Does the US still allow slavery?
"The borrower is slave to the lender" - Proverbs 22:7
Yet there are credit cards, mortgages, payday lenders and all other kinds of borrowing that's allowed .
"The borrower is slave to the lender" - Proverbs 22:7
Yet there are credit cards, mortgages, payday lenders and all other kinds of borrowing that's allowed .
Anonymous
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No. Now it's called highway robbery.
Anonymous
Even under Sharia, people manage to borrow--in those cases, the slight of hand is the bank "owns" the property and rents to the borrower for a set length of time, then transfers the title.
David14
Folks, see how religion screws with your mind?
If you don't want to borrow money, fine. It's NO business of yours whether someone else does or not.
Grey
hmm well its an interesting question.. the HUGE difference between then and now is that back then you had something called debtors prison..