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Does the Bible really ABOLISH slavery? Check out the full video with @DJHammurabi1 at
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Nick Brasing
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Nick Brasing
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Correcting misinformation around Biblical slavery. And there is a lot of it
Katılım Kasım 2024
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@Crackstone1975 Yep, that's the Bible condoning lifelong, generational chattel slavery
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These wishy washy word play games of "more like", "often", and "frequently" that litter this opening paragraph, are nothing more than a blatant effort to try to talk about what it wasn't, in an attempt not to have to address what it was. That dog won't hunt with me. Sorry
💡TRH💡@The_RacingHeart
Biblical “slavery” (often better translated “servitude”) was frequently debt-based, voluntary, or POW-related — more like indentured service than race-based, hereditary chattel slavery with no rights. Foreign slaves had protections: Sabbath rest, release for severe injury (Exodus 21:26-27), no kidnapping (Exodus 21:16 — death penalty), and refuge for runaways (Deuteronomy 23:15-16). The Mosaic Law regulates an existing, universal ancient institution (slavery/servitude was practiced everywhere in the Near East) rather than instituting or celebrating it. God meets a hard-hearted, fallen people where they are and imposes limits to reduce harm, similar to how the Bible regulates divorce (Matthew 19:8 — permitted “because of your hardness of heart”) or polygamy without calling them good. The Bible shows a direction away from slavery: God’s foundational act is liberating Israel from Egyptian bondage (Exodus). Jubilee cycles emphasize release and restoration. Prophets champion justice for the oppressed. The New Testament deepens this: Galatians 3:28 (“neither slave nor free... all one in Christ”), Philemon (Paul urges a master to receive a runaway slave “no longer as a bondservant but... as a beloved brother”), and the principle of loving your neighbor as yourself undermine the institution. Early Christians and later abolitionists (Wilberforce, etc.) drew on this to end slavery. God’s ultimate ideal is freedom (Galatians 5:1; Isaiah 61:1 quoted by Jesus). The Old Testament laws are temporary and preparatory, not timeless moral absolutes for all societies.
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Yeah, America just regulated slavery within the society at the time too. It never gave approval or affirmation of it. America never said it was moral or commanded it. Hows that taste going down?
Larry Conger 🇺🇸@eMTBrides
Is slavery truly condoned in the Bible? Cliffe Knechtle explains that while the Hebrew Bible regulated slavery within ancient society, it never gave approval or affirmation for it. He highlights Genesis 1, where humanity is created in God’s image with equal dignity, and the Old Testament miracle of God freeing Hebrew slaves. Cliffe Knechtle emphasizes that in Christ, there is neither slave nor free, showing the early church’s commitment to slavery being unacceptable. This powerful message reminds us of God’s heart for liberation and dignity for all. When I first read it, it’s hard to rationalize until you read more of the Bible and revisit the verse. Then you see it doesn’t abolish ownership in ancient society, but instead gives clear rules for how to treat people—whether you’re the owner or the one owned. And during the time many of them were indentured servants. Meaning they owed a debt and were working off that debt. Which was very very common at the time across all cultures Either way, you’re accountable to God, and your heart is what really matters. #Christianity #BibleStudy #CliffeKnechtle #BiblicalTruth #Faith
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@NBrasing Owning another human being as property is called what?
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@ScottyBWorld1 @Zackktually @athiestboi Correct. Plenty of perfectly legal ways to get slaves that don't involve kidnapping. I mean every nation had a law like that back then.
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@HarlanJake2003 @iamjabberwacky @BijonBiswa56401 @athiestboi So you're suggesting John, an illiterate fisherman when he was almost 100 wrote a Gospel and called it "The Gospel according to John"? And that Matthew, Luke and Mark all just happened to choose the same titles? Plus it's internally anonymous. There are whole books out there 4 u
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1. But there is no actual evidence of it… no fragment or manuscript lacks the traditional authorship if it has a place for the authorship. Just because most scholars think that means nothing if it can’t actually be demonstrated.
2. Wrong. First of all, you can use translation, even in the process of dictating to a scribe. Secondly, Greek was the language of the empire and it was spoken by many Jewish people at the time. And if you are an evangelist, you are going to try and learn the language if you hadn’t already. And specifically in the case of Matthew, he was a tax collector who would have worked with Roman law and documents and thus would have known Greek.
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@iamjabberwacky @HarlanJake2003 @BijonBiswa56401 @athiestboi Plus he would have been around 100 when he wrote it.
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@HarlanJake2003 @BijonBiswa56401 @athiestboi They were attributed to anonymous authors. Additionally, there is good reason to not believe they are written by who they say they were. For example, John would have been an illiterate fisherman. Ludicrous to believe he penned a gospel in a second language.
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@NBrasing @QuayeRoyal @PennyGongo That's what I thought. You have nothing other than to say nuh uh to offer. So many people are better than you at this. You literally have nothing so far. Go do some study and research and come back when you know something.
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Religious people genuinely think that the only answer to this question comes from a holy book, as if morality and ethics haven’t been debated for thousands of years long before and after their religion. Your answer is the laziest one. None of you engage in real philosophy.
abudi@KirbOfThePirate
As an athiest can you say that killing someone or doing something as horrendous as genocide is objectively wrong? No😭 because athiests have no objective moral ground
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@GGHopiumLL @QuayeRoyal @PennyGongo That's what I thought. You have nothing other than to say nuh uh to offer. So many people are better than you at this. You literally have nothing so far. Go do some study and research and come back when you know something.
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@NBrasing @QuayeRoyal @PennyGongo You haven’t demonstrated it. And what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence or something like that 🤣
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@NBrasing @QuayeRoyal @PennyGongo You keep goal post shifting. You haven’t explained how the Bible meets that definition.
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Why would I find comfort in a god who drowned all of humanity?
Yẹmí@KR3Wmatic
How do atheists find comfort and strength in life without believing in God?
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@BuffaloWingDave @GGHopiumLL @QuayeRoyal @PennyGongo I'm beginning to realize that, but I'm giving him ample opportunity
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@NBrasing @GGHopiumLL @QuayeRoyal @PennyGongo oh you are dealing with GG too lol
he is super dishonest
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@GGHopiumLL @QuayeRoyal @PennyGongo I did. Explain why I didn't. I provided verses and a definition. Your turn to explain how the Bible does not accept slavery.
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@D20AttackRoll @RunnerMT24 @JenResistedAGN The Golden Rule is in the OT too. In fact it's in the same book that condones slavery. Are you saying the Bible contradicts itself?
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@NBrasing @RunnerMT24 @JenResistedAGN Absolutely. In the New Testament the golden rule outlined in Matthew negates slavery because no one wants to be a slave so you should not make others slaves, as well as us all being made in the image of God.
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@GGHopiumLL @QuayeRoyal @PennyGongo I'm not moving anything. My claim is the Bible condones slavery. Which it does by definition.
Does the Bible allow slavery or not? You're avoiding the question, refusing to answer. Is there a reason I wonder?
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@NBrasing @QuayeRoyal @PennyGongo Verses still need to be interpreted within its textual and cultural context. You just layed out the definition of condone and didn’t show how the Bible meets that definition. Stop moving the goal post. You made the claim, stop running to what I think.
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@GGHopiumLL @QuayeRoyal @PennyGongo How have I not shown it? Did you read the verses and the definition of condone? Are you suggesting the Bible does not allow slavery? Honestly?
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@NBrasing @QuayeRoyal @PennyGongo You haven’t shown it at all. Can you demonstrate it? Have you heard of arguments and inference rules?
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@NBrasing @QuayeRoyal @PennyGongo Nice try. You’re not moving the goal post. You made the claim that the Bible condones slavery and you’ve yet to show how it does.
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@D20AttackRoll @RunnerMT24 @JenResistedAGN I agree that kidnapping was punishable by death. Absolutely. Buying and selling slaves was not however. Selling kidnapped people into slavery was outlawed, but every nation had a law like that. Plenty of legal ways to get slaves that don't involve kidnapping.
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@NBrasing @RunnerMT24 @JenResistedAGN Kidnapping and selling people into slavery was punishable by death (Exodus 21:16)
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