Another "What do we do with slavery in the OT?" thread

[sfmatheson]

@sfmatheson

As far as the slavery, I think an in depth study in Hebrew slavery will reveal that it was not chattel slavery, and that “man-stealers” were sentenced to death.

@beaglelady

@sfmatheson: You’ve read Deuteronomy 20?

I acknowledge that the Old Testament accepts slavery and has laws concerning it. Somebody tried to convince me that that the slaves were not really property and could simply walk away if they didn’t happen to find it to their liking. I was never convinced.

Only the completely deluded can deny that the OT not only accepted slavery but commanded it along with other crimes against humanity that ISIS would struggle to match. The challenge is to acknowledge this and deal with it, and there are plenty of ways to do that. The claim that “an in depth study in Hebrew slavery will reveal that it was not chattel slavery” is completely detached from reality. Decide for yourselves what to do about this phenomenon.