(November 14, 2017 at 10:45 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote:(November 8, 2017 at 2:28 pm)SteveII Wrote: I think involuntary slavery is immoral. The Bible does not say that slavery is moral.
The bible says exactly that involuntary slavery is moral. God even commands it and provides instruction for how it should be performed.
The word "slavery" implies that it is involuntary. One common dodge is to equivocate slavery with contracted service. However, in the Bible these servants are often beaten. There are also rules regarding how beating a servant to death should or should not be punished, and preventing a servant with a family from gaining freedom if he has a family (he can go, but they have to stay).
Looks like involuntary all the way down.
