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@ethang5
I'm asking you if you think t would have stopped slavery. Can you answer?
So you're asking me if a verse that isn't in the bible would have prevented something that happened, a lot, and was perpetuated BY BELIEVERS USING THE BIBLE AS SUPPORT? I'm not sure it would have stopped it everywhere for all time as the bible doesn't apply to everyone at every time according to some of your arguments, but for the sake of brevity, I'll say "probably not." But again, the verse "Don't own slaves" isn't in any of the 60+ books of the bible, so there's little to dispute here.
Where does this verse, which I've responded to in the quote, say "anyone"? It says "Israelite."
Deut 24:7 - If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you.
And selling who you kidnapped. Lol. The verse doesn't say what he wants. Was it not you asking for a verse prohibiting owning a human being?
It doesn't prohibit slavery, I'm sorry. This would be a very easy argument for you if, among the hundreds of prohibitions in the bible, slavery was actually called out as wrong by name and never contradicted within the bible, you know. "Don't kidnap and sell people" =/= "Don't own anyone." It simply isn't, that's not how words work, partner.
That's new! It's in the bible, written by an Apostle, saying slavery is wrong, but it's only the writer's opinion. Hee! Hee!
THe passage isn't attributed to Jesus or God, so what else would it be? A letter, written by a regular old person, unless you want to demonstrate otherwise, is just one man's opinion. Timothy doesn't make commandments, right?
The thread is about whether Christian doctrine allows slavery, not whether the Bible is written the way you like. In dodging my question, you've asked me 5 frivolous ones.
Cool, because it clearly does!
What part of, "treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you." do you not understand?
THe part that says "don't own slaves," because it isn't in there. The slave owner isn't mentioned, for example...but the kidnapper is. That is how English words. If that said slave owner, you'd have no argument, and slavery, at least the brand propped up in America by Christian values which have already been quoted, wouldn't have had god on its side for so long.
You keep making the same mistake. Look here what you quoted, but didn't cite:
If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.
To whom does this verse apply? I'll give you a hint. I bolded it.