Confronting Racism

[Brownshoe]

(02-05-2016, 06:06 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: It would have to mention slaves in those NT texts because those people writing them were preaching to an enslaved people. You notice it doesn't speak to the masters of the slaves, it speaks to the slaves themselves. Acknowledging the existence of something does not equate to endorsing it.

That being said, there are passages speaking to the masters of servants/slaves. Again, acknowledgement is not endorsement. And we have to bring it all the way back around to the fact that slavery and racism are not synonymous.

As for the male and female slaves whom you may have, it is from the nations around you that you may acquire male and female slaves. You may also acquire them from among the aliens residing with you, and from their families that are with you, who have been born in your land; and they may be your property. You may keep them as a possession for your children after you, for them to inherit as property. Leviticus 25:44-46

This is literally saying you can go and get slaves. The new testament doesn't make things like this go away. In fact just like the Matthew verse the new testament endorses everything that the old testament says. Including slavery.