Why is slavery not included in the Ten Commandments?

Originally posted by siriuswriter
When Jesus was asked what the most important commandment was, he answered "To love your neighbor as you love yourself." Also, iirc, I believe he stated the Beatitudes - you know, the weak shall inherit the earth, the first shall be last and the last shall be the first, etc.
So, Shaky, read into that what you will.

I'm sorry, but what did you want me to do? 😎

Oh, [in snobbish British accent] HaHaHaaaa.

Originally posted by siriuswriter
Oh, [in snobbish British accent] HaHaHaaaa.

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I'd rather be a slave with food and roof over my head than a free man starving in the wilderness.

This assumes that the only way you could be in society is to be a slave. Your analogy is bleak.

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
This assumes that the only way you could be in society is to be a slave. Your analogy is bleak.

Originally posted by Astner
I'd rather be a slave with food and roof over my head than a free man starving in the wilderness.

What is the difference between a well treated slave, and a poorly treated slave?

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
What is the difference between a well treated slave, and a poorly treated slave?

One's well treated.

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Is this a trick question?

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
One's well treated.

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Is this a trick question?

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Originally posted by Astner
No it doesn't.

Honestly, a man starving free in the wild is forsaken by society or is forced to live outside of it to avoid slavery. This is the implication given. If it doesn't, why make the distinction? The analogy doesn't represent reality because it presents two radical extremes.

"I'd rather be the best dressed prostitute on the Strip rather than a solitary leper in a gutter" has similar value as a world-view statement. The first one has little freedom but relative health and comfort, whereas the second has absolute freedom and poor health and comfort. But the truth is most of us wouldn't want to be either one, and neither represents the norm of any sub-culture in society, so why bother?

Kinda a sad look on human life, isn't it? No grand gestures or "Give me liberty or give me death?" Just "Nope, it's fine, I'll buckle under and take slavery, just feel free to beat me up anytime you feel the whim..."

We should have better ideas of our own innate worth.

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
We should have better ideas of our own innate worth.

It seems that most people need to be given worth, not realizing that worth is something we create.