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   From: theswain@operamail.com   
      
   Öjevind Lång wrote:   
   > "Larry Swain"  skrev i meddelandet   
   > news:wqydnUvmwrfYnb3bnZ2dnUVZ_tTinZ2d@rcn.net...   
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   >>>And the Bible has also lots of "interesting" things "hard-coded" into   
   >>>it, for example Slavery.   
   >>   
   >>And freedom from slavery, and releasing slaves......   
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   > There is no mention in the Bible of slavery being wrong,   
      
   No there isn't, but there are a lot of mentions of it and a number of   
   places that make it as humane and short as possible (no more than 6   
   years if the Torah is to be believed).   
      
   and for a long time   
   > afterwards, no Christian suggested it either.   
      
   True, but as I remember, no other religion does either until the modern   
   period.  Please do correct me if I'm in error on that.   
      
      
   In fact, both St. Augustine   
   > and Thomas Aquinas declared that slavery was an institution sanctioned by   
   > God, as a punishment for human sinfulness. Which of course doesn't mean that   
   > all Christians think that to be the case.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)