(January 24, 2016 at 10:45 am)robvalue Wrote: No, I'm not. I'm saying that I care about human wellbeing, and I'm asking if God does too. If he does, then slavery is bad. If he doesn't, then I don't care about what he thinks "morality" is.
Sure He cares. Hence the "upgrade" in what was and was not allowed with regard to the treatment of slaves.
Alternatively, God could have imposed 19th century abolitionist-style laws...against which the Israelites would have simply rebelled.
Much as the south did during the Civil War of the United States.
Is this not obvious?