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To: antiRepublicrat

Slavery in the Torah is regulated to the point of not being practiced. Slavery was for 7 years. And there was no permissable rape or use of slaves for sex. And as far as I know, it hasn’t been practiced for 2 millenia. On the other hand, Muslims still practice slavery.


70 posted on 02/17/2011 9:13:06 PM PST by rmlew (You want change? Vote for the most conservative electable in your state or district.)
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To: rmlew
Slavery was for 7 years.

Only Jewish slaves. No limit for non-Jews, who were slaves for life, inheritable property. In addition, a master could give a slave a wife so he has kids, and then at the time of freedom hold the wife and kids hostage to convince him to submit to lifetime slavery.

And there was no permissable rape or use of slaves for sex.

For example, Leviticus 19:20 regulates sex with slaves. Of course permissible rape and forced marriage of captives appears in many places in the Bible. All of this was common practice in the cultures of the area at the time.

And as far as I know, it hasn’t been practiced for 2 millenia.

Christians, in large numbers, were using the Bible to defend slavery as recently as the 1800s.

On the other hand, Muslims still practice slavery.

That was my point.

71 posted on 02/18/2011 6:01:56 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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