Slavery and the Bible

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One of the biggest things people turn to in hard times and decisions is religion. While the bible is open for interpretation; one issue about the Bible, for those who look into it, is whether the Bible condemns slavery or not. There have been many arguments about how the bible almost seems like it supports and encourages slavery. However, depending on how you look at it and in what parts of the bible you look in, I feel, make a huge impact on your opinion. I am a strong believer in Christianity; my whole life I grew up as a Roman Catholic so I was intrigued by what research I would find working on this assignment. I started out looking through the Old Testament of our Bible and what I found was honestly quite confusing. There was a time the Bible encouraged slavery, specifically in the Old Testament. While in the New Testament the idea of slavery made a turnaround where I would find religious text such as Exodus 21:16, where it says, "And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death". In my research on this topic, this religious text stood out the most because, in my interpretation, it means that man was never made to be owned by a man. 



God says regardless of a human being’s race or gender, they are still what they call "imago Dei", meaning the image of God. This, I believe, means that each of us has equal value in God's eyes; we are neither less nor more valuable than anyone else. Everyone deserves fair treatment. In Genesis 1:23, God says that He created man and woman in His own image. So, in my opinion, regardless of the research that other people have written about the bible, I think the bible tells us that we are all inferior. Not one race is superior over another, but that we are all inferior under God. So inclusion, the Bible has always been up for interpretation especially on the view of slavery. I feel as the Bible is in no way wrong; I think the view on slavery is up to the person reading the Bible's information to determine whether or not the Bible supports slavery.




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