The Bible: For Slavery or Against Slavery

For centuries, many people have argued over the idea whether or not the bible states whether slavery should be permitted or prohibited. Certain verses of the bible express the idea that slavery did exist in ancient times so why wouldn't it exist today. Other verses express the idea that slavery should cease to exist. The question that many people seem to debate on is whether we should interpret the bible literally or whether we should use the knowledge that we have acquired today to help us understand the bibles deeper meanings.

Another issue that many people dispute over is that many biblical figures seem to have contradicting opinions about slavery. At one point in the bible, it may appear that they support slavery but at another point it can be argued that they are against slavery. One conclusion that historians and people who study the bible have come up with, is that the bible has very contradicting views on slavery. While some areas of the bible state that slavery was accepted during the era of Christ, other areas argue that it was greatly frowned upon.

The argument that historians faced for many years was whether or not the Supreme Court could make a decision based on biblical values seeing as there were so many differing views in the different ways that the bible could be interpreted. If the Supreme Court was making decisions based on biblical values then how would they come to a "just" decision. This argument ultimately let to the Supreme Court making decisions based on the U.S Constitution rather than arguments based on biblical values.