...justice would perish forever." If the Bible is inspired, Jehovah, God of all worlds, actually said : ' ' And if a man smite his servant or his maid with a...two, he shall not be punished, for he is his money." And yet Zeno, founder of the Stoics, centuries before Christ was born, insisted that no man could be...

...might argue that 'servant' is not the same as 'slave', but the language of the Bible is consistent: And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with...two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. God (Exodus 21:20-21) If this is a servant in the 'employee' sense of the word, you're hardly likely...

...were made for stripes and chains. In the same chapter of the same inspired book, we are told that, "if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he...

...rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished. Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property." God punished former slave masters and friends for their ill treatment of the black African...

...them. They were not to be released at the year of Jubilee. Slaves were to be treated fairly and justly. "And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be severely punished. " Exodus 21:20 KJV "And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his...