their masters. (Deuteronomy 23:15-16). Deuteronomy 24:14 reads: “You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy..."

Any attempt to generalize and condemn all types of slavery fails to take into account prison, personal debt, indentured servant hood, and a host of other morally permissible situations. Today's Bankruptcy laws, prison terms, community service hours, and garnished wages are morally acceptable modern equivalents to certain types of legitimate slavery that existed during the time of the biblical writers

Answer 2

He is against slavery. And, when you read the rules, you'll see just how fair he was. Slavery was going to be a part of the system. No way out. But He made sure His people treated slaves humanely. To the point, some are recorded in the Bible to be slaves voluntarily. In the new earth he has promised through Jesus and his apostles, there will be no slavery. There will be no wars or economic problems that would create such. Why? Well, slavery is a product of an imperfect earth and system of people. That will not be the case on the future perfect earth.

Answer 3

I don't know about an identifying mark. You'll have to look at encyclopedias and history books at your local library for that sort of informtation.

As for the Bible, God does not appear to say outright that slavery is wrong. What is wrong is man's treatment of his fellow man. Slavery degrades and humiliates. It does not fulfill the fundamental commandment of "loving your neighbour".

In the Old Testament, the Bible had laws governing slavery so that it was kept humane. Slavery was for a fixed period of time so you could pay off your debt. If a master injured a slave, he had to be let free. In those days there was no social security or charity organizations. If you were left bankrupt and unemployed, your only option was to offer your services as a slave.

These days, at least in the west, we have in theory more modern schemes that obviate the need for slavery. However, slavery does exist in other forms in parts of the world, often supported by the free world in ways we don't realize, but that's another story.

Answer 4

slavery back then was not slavery we think of today. back then they were workers that worked for a higher family in exchange for food or small amounts of money. they were respected but still technically owned by the person the servant worked for. Slavery that was during the civil was was not bionically based at all. It was the torture of people to work for nearly nothing in the worst conditions possible. they were not respected or even sought as people, just property.

Answer 5

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where in the bible does god say he is against slavery?
and was there a mark given or an earring worn to identify a slave ?thanks

Answer 6

It doesn't say that God is against slavery. Actually it tells you how to care for, discipline, and sell your slaves.

Answer 7

Eirian Draconis – you are dangerously mistaken
Marxism eventually = communism (historically proven)

Communism kills! This is not debatable. The record is crystal clear. The U.S. Senate Internal Security Subcommittee conducted investigations into the number killed in the Soviet Union and China. Their report stated that 35 million to 45 million had been killed in the Soviet Union and 34 million to 62.5 million in Communist China.

Marx states in the Manifesto of the Communist Party: <- you see that right?

You must, therefore, confess that by "individual" you mean no other person than the bourgeois, than the middle-class owner of property. This person must indeed, be swept out of the way, and made impossible. (Published by Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1973 edition, page 66)

This concept is an essential element of Marxism. As Lenin stated: "Atheism is a natural and inseparable portion of Marxism, of the theory and practice of Scientific Socialism." If God exists and is in supreme command of the universe, He possesses discretionary power, and His actions cannot always be calculated accurately in advance. The whole edifice of Marxism collapses.

When Marx and the Communists deny the existence of God, they simultaneously deny the authority of the Ten Commandments, the existence of absolute standards of right and wrong, of good and evil; and man is left on the playing fields of the universe without a referee, without a book of rules. The winning side in any conflict can decide on what rules of conduct to apply. Morality is the creation of the victor.

And to answer the question: It doesn’t but, it did direct fair treatment of slaves.

Answer 8

Slavery is not promoted in the Bible. It is in there, but no where does God say that it's okay.

Answer 9

Nowhere. In fact, slavery is all through the bible.

Answer 10

Here are some references in the Bible which discuss:

Gen. 27: 40 - talks of breaking "his yoke from off thy neck."
Ex. 1: 14 - talks of their lives bitter with hard bondage.
Ex. 6: 5-6 - talks of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage and ther Lord bring them out of bondage
Ex. 13: 14 - talks about how the Lord brought us out from Egypt from the house of bondage.
Lev. 26: 13 - have broken the bands of your yoke.
Deut. 28: 48 - he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck.
Ezra 9: 9 - God hath not forsaken us in our bondage.
Isa. 10: 27 - yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
2 Cor. 11: 20 - ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage.
1 Tim. 6: 1 - servants . . . under the yoke.


And there is scripture that says:
According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I have suffered to be established, and should be maintained for the rights and protection of all flesh, according to just and holy principles;
That every man may act in doctrine and principle pertaining to futurity, according to the moral agency which I have given unto him, that every man may be accountable for his own sins in the day of judgment.
Therefore, it is not right that any man should be in bondage one to another.

Hope this helps you

Answer 11

It does not say that at all.

Exodus 21:1-4: "If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself."

Matthew 18:25: "But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made."