Comments on: The Judæo-Christian GOD on slavery http://khammau.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/jud%c3%a6o-christian-god-on-slavery/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: khammau http://khammau.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/jud%c3%a6o-christian-god-on-slavery/#comment-28 khammau Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:38:41 +0000 http://khammau.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-28 Check out part 2 to see my reply at: http://khammau.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/the-jud%c3%a6o-christian-god-on-slavery-part-2/ Check out part 2 to see my reply at: http://khammau.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/the-jud%c3%a6o-christian-god-on-slavery-part-2/

]]> By: themisses1 http://khammau.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/jud%c3%a6o-christian-god-on-slavery/#comment-20 themisses1 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:30:20 +0000 http://khammau.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-20 I am in no way for slavery either and I am just responding because I find this to be a topic of interest. I believe that when using the term slave in the bible, you have to remember that the bible was translated from Greek wording; slave for instance comes from the word "DOULOS". Now when this word was translated it converted in two words in the English meaning one word being "slave" and the other being "servant". In the times of the bible the Greeks did not differentiate between words as we do today. Meaning the way the word was use it was interchangeable. The word slave in the bible can mean indenture servant, which usually Kings had because of there power. When I think of indenture servant I think of someone who is not a hired servant but work for one because of some gratitude owed from a debt that was paid (not necessarily financial). We are talking about a time where people were stoned to death. Another way to see it In the bible God is All Knowing, he knew slavery would occurred that people would have indenture servants hired help and or slaves if you will in needed to setup some type of guidelines for people to abide by. Some even say that slavery was punishment for sin...I don't say that I agree or disagree with this I have to do a little more thinking before I choose a side. Understand, what seems harsh to us may not have been considered harsh during that time. Today is a different culture than it was than. I think that with discussion like this you have to have an open mind and hear the other person views without getting lost. Take note that when the bible speaks, it does differentiates between hired servants (get paid for their services in some form) and the word slave (indentured servant) which are own by someone due to a debt resolved or brought because they are already own by someone they owe. From wikipedia....Christianity does not have a clear position regarding slavery, in favour or against. As a religion, it neither promotes slavery nor condemns it. In the early years of Christianity, slavery was a normal feature of the economy and society in the Roman Empire and well into the Middle Ages and beyond. Well into the modern era, groups who advocated abolition of slavery invoked Christian teachings in support of their positions, and those opposed to abolition invoked their own interpretation of Christian teachings in support of their positions Please tell what is your take on this theory. I am in no way for slavery either and I am just responding because I find this to be a topic of interest.
I believe that when using the term slave in the bible, you have to remember that the bible was translated from Greek wording; slave for instance comes from the word “DOULOS”. Now when this word was translated it converted in two words in the English meaning one word being “slave” and the other being “servant”. In the times of the bible the Greeks did not differentiate between words as we do today. Meaning the way the word was use it was interchangeable. The word slave in the bible can mean indenture servant, which usually Kings had because of there power. When I think of indenture servant I think of someone who is not a hired servant but work for one because of some gratitude owed from a debt that was paid (not necessarily financial). We are talking about a time where people were stoned to death. Another way to see it In the bible God is All Knowing, he knew slavery would occurred that people would have indenture servants hired help and or slaves if you will in needed to setup some type of guidelines for people to abide by. Some even say that slavery was punishment for sin…I don’t say that I agree or disagree with this I have to do a little more thinking before I choose a side. Understand, what seems harsh to us may not have been considered harsh during that time. Today is a different culture than it was than. I think that with discussion like this you have to have an open mind and hear the other person views without getting lost.
Take note that when the bible speaks, it does differentiates between hired servants (get paid for their services in some form) and the word slave (indentured servant) which are own by someone due to a debt resolved or brought because they are already own by someone they owe.
From wikipedia….Christianity does not have a clear position regarding slavery, in favour or against. As a religion, it neither promotes slavery nor condemns it. In the early years of Christianity, slavery was a normal feature of the economy and society in the Roman Empire and well into the Middle Ages and beyond. Well into the modern era, groups who advocated abolition of slavery invoked Christian teachings in support of their positions, and those opposed to abolition invoked their own interpretation of Christian teachings in support of their positions

Please tell what is your take on this theory.

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