"Anyone who kidnaps another and either sells him or still has him when he is caught must be put to death."
- Exodus 21:16
The slavery practiced in America was kidnapping, explicitly prohibited by the bible & punishable by death according to the Law of Moses. http://www.americanvision.org/articlearchive/04-27-06.asp
2007-10-11 09:09:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Which makes the biblical account of Joseph forgiving his brothers for that crime all the more amazing. Of course, that happened over 400 years before Exodus was written but kidnapping has always been a hideous crime. I don't know how professing Muslim terrorists can do that and still think their God is pleased by it.
Joseph had learned humility through his suffering as a slave and by the time his brothers came down to Egypt for food, they did not recognize him, but he knew them and completely forgave them. 'You meant it for evil,' he said, 'but God meant it for good'. There is no sin that cannot be forgiven by the blood of Christ. Genuine repentance and faith in God's provision of Christ is what's needed.
2007-10-15 02:07:07 · answer #1 · answered by Annsan_In_Him 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't had occasion to do any research into that particular field of endeavor, but I'd be willing to bet that those who practiced it regarding American slavery have all been punished by death by now.
2007-10-11 16:13:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That only applies to kidnapping Hebrews. Capturing the neighbors for slaves was only forbidden if they'd been ordered to kill them instead of taking them slaves.
2007-10-11 16:14:05 · answer #3 · answered by Jack P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank God we don't live under the law anymore. Jesus provided Grace.
Yes we deserve to die but notice that no one is disappearing. That is b/c there is forgiveness of sins.
Read Ephesians in the New Testament.
2007-10-11 18:34:05 · answer #4 · answered by I don't know 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does the Bible say about making slaves of people who don't worship the God of Abraham?
2007-10-11 16:16:12 · answer #5 · answered by Pull My Finger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good thing I've never kidnapped a person and sold them into slavery then huh!?!?
2007-10-11 16:13:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're refering to the Old Testement.
Jesus was the fufillment of the Old Testement.
They don't do that anymore!
2007-10-11 16:13:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The culprits would argue that that law applies to the enslavement of humans.
2007-10-11 16:13:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fun fact:
Racist Western thinking held that Africans were not people, so (according to their thinking) the Bible Law did not apply to them.
2007-10-11 16:12:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well, let's start killing the tribes of Africa, which often sold off rival tribe members, and then stick it to the Spaniards who boated them over.
2007-10-11 16:13:23 · answer #10 · answered by Armless Joe, Bipedal Foe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋