(August 22, 2021 at 7:12 am)Mashmont Wrote:(August 22, 2021 at 6:36 am)Ravenshire Wrote: Bullshit. Slavery of the time was ownership of another human being, Even if it were on par with indentured servitude, as you are falsely trying to claim, indentured servitude is also illegal. Any worker at Walmart (or any other legit busuness) is free to simply walk away from that job, ending their employment. Not so for slaves or indentured servants, but you just keep feeding yourself the same old bullshit in defense of your chosen source of morality.
The Greek word, doulos as used in the Bible can be translated as slave, but also as servant. They had legal rights, weren't servants all their lives, and their circumstances weren't based on race. Often slavery in those times was the alternative to slaughter. You continue to (intentially) conflate this benign state with the current race-based colonial slavery.
Jesus didn't speak out against a lot of things that did and didn't exist then. He never specifically mentioned embezzlement, bestiality, arson, or other iniquities. You're dishonest when you say it means He was immoral for not doing so.
I have no fucks to give about how a Greek word can be translated when the description of the conditions do not support that translation. People were owned. They were property. Many of them for their entire lives, being inherited by heirs. That's not a servant, nor is it an indentured servant, your attempts to twist the language not withstanding. Nor did I claim jeebus was immoral for not speaking out, but since you brought it up, than yes, as, allegedly, the son of gawd, not speaking out against anything evil would make him immoral at best.
Nice try at the dodge though, Mushamint.
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