Slavery and the Bible

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Introduction
Wisdom’s Call: Proverbs 8:17
about wisdom and knowledge
The Truth Revolution Reality Show?
QUESTION: How do you explain the fact that in the new and old testament, God got it wrong on slavery. I’m respectfully asking, not trying to start a fight. I’ve never heard a reasonable answer before and am interested in what you think. That seems to me to be one of the biggest contradictions you can find.
Before we launch into this question, we need to ask, do we believe that the Bible is actually the Word of God?
Dave talks Jeff down
Avoiding useless debates
Exodus 21:20-21
Going further: Exodus 21:22-25
Using CRACKED as a tool
Setting a standard and setting the limit
Dealing with reality
Christianity and Slavery
The main point of the Bible is not our human condition; it’s our spiritual condition
The imperfection of man
The Old Testament is an incomplete story of morality
The New Testament is the completion of that story
Our Hope in Jesus Christ
History: Biblical View vs the Contemporary View
A snapshot of the Biblical Slave

From the Skeptics Annotated Bible.
How long does God’s anger last?
Psalms 30:5 vs. Numbers 32:13

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