(September 14, 2017 at 6:34 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:(September 14, 2017 at 3:55 pm)Redbeard The Pink Wrote: I meant "owning other people as property while detaining/working them against their will." We're not discussing modern "wage slavery", and we're not discussing indentured servitude. We're talking about owning other humans. I don't see how I could make this any more clear.*emphasis mine*
It was forbidden to force someone in to servitude against their will.
"Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper's possession. - Exodus 21:16
When do you get to the part about forcing servitude? Kidnapping is not the same.
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