Most american slave owners were christians too. The fact that most all americans were christians in slave times means you can say pretty much anything and apply it to christians in that time. Most american Cannibals in the 1800s were christians, and most abusive husbands in america were christians too, so lets all think about that.
You can sugar coat the slaves of the old testament, but they were slaves and treated as such.
However, you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way. (Leviticus 25:44-46 NLT)
When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property. (Exodus 21:20-21 NAB)
Want to try and put a positive spin on being able to beat your property half to death as long as she survives for 24 hours after the beating?
My actual thoughts on good and evil I'll put in my next post.
You can find me on facebook as Markus Van Rijn, if you friend me just mention you're from VGchartz and who you are here.
