alright, these definitions of slavery do not fit what we thought of slavery in the 1800's. this speaks of people selling themselves for a temporary amount of time and it always streases not to treat them with rigor. this is no worse than an endentured survent was in the 1600's. really, the only time slaves in this country were mistreated was when plantations became popular and they treated them like crap. when slaves first came to america they were treated as family (often too much like family). they were in a household, wore nice clothes, fed well but even in the bible slaves weren't like that they were in that life by choice not for their entire lives.
your passage on rape is not talking about reward for rape, it's talking about punishment. if the woman were betrothed, then the punishment would be death but since she's not betrothed he is forced to marry her and pay her family 50 shekels of silver. it's a shameful act and i'm sure no one would think highly of the couple if that's how they got together. one thing you must understand is that women didn't really have a choice when it comes to picking their husbands. the parrents had the choice in the matter b/c everyone was betrothed.
most of these other passages about women are merely speaking of the laws of the land, not laws of God himself. here i have changed the perspective of what slavery really was, and refuted the fact that the bible condones rape. also, yes parents were allowed to sell their daughters as slaves, but that was the law of the land and they would have to get married to have sex.
it's hard to understand many things in the bible if you don't understand the way of life of the culture of the time.
your passage on rape is not talking about reward for rape, it's talking about punishment. if the woman were betrothed, then the punishment would be death but since she's not betrothed he is forced to marry her and pay her family 50 shekels of silver. it's a shameful act and i'm sure no one would think highly of the couple if that's how they got together. one thing you must understand is that women didn't really have a choice when it comes to picking their husbands. the parrents had the choice in the matter b/c everyone was betrothed.
most of these other passages about women are merely speaking of the laws of the land, not laws of God himself. here i have changed the perspective of what slavery really was, and refuted the fact that the bible condones rape. also, yes parents were allowed to sell their daughters as slaves, but that was the law of the land and they would have to get married to have sex.
it's hard to understand many things in the bible if you don't understand the way of life of the culture of the time.
