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To: zeeba neighba

We see slavery in our times as an evil. Other nations, to this day, do not. In fact, often, death was the alternative to being enslaved. Which is better, slavery or death? As an evolutionist, you have but one answer.

What? 'Which is better, slavery or death? As an evolutionist, you have but one answer.' Your going to have to explain this statement. What's that have to do with the following

Exodus 21:20-21: "If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property"

And I repeat...Since this is the literal word of God and God says 'the slave is his property' it's follows that God thinks slavery is OK. There is no condemnation of slavery here.

438 posted on 11/10/2005 6:53:04 PM PST by ml1954 (NOT the disruptive troll seen frequently on CREVO threads)
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To: ml1954
Leviticus:
25:44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

25:45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

25:46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

443 posted on 11/10/2005 6:58:15 PM PST by PatrickHenry (Expect no response if you're a troll, lunatic, retard, or incurable ignoramus.)
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To: ml1954

God does not condone sin, but that doesn't stop Him from giving numerous ways for the Israelites to deal with it. He does not condone slavery, but it exists, as sin does, in man's societies. Furthermore He set aside rules and years in which all slaves had to be freed.


677 posted on 11/11/2005 2:17:26 PM PST by zeeba neighba (no crocs!)
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