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I don't, never have nor ever will condone or excuse slavery of any kind. flagellum knows his Old Testament better than I do, but what I do know is that a lot of things from the Old Testament law sound crazy. They were harsh rules for a harsh world. The new law of Jesus was the fulfillment, rather than contradiction, of the old law of Moses. The law was rigid and complicated because it had to be. It's main purpose was to point the way to Christ, to a perfect law.
For those of you who don't know or have forgotten, Christians were at the forefront of the abolition movement, both in America and Britain. See John Newton, William Wilberforce, Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, etc. etc...
As far as modern-day slavery, I've mentioned here before that I am not a right wing puppet like many people assume all Christians to be. I consider myself to be fairly liberal in my views on environmental laws & reforms as well as foreign policy. I despise the use of sweatshops and the oppression of any person or groups of people.