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FK: Likewise, the slaves were liberated in the year of jubilee, although that was only once every 50 years.

Oh, boy, how noble, given that average longevity in those days wasn't much past that number!

I will pass your complaint along to the manager who instituted the policy. :)

FK: Irrelevant. The will determines inheritance rights.

Irrelevant? So, adopted children are just like furniture? I don't think so.

I don't think so either, since one cannot will his estate to a chair. It must transfer one way or another into (at least) the custody of a person or people.

But slaves were exactly that, like cattle.

With evil owners such as the Egyptians, sure. But that's not what God taught. God specifically said how slaves were to be treated and it was not like cattle.

FK: You will have to say that your source for morality disagrees with what the Bible says.

Yes it does! I find the slavery of Leviticus repugnant.

OK, and may I assume it is fine for me to think that the Orthodox God (the one who loves satan) is incompatible with the God in Leviticus? :)

I don't think so either, since one cannot will his estate to a chair. It must transfer one way or another into (at least) the custody of a person or people

But that's just the point: the slavers were not considered people; they were property, bought and owned, like a pet or a farm animal, to do whatever you wish with a slave, even to kill him. That's what makes is to immoral.

Read Mark Twain and his account how a slave owner killed his slave and was ostracized by the community for that, but could not be charged with murder. Today, animals have more rights than slaves used to. Food for thought next time you contemplate Bible-approved slavery.

But that's not what God taught. God specifically said how slaves were to be treated and it was not like cattle.

And how were they to be treated, FK? Could they be sold? What choice did they have? They ended up with whoever bought them—like cattle.

With evil owners such as the Egyptians, sure.

There is no historical evidence that Jews ever lived in Egypt. Surely, after 450 years allegedly there they would have left some evidence of their presence. There is none. You are treating myths and legends as facts.

OK, and may I assume it is fine for me to think that the Orthodox God (the one who loves satan) is incompatible with the God in Leviticus?

For lukers, no one ever said that God loves Satan. This is FK making conclusions without any substance. And yes, Christian God is incompatible with Liviticus.