Originally Posted by 5sdad
Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
For generations, people have been trying to say that the Bible condones slavery. It doesn't. It treats it as a way of life until Jesus puts the argument to bed.. In the end, Jesus dealt with it in 1 very important statement: "Do to others as you would have them do to you." If you don't want to be treated like a slave, don't treat others like one.


Not wishing to argue or squabble, but how does that square with things like war and crime and punishment?
The Bible doesn't say you shall not kill. That's a translation problem. In the original Hebrew it says you shall not murder. It allows for war and punishment.


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