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Hawk wrote:
>
>
> "Howard R. Davis III" wrote:
>
> > -Caveat Lector-
> > >
> > > > But slavery was an evil institution.
> > >
> > > That is merely your opinion, and it does not comport with the Bible. You are
>welcome to it, and you are
> > certainly not alone in that opinion. But I base my criteria on "stronger stuff"
>than personal opinion. By
> > the way, at one time I would have agreed with you. I was "compelled" to study
>slavery in order to support
> > my position that it was evil, but my study resulted in forcing me to reject my
>initial beliefs concerning
> > it. As you may have gathered, I am VERY libertarian in my political philosophy.
>As a libertarian, I would
> > have to reject slavery, either an an owner or a slave. But as a Christian, I
>cannot condemn it.
> > >
> >
> > In his long post there is much which I am in total agreement with. However, the
>above is not my view. I
> > believe that Hawk would be correct if he were only to use the old testiment as
>reference. However, I believe
> > that Jesus set a higher standard when he said that we should do unto others as we
>would have them do unto
> > us. I don't believe the ownership of slaves is compatable with that admonishment.
>
> You are, of course, welcome to draw any conclusions you wish from a text that says
>nothing whatsoever about
> the institution of slavery. There are a number of New Testament passages that speak
>DIRECTLY to the issue,
> and not a single one of them even remotely criticizes the institution of slavery...
>In fact, the opposite is
> true. Slaves are told to "be good slaves, industrious, honest" etc. Masters are
>told to supervise/manage
> their slaves without resorting to intimidation and brutality. Oenesimus, a run-away
>slave, was told to
> return to to his master, and Paul told the master, Philemon, that he would
>personally recompense him for
> whatever Oenesimus might have stolen or cost him in lost productivity. If slavery
>were immoral, and the
> biblical writers spoke of the institution many times, they were strangely remiss for
>not criticizing Christian
> slave-holders.
>
> > (Though I can understand the problem of those who (like Jefferson) inherited
>slaves and did not understand
> > what to do about the situation). I don't, however, believe that Jesus would have
>called upon his disciples
> > to take up the sword against their owners.
>
> You may speculate all you wish about what Jesus might have said. But an honest
>study of the issue of slavery
> will not lead to the conclusion that it is immoral.
>
> Hawk
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