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Originally Posted by Hexadecimal
I don't care if you think I'm evil for seeing slavery as good: history has shown that every society without condoned slavery has a massive bottom rung class that eats away every resource worked for by the other members of society. This class rots in filth, violence, and self-deprecation because it has no will to work nor better itself nor find any purpose and intention to its existence; it suffers cruelly under its own sloth and dies in the same poverty it lives despite mass opportunity to improve its condition. At least a slave has a role to fill and is an integral part of society. Slavery is for the benefit of slave, owner, and society. This is not to say that it has not been practiced poorly in some societies; in the United States, the owners became greedy at the profits they made from slaves, and thus refused education and opportunity to those willing to better their lives - this is not the fault of slavery itself, but the fault of the owners refusing to show the love that is understanding and compassion. Further, in the United States, their slavery rested solely on racial status; condoned for some and not others. It was not based on putting the slothful to work, but upon building a slave economy.
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No, I do not think you're evil for thinking slavery is a good thing. You're entitled to your own opinion. I'm simply saying that the bible does allow man to carry out punishment on the whim. There really is no need for you to write a page on how slavery is justifiable. I just wanted to show you my interpretation of a particular verse. Personally I only see one way the verse can be interpreted, but perhaps I’m mistaken.