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The term "prisoner of war" today involves widely-accepted rules as to how prisoners are to be treated; generally speaking they are not subject to forced labor or sexually abused, thus they are not considered to be slaves.  I don't know if that was the case throughout history; I think it is likely that it was not the case.<br>
 
The term "prisoner of war" today involves widely-accepted rules as to how prisoners are to be treated; generally speaking they are not subject to forced labor or sexually abused, thus they are not considered to be slaves.  I don't know if that was the case throughout history; I think it is likely that it was not the case.<br>
 
It's difficult, isn't it?!  [[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]], perhaps it would help if you could explain a bit more about Biblical slavery and how it differed from that of today and our country's experience in the past?  --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 21:35, 7 October 2009 (EDT)
 
It's difficult, isn't it?!  [[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]], perhaps it would help if you could explain a bit more about Biblical slavery and how it differed from that of today and our country's experience in the past?  --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 21:35, 7 October 2009 (EDT)
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: The primary meaning of "slavery" among most English-language speakers is the institution of racial slavery in the antebellum South.  That's what we all think of when we hear "slavery".  It just is.  That is what the word now means, regardless of whether it should mean that.
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: That's not the meaning intended in the Bible.  Slavery was not racial, and it was not an institution.  "Prisoner of war" may be closer to the Roman meaning.
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: Our project seeks the original intent without political bias.  Translating Roman (and pre-Roman) slavery into the appropriate English terminology that carries the same meaning is the challenge.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 21:51, 7 October 2009 (EDT)
    
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