This is a nit pick. The violence permits the selling and owning of people as property. Whatever you want to call it, that is immoral.
This is a nit pick. The violence permits the selling and owning of people as property. Whatever you want to call it, that is immoral.
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Yes I agree it is immoral and detestable and was also the softest option for the day. No other contemporary culture had any protection for indentured servants, yet the Bible demands it at the threat of community judgment against the harsh and cruel masters. And the children of indentured servants were free citizens.
Compared to today it was still brutal and inumane, but was the MOST humane option for literally 3000 years. It’s just not progressive compared to today’s values.
And today’s values won’t seem very progressive to progressive humans in 3000 years either, something you are probably incapable of understanding.
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 hour ago
That only applied to Jewish slaves.
CXORA@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
As long as you don’t pretend the bible didn’t permit slavery were all good.