sparc872 said:
In the Old Testament, slavery was everywhere. It was a common part of everyay life back then and it seems God approved of it. I think most of us would agree that the act of owning a slave is one of the most immoral acts any person could commit, so how could God allow his people to practice it? In the New Testament, Jesus didn't seem to mind it either.
So why do we think slavery is immoral? Clearly our morality isn't coming from God. God approved of slavery both in the Old Testament and the New Testament. If we were to follow God's morality, we would all be owning our slaves, letting the male slaves go after six years and keeping the woman and children as our slaves. If our slaves wanted to stay with us, we would have to get an awl and pierce their ear.
Slavery is immoral, that is not an issue open to debate. There is nothing moral about owning another person, forcing them to work, and beating them. So to anyone remotely familiar with this subject, feel free to respond with any ideas as to how we can understand this.
If you only knew God's heart and what He had in mind when He set the whole bondservant / maidservant in place.
Was it really to inflict suffering on them ,no ,I think man got his hands on many things and perverted it as usual,just like marriage God said 1 wife,but many had multiple wivbes was that God's plan ,no
When you use that word "slave"in and of itself, it does sound ,totally immoral and degrading, but the Hebrew word emphasis was the word ,servant,exploit that word when you use the word salve ,you may well give people a fuller contextual understanding of the true meaning of the word,' slave',not a bias perspective taken out of context used to slam God ,you just won't ever win.
Like I said ,you have no clue the intention of God when He insituted servants and masters.
Did you ever think it may very well be similar to what you call your employer,I am sure your openmined enough to have considered that.
Did you ever also consider that maybe the servants had no income or livelyhood and it was God's way of provision,
No, let's just bash God everytime we can't see clearly into things,In reality it gives us somewhat of a more liberal conscience to do as we please, so when we blameshift ,excuse and justify we liberate ourselves somewhat to better live our lives without a dictatorship type God, we humans think we know sooooo.. much.
By the way man always perverts what God meants for good.
Let's see ,people bash God continually yet God still grants them the air to breath,what is that called, love or immoral.