atlashunter
Senior Member
From a little reading I do not see where the bible condones slavery.
The verses have already been quoted in this thread.
Slavery I read about is not as it was where blacks were captured and forced into slavery. Slavery was a means of getting money by selling yourself to cover a debt or take care of family.
This is a particularly ignorant claim to make considering the bible contains stories of Israelites taking virgin sex slaves as the spoils of war when they didn't murder every man, woman, and child in a city they conquered as a sacrificial offering to Yahweh.
The bible even states in the OT Exodus 21:16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. Then move over into the NT 1 Timothy 1:8-10
8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10 For *****mongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
I just do not see slavery in the bible as slavery that we know of and understand in 2017
Exodus 21 is putting forth the rules for holding and treatment of slaves. Rather than being a prohibition of enslavement the verse you just quoted is a legal protection for slave owners against the theft of their human "property".
Chapter 6 of Timothy instructs slaves to respect and serve their masters.