Originally Posted by Bestworking:
Will the bible be outlawed since it supports slavery?
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Hadn't thought of that but it could very well happen. I'm surprised someone hasn't already starting whining about that too. That will most likely come after the US flag is removed.
I don’t think things are as bad as they’re going to get. You either believe it or you don’t, but the Bible speaks of a great earthquake, the sun turning black, the moon will turn like blood, & the stars will fall.
Speaking of slavery, I’m not defending the Bible, just stating my opinion about what it says. It doesn’t specifically condemn the practice of slavery, but it does give instructions on how slaves should be treated. In biblical times, slavery was different from what we know was slavery. Slavery in the Bible wasn’t based on race, nationality or the color of their skin, it was based more on economics & social status. People even sold themselves as slaves when they couldn’t pay their debts or provide for their families. In the New Testament, doctors, lawyers, & even politicians (Heaven forbid! ) were slaves of someone else. Some people actually chose to be slaves so their needs would be provided for by their masters.
Both the Old & New Testaments condemned the practice of “man-stealing,” like what happened in Africa in the 19th century. Africans were rounded up by slave-hunters, who sold them to slave-traders, who brought them to the United States to work on plantations & farms. The Bible said this practice was "abhorrent" to God. The penalty for such a crime in the Mosaic Law was death: “Anyone who kidnaps another and either sells him or still has him when he is caught must be put to death”.
In the New Testament, slave-traders are listed among those who are “ungodly and sinful” & are in the same category as those who kill their fathers or mothers, murderers, adulterers, perverts, liars & perjurers.
I'm not preaching (again Heaven forbid! ) just nothing more than giving my opinion. I don't even know if the Bible is anything more than a storybook & a way to scare children into submission. I guess I'm the last person on this forum that should be giving an opinion.