Below is what GOD has said to us about slavery in Qur'an (
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[2:177] Righteousness is not turning your faces towards the east or the west. Righteous are those who believe in GOD, the Last Day, the angels, the scripture, and the prophets; and they give the money, cheerfully, to the relatives, the orphans, the needy, the traveling alien, the beggars, and to free the slaves; and they observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat); and they keep their word whenever they make a promise; and they steadfastly persevere in the face of persecution, hardship, and war. These are the truthful; these are the righteous.
[4:25] Those among you who cannot afford to marry free believing women, may marry believing slave women. GOD knows best about your belief, and you are equal to one another, as far as belief is concerned. You shall obtain permission from their guardians before you marry them, and pay them their due dowry equitably. They shall maintain moral behavior, by not committing adultery, or having secret lovers. Once they are freed through marriage, if they commit adultery, their punishment shall be half of that for the free women.* Marrying a slave shall be a last resort for those unable to wait. To be patient is better for you. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
[5:89] GOD does not hold you responsible for the mere utterance of oaths; He holds you responsible for your actual intentions. If you violate an oath, you shall atone by feeding ten poor people from the same food you offer to your own family, or clothing them, or by freeing a slave. If you cannot afford this, then you shall fast three days. This is the atonement for violating the oaths that you swore to keep. You shall fulfill your oaths. GOD thus explains His revelations to you, that you may be appreciative.
[9:60] Charities shall go to the poor, the needy, the workers who collect them, the new converts, to free the slaves, to those burdened by sudden expenses, in the cause of GOD, and to the traveling alien. Such is GOD's commandment. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.
[24:33] Those who cannot afford to get married shall maintain morality until GOD provides for them from His grace. Those among your servants who wish to be freed in order to marry, you shall grant them their wish, once you realize that they are honest. And give them from GOD's money that He has bestowed upon you. You shall not force your girls to commit prostitution, seeking the materials of this world, if they wish to be chaste. If anyone forces them, then GOD, seeing that they are forced, is Forgiver, Merciful.
[58:3] Those who estrange their wives in this manner, then reconcile thereafter, shall atone by freeing a slave before resuming their sexual relations. This is to enlighten you. GOD is Cognizant of everything you do.
[58:4] If you cannot find a slave to free, you shall fast two consecutive months before resuming sexual relations. If you cannot fast, then you shall feed sixty poor people. You shall believe in GOD and His messenger. These are GOD's laws. The disbelievers have incurred a painful retribution.
Thus, we see that throughout all Scripture there is a general thrust against slavery; except in cdertain parts of the Pauline Gospels.
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can you tell me how one might become a slave in those days?
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The same way that people have become slaves thoughout the history on mankind. The first incidence was when Satan seduced Eve (Peace and Blessings be upon her) into slavery. Hypnotism is still used today to enslave people to ignorance and sin. For those of us wise enough to resist seduction, force is used. Thus, slavery is a violent crime against GOD. Or, it is a more subtle, smooth maneuver against GOD by means of seduction.
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Certainly there were some people who abused slaves like most of the slave owners in America. but what do you think paul should have said instead? should he have preached revolt. Go to some historians and read of what was done to run away slaves and to slave revolts. revolting did not free us here in America.
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Bull. Again. of course. It was exactly the Revolt of Nat Turner and many other slaves such as what happened in Haiti that led to John Brown's campaign which ignited the Civil War. The slaverholeders fired the first shot because they saw the handwriting on the wall when Lincoln was elected.
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Read on down in that 6th chapter of Ephesians and see what he said to the masters.
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You read what he said to the masters. All I care about is what GOD said, not what Paul said, to us slaves.
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none of the verses you gave show anything toward promotions of slavery. He is preaching being passive and not defiant.
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Exactly. This is contrary to the whole spirit of GOD's Messge to us of Grace and Mercy. This is why I know that some blond-haired, blue-eyed, pale-skinned, half-naked slave-master tampered with
The Bible. Common sense.
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Slavery is not desirable in any circumstances but it has been since he beginning and among all men even muslims who you say preach against slavery. some muslims enslaved people and would you say that these promoted it.
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Right. Some fools in the Muslim Community did participate in slavery. No denying it. But, Islam, like Judaism and true-blue, for real Christianity is against slavery and has been against slavery since Eve first eat that fruit that Sartan gave her.