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Kalkano said:
JWeinCom said:

If you don't care about truth that's certainly your right.  I don't think it's a particularly good way to go about things.

What you are referring to are the rules for owning Hebrews as slaves.  From Deuteronomy,

“If your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty-handed. You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress. As the Lord your God has blessed you, you shall give to him. You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this today."

Then, there are separate laws for owning non-jews.

From Leviticus,

"As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are around you. You may also buy from among the strangers who sojourn with you and their clans that are with you, who have been born in your land, and they may be your property. You may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession forever. You may make slaves of them, but over your brothers the people of Israel you shall not rule, one over another ruthlessly."

These are people who do not owe any debt to the owner (they are bought from strangers).   They are property that can be passed down and are too be owned forever.  

Oh, and you're allowed to beat them, as long as they don't die immediately.
From Exodus,
“When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the slave is his money."

If you are suggesting this is just like "whoops I left my wallet at home, how about I do the dishes" you were either ignorant of what the Bible said, or lying.

You pretty much proved my point.  It says "buy them".  It does not say "kidnap them and force them into slavery".  You are taking the debt onto yourself.

Obviously you're just going to believe what you want.  So, whatever, I'm done.

Ummmm...  yes.  I am going to believe that buying a person and keeping them for the rest of their lives is slavery.  In fact, I'm pretty sure that is the definition of slavery.  I'm pretty sure "you may make slaves of them" means ummm... you can make slaves of them.  

I'm not sure how you concluded that I am close-minded, and I frankly resent the accusation.  If you can explain to me how I misinterpreted this, or how buying someone and keeping them forever is not slavery, I'd be open to that explanation.  Of course, I suspect that you don't really have a good explanation and have accused me of intellectual dishonesty to avoid that.