To: Freepmanchew
Saying “Jesus never condemned slavery” is rather lawyerly. The entire NT is strongly subversive of the practice. “there is neither Jew nor Greek, nor slave nor free” implies no qualitative difference. Compare this to the Koran, which clearly approves of the practice.
It is not an accident that the abolition movement was entirely Christian in origin.
15 posted on
05/31/2009 9:52:09 AM PDT by
denydenydeny
("I'm sure this goes against everything you've been taught, but right and wrong do exist"-Dr House)
To: denydenydeny
The article does not argue the point of whether we should practice it. He makes a point that God not only is silent on it, but actually made provisions for it. He points out that God made rules for how you should treat eachother, but not about slavery itself, accept for the Jews. Even Paul did not demand Philemon to release Onesimus.
Paul spoke out against every evil there was, but slavery.... Why?
18 posted on
05/31/2009 9:56:25 AM PDT by
Freepmanchew
( <:)))>< Proverbs 30:7-9)
To: denydenydeny
“The entire NT is strongly subversive to the practice.”
I disagree
Ephesians 6:5 (NIV) “Slaves obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart just as you would obey Christ.”
To: denydenydeny
81 posted on
05/31/2009 12:35:28 PM PDT by
daniel1212
( "O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD." (Jer 22:29))
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