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[–] 24 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Find one with the full text of the commandments. They're a lot more interesting. My favorite is number 10.

You shall not covet your neighbour’s house; you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.

Those handy little posters only mention coveting wives and goods, but it's important that they know God says slavery is totally fine, just don't covet your neighbor's slaves.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    There are two (or three) versions of the 10 Commandments in the Bible itself, before we even consider translation issues:

    https://news.utexas.edu/2019/02/04/ten-commandments-in-texas-classrooms-but-what-version/

    Anyway, the NIV translation uses "servant" instead of "slave", which seems bogus to me.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Luckily that commandment is in exodus 20, and exodus 21 just happens to have the rules for selling your daughter as a "servant" for life, as well as the punishment for beating "servants" to death. You know, normal stuff.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Knowledge that the Bible says slaves are OK will not be beneficial.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    It's a perfect stepping stone for a lesson on how the Bible is completely incompatible with modern morals.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    it should also be noted that that's about coveting other people's possessions. that's what that list all has in common. wives are not an exception to that category, as far as the author was concerned. (and the people insisting these stupid things go up.)

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