The Problem with Christians

[God of Mr. Hanky]

...the Bible has no qualms on specifying whether it is referring to the "brethren" or "stranger"; but in the case of "he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." It makes no exceptions, it simply says "a man".

Bolded by me.

So, at least they don't tolerate the sexual molestation of adult male slaves?

What about women and children? It says nothing to prohibit the taking of them as slaves.

    You have no basis to imply that passage is only in reference to Hebrews, if that was the case, why would any "strangers" sojourn with the Hebrews if they were under constant threat of being kidnapped?

        Leviticus 25
        47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
        48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:


    Wouldn't an easier solution be to just kidnap the stranger and take his money AND get your family member back? If the law against kidnapping only applies to Hebrews as you say; why not?

    I should also mention in the passages you quoted, it says plainly that you may BUY servants from the heathen not kidnap.

    As a side note "possession" does not imply ownership.

YAWWWWN!!!

You do know that the bible is completely meaningless here as an account on anything which actually happened, or was legally practiced.