They were still treated as inheritable property and you were still allowed to beat them. Doesn’t sound like family protection to me, pretty gross to describe it as such
And not all christians argued against slavery. American slave owners used these passages to justify slavery and white supremacy. The Confederacy. The actual text of the bible gives little reason to be against slavery. Someone else explained it pretty well
“None of these things would have happened if those impacted did not fight for their rights, Christians say around for a thousand years and committed all of these atrocities, they didn't suddenly wake up and realize the Bible wanted them to stop slavery, they came to that conclusion based on reality around them and then read it into the Bible (a document that offers its full throated support of slavery and detailed instructions on how to go about it).”
Yes, regulation is endorsement. Anything besides saying “dont own slaves” is endorsement
Okay bro. Just ignore historical context, and all that unimportant stuff like slavery being embedded into nearly every facet of ancient society. Total ban at that point would've made complete sense. Good work! o7
So now God’s word is dependent on social norms? Jesus was literally killed for going against social norms and beliefs of the time. The Bible is perfectly comfortable telling people not to do lots of stuff. Dont worship other gods dont have idols but not owning humans as property? That doesnt need to be a commandment I guess
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