Does God endorse slavery in the Old Testament?

In this video, I answer a YouTube correspondent's accusation that God endorses slavery in the Old Testament. The basic principle involved is that the Law of Moses was meant to improve a tribe of barbarians and does not reflect the true character of God displayed perfectly in Jesus Christ.

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[ackmonra]

Welcome back Rob, I missed your terrible apologetics. I don't meant to say your attempts are terrible - just that apologetics in general are terrible.

Once again you pick and choose parts of the bible in an attempt to obscurify, blend and twist; to avoid its obvious literal meaning.

God is fine with slavery - its clear in his book, its just modern man who isn't. We've disagree'd with the God of the Bible on that point. His "Word" is clear; your attempting to speak for him.

That is dishonest.

[robvandjdk]

Ack,

Missed you too buddy . . . Thanks for the feedback.

[TheKoodude7]

Stop lying to yourself, you know  its wrong!

[ackmonra]

@vincent4500

Neither - you see that is an option. Even in those ancient times there were the people who didn't believe any of what the priests were telling them.

Who loved their fellow man and couldn't bare the thought of human sacrifice.

Unfortunatly then as now they were the minority in most quaters.

You see; all religions are based on the past morality of humans; but morality is something that has improved over time. Modern western society obviously isn't based on biblical morality, is it?

[vincent4500]

@ackmonra Yes that passage is concerning, rather concerning- i am only recently entertaining christianity...and I question things, so yes I agree such and other passages make me concerned...however, if you compare allowing the possession of slaves to outright human sacrifice and CHILD sacrifice commonly practiced by the other nations of the times, which would you choose? hmmm..lol

[ackmonra]

@vincent4500

"However, you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance."

Leviticus 25:44-46 NLT

Sure; it says "you may" but what if you've got your slaves from Numbers 31:18

"But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves"

[ackmonra]

@vincent4500

True; but if Rob is right; his God was fine with all that - after all; he's the cause of it all.

Actually; even if people had respect for slaves that respect can't extend so far as to free them - or what your saying dosn't make sense.

I don't care how "slightly" nice or barbarous ancestors were simply because i belong to the class that has compleatly shed ties to those era.

Apologetics is all about trying to defend and rationalise beliefs from that time.

[vincent4500]

@ackmonra the predominant way of life at the time, the Babylonian way had ASBOLUTELY RESPECT FOR SLAVES, women, for people in general...plus it indulged in Pagan human, and child sacrifices..bestial and incestuous orgies...you can never judge something outside of context.....

[vincent4500]

@ackmonra lol! NOWHERE does it say in the bible 'thou shalt actively procure and or seek to enslave others'...nowhere....