It was my observation that Jesus spoke into a situation prevailing 2000/3000 years ago, as I said.
Even if you say there was no "that time" - there was still a
situation of back then. When they didn't have a blacksmith, as can be seen in 1 Samuel 13:19, they didn't have much money for the homeless either, I'm afraid.
- Slavery is virtually undefined, regarding whom to enslave. Jesus leaves this 'law' ambiguous. Please acknowledge this 'reality.'
no, in my opinion, there is nothing ambiguous about the story of Joseph getting enslaved. God clearly shows he is against it, as can be seen in Genesis 42:21.
See this story in lights of Ephesians 6:9 (no respecter of persons). I think, since it was wrong to enslave a brother of back then... enslaving brothers will be wrong anytime.
I'm not advocating replacing homelessness by slavery.
You are the one who apparently opposes slavery in societies that used to be in place 2000/3000 years ago.
I'd like to ask you to put your cards on the table, please: Firstly, what other option, besides slavery for life, do you propose for the then slaves? Homelessness?
And secondly, once you've answered my first question, how would you have led the revolution to abolish slavery in the Roman Empire/ in Israel and please show that your strategy would have been a succesful one. Successful in a context in which a revolution concerning slavery has failed, already. I'm thinking of
Spartacus in the Roman Empire.
Many centuries later, that one was still a heroe. Here in Germany. The
Spartkus Bund, active some 100 years ago, occupied the city of Bremen. The family of my grandmother had to escape this town, due to a famine that occured after the
Spartkus Bund assumed power in town. They wanted the big revolution. My grandmother told me a horrible story about her having lost her mother in famine. Horrible. Then she grew up without her mother, which was also horrible.
So revolution, I guess, is what you propose/ would have proposed for the Roman Empire?
No, I'm not avoiding your key points. As I said (I'm copy-pasting now),
I answered them by giving the example of a living slave who is better off than a dying prisoner of war, for instance.
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I neither disagree with Paul nor with God.