[Elsie]

Odd that slavery is mentioned half a dozen times in the Old Testament and several times in the New Testament, and nowhere is it prohibited or described as immoral.

 

 

You must have MISSED this....

 

 

NIV 1 Timothy 1:9-11
  9.  We also know that law  is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,
 10.  for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers--and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine
 11.  that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.

 

 

[js1138]

I see nothing prohibiting one person from owning another. I admit there are rules about how you go about acquiring slaves -- hence the comment about slave traders.

Why no rule against owning slaves?

[King Prout]

that isn't in the King James:
[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 whoremongers, 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;