The Bible and Slavery
Some of the modern Bible critics claim that the Old Testament of the Bible endorsed the practice of slavery, a practice that is considered a great evil in our world. However, I found this to be a bit problematic. Why would the Old Testament Book of Exodus's central theme was about God delivering the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt then turn around and endorse slavery? In order to understand this you have to examine both the Old Testament the the world around us. In his book Race and Culture, African-American Scholar Thomas Sowell correctly points out that every major world culture until the modern period had slavery, no exception. At times slavery was tied to military conquest. Ancient Rome for example, enslaved untold thousands from lands that they conquered, and those enslaved were of various cultures and backgrounds. Slavery also served as an economic function. In ancient times, there was no such thing as "Bankrup...