After the Flood: The Church, Slavery and Reconciliation

[boatsnguitars]

After the Flood: The Church, Slavery and Reconciliation
https://www.premierchristianity.com/rev ... 28.article

One of my Bible Study members brought this to our attention. We plan on watching it together and see if we feel it was fair, or continues a whitewash of history.

Debate:
Can Christianity be used legitimately to defend slavery?
How could the Bible have been misinterpreted so easily and pervasively?
Should we own people, since the Bible doesn't call it a sin, so it may just be a Liberal, Progressive, Snowflake ideal that is anti-Biblical?
How much would you be worth as a slave, on the open market?
Would you be a slave, or would you run away, knowing you are breaking the law, or worse, causing your owner economic distress?
What would you teach your children if they were born into slavery, and you thought it was great? How would you defend slavery if you were a slave?
What Book would you cite the most in defending either you being a slave, or you owning slaves?

[POI]

Debate:

How could the Bible have been misinterpreted so easily and pervasively?

Any book or writing can be misinterpreted; all that is needed is to take portions put of context, attach inaccurate meanings to words and / or misrepresent the explicit or implicit intent of the author. This is less a reflection of the quality if the writing so much as the limitation of language.

3rd request: You made an acknowledgement in post #15, which means you have seen these inquiries to you.

1st request (post # 5)
2nd request (post #12)

--> Does the Bible support chattel slavery? If not, why not? If you think the Bible does support chattel slavery, does this mean you are okay with chattel slavery too?

Thank you for not ignoring my repeated inquiry, this time around (hopefully).