There is plenty of reference to the Biblical background to those questions in this thread.
Well, if you didn't understand my answer, here it is for the plain child... No. Now if you want to know why ask it on the religion forum in a non loaded fashion, such as "What is the biblical view on slavery?"
336 posted on 05/03/2005 9:34:16 AM PDT by AndrewC
(Darwinian logic -- It is just-so if it is just-so)