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Question for Jews , Christians , and Muslims?

How do you explain this : God was ok with slavery , in all three religions , even Jesus the lamb said respect your christian masters and listen to them , so I'm trying to put a logic in it but I can't , see I don't understand how come God made rules for Saturday and sunday , but was ok with Slavery , so this is the proof that all 3 Abrahamic religions are man made , no reasonable God would allow slavery to continue and care about not eating fish on Saturday , VERY STUPID .

Update:

Mommah you smart a ss , a God would say stop slavery because all man are born free , and with free will

Update 2:

Spiritan - what about the part in the Quran where it says it's ok to sleep with slaves ? You didn't mention that huh : )

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    Fairly obvious that the God was made up as a social control mechanism, don't ya think?

    It was structured to support the status quo of the era.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Ah there.

    I wont speak for Judaism and Christianity but for Islam. Islam was revealed when the slavery was a common practice. Instead of a dramatic reform, Islam aimed eliminating slavery with the following principles:

    1) Slave girls gained freedom by marriage,

    2) Atonement for some sins was prescribed as freeing slaves.

    "92. Never should a believer kill a believer; but (If it so happens) by mistake, (Compensation is due): If one (so) kills a believer, it is ordained that he should free a believing slave, and pay compensation to the deceased's family, unless they remit it freely." (Chapter 4)

    89. Allah will not call you to account for what is futile in your oaths, but He will call you to account for your deliberate oaths: for expiation, feed ten indigent persons, on a scale of the average for the food of your families; or clothe them; or give a slave his freedom. (Chapter 5)

    3. But those who divorce their wives by Zihar, then wish to go back on the words they uttered,- (It is ordained that such a one) should free a slave before they touch each other: Thus are ye admonished to perform: and Allah is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do. (ch 58)

    12. And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-

    13. (It is:) freeing the bondman; (ch 90)

    Quran do not order taking people as slaves. These verses show that it intends to abolish slavery in time.

    I hope it helps

    @EDITION

    Why are you fooling yourself, your question pertains to slavery, did you ask about sleeping with slaves?

    arent you aware what you ask?

  • ?
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    God clearly and kindly asks people to free slaves, but it isnt totally forbidden at that time because it meant wealth and it would make people deny a religion that wants their every nickel. Behaving bad to ANY human is forbidden any time, so slavery was more like having servants with lifetime contract, even then, which was asked to be finished.

    Source(s): Quran
  • Hogie
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Jesus did not say, "respect your Christian masters..."

    It is interesting that you judge the Bible and God from a position of abject ignorance. If God were exercising the degree of control over the world and people as you imply, there would be no wars either. There would be no disease, no suffering.

    But you have no clue what is going on and no grasp of the big picture here.

    .

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Not stupid. People can be very evil. Free will. A lot of bad happens in the world that we must endure. Slavery is but one.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Islam is not an Abrahamic religion. Pick up a book for crying out loud.

  • MOMMAH
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    So..asking PEOPLE to RESPECT their SLAVES cause they may serve the SAME GOD...Is ACCEPTING SLAVERY? The PEOPLE (SLAVE MASTERS) didn't REJECT the IDEA did they? So, WE shouldn't FORGIVE to NOT BE FORGIVEN?

    WHAT EXACTLY are you YAPPIN' about?

    Source(s): Even though I KNOW you are trying to OFFEND...Funny, how IGNORANT you really are as far as the WORD of GOD is concerned.
  • 8 years ago

    Choose Jesus, not Religion.

    He is real, and we may not know everything, but we do know that Jesus Christ lives, and he died for you..

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    get an education asap.

  • 8 years ago

    Hey Wilson!!!!!

    Your ignorance is showing! Islam is an Abrahamic religion. They worship the god of Abraham.

    Duh!

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