Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>> SLAVERY and the BIBLE1

I don't believe that God ever intended slavery to be a sub-human thing. To me in biblical times good slavery is akin to our present good employee--employer relationship. We do see Jewish laws for regulating slavery but this to me is like Moses' law concerning divorce--never was in God's design.
"Why then," they asked, "did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?"
Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery." Matthew 18:7-9(niv)
It seems like at times there has to be some regulation for certain social ills.