(February 28, 2014 at 1:35 pm)Bad Wolf Wrote:(February 28, 2014 at 1:16 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: how is it immoral if you decide to sell yourself in to servitude? Please explain. Not giving someone the freedom of choice to do what the want with their life would be "immoral".
Because the slave owner is taking advantage of the slaves poor fortune. Why could he not pay them, you know, how everyone does today? A job? Where you aren't treated as property. Making people slaves was not the only fucking option.
Leviticus 25
39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile.
Quote:(February 28, 2014 at 1:16 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: If he came with a wife the wife could go with him. I would assume the 7 years still applied to his family, or just wait till the year year of Jubilee, whichever came first.
You are wrong.
why? because you say so?
Leviticus 25
40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile.
41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
Quote:except that the KJV doesn't use the word "slave"(February 28, 2014 at 1:16 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: I like how you assume that the person doesn't like being a servant and would never willingly agree to a life of free room and board, when the alternative is probably homelessness.
Whether they like being a Slave or not is totally irrelevant. Slaves are as valuable to the slave owner as a piece of furniture. They could treat them like angels, it doesn't change the fact that they are owned as property, as an object. And that is immoral.
Quote:they were paid a pittance. here is part of a post I found describing life in that time period.(February 28, 2014 at 1:16 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: If you ever watched Downton Abby you would find that some find being a servant for some great house an honor. Is that immoral?
They were servants, not slaves. They were paid. They were free to quit whenever they wanted. And they were not allowed to be beaten to within an inch of their lives. Dumbass. It is not the same at all.