Confronting Racism

[Brownshoe]

(02-05-2016, 05:57 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Slavery and racism are not synonymous. We only equate the two here because of the history in this country. Aside from that, none of those verses endorse slavery. 1 Peter and Colossians are messages to slaves, telling them their suffering is not in vain and that they are suffering as Christ suffered for them. The verse from Matthew is referring to fulfilling the prophecies, for without the law there is no prophecy. This is why we can't dismiss the OT, because it shows us where Jesus comes from. But as we are not the people of Israel, the new covenant written with the body and blood of Christ is our relationship with God.

How is that not endorsing slavery? It's literally telling the slaves to do whatever their master is telling them even if they are extremely bad to them. If the bible didn't endorse slavery then it would outright say it's wrong to have slaves, or it wouldn't even mention slaves.