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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for trying to engage in a discussion and offering your perspective. A couple of points:

[quote]In fact, if Jesus was going to give specific commandments for highly specific issues, why stop at slavery?  Why not point out that the Roman practice of torturing prisoners to death by hanging them on a cross was cruel?  That might have helped him.  Why not give critical guidance to each and every issue possible, since Jesus surely knew slavery would be a major issue across the ages, abortion, etc., etc.[/quote]

The argument of silence. A figurehead representing himself as a perfect example of morality, but who did not directly condemn a great injustice is a reason to question that perfect morality, not a reason to excuse it.

[quote]In Romans, Paul suggests an answer to this question[/quote]

And Paul also can be interpreted as supporting slavery - Ephesians 6:5, Colossians 3:22, and 1 Timothy 6:1-2.

[quote]As a Christian I think it means that Jesus wanted us to walk his path, to love our neighbor.  That is going to mean having integrity in whatever time period you live in and doing right in your society.[/quote]

A moral stance on an issue as fundamental as the owning of another person should not require an inference or interpretation, especially for god incarnate. Also, Jesus did engage directly with social injustice, such as rebuking the religious establishment for their hypocrisy and materialism. Why the inconsistency? If his mission extended to other issues, it should also have included the profound social injustice of slavery.
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Well this is pretty interesting, isn't it?  Jesus was silent on the greatest social injustice of his time, which was the Roman occupation that covered and exploited much of the world, and encompassed slavery and many, many ugly practices.  Why do you think his message resonated so much with people when he ignored basically the key fact of the world at that time?[/quote]

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