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Atheists commonly decry [[slavery in the Bible]] - particularly the Israelites owning slave and Christian slaveholders mentioned or alluded to in the [[New Testament]].<ref>[http://christianthinktank.com/qnoslave.html Does the Bible condone slavery?]</ref>
Atheists commonly decry [[slavery in the Bible]] - particularly the Israelites owning slave and Christian slaveholders mentioned or alluded to in the [[New Testament]].<ref>[http://christianthinktank.com/qnoslave.html Does the Bible condone slavery?]</ref>
Yet, [[slavery]] has existed in atheistic countries in the past and today Thai women are frequently lured to [[Japan]] and then sold to Yakuza-controlled brothels where they are forced to work off their price (see: [[Atheism and slavery]]).<ref>January 2006 "Woman's Dying Wish: to punish traffickers who ruined her life" The Nation, 23 January 2006</ref>
Yet, [[slavery]] has existed in atheistic countries in the past and continues in some atheistic socities.
== Slavery and modern China ==
The inaugural Global Slavery Index is published by the Australia-based Walk Free Foundation,<ref>[http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/30-million-people-still-live-slavery-human-rights-group-says-f8C11409499 30 million people still live in slavery, human rights group says], NBC News</ref>
According to NBC News:
{{cquote|But taken in absolute terms, global powers such as China and Russia were near the top of the list of countries with the largest total of people living in slavery.
The index said the figure for China includes “the forced labour of men, women and children in many parts of the economy, including domestic servitude and forced begging, the sexual exploitation of women and children, and forced marriage.”<ref>[http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/30-million-people-still-live-slavery-human-rights-group-says-f8C11409499 30 million people still live in slavery, human rights group says], NBC News</ref>}}
Today Thai women are frequently lured to [[Japan]] and then sold to Yakuza-controlled brothels where they are forced to work off their price (see: [[Atheism and slavery]]).<ref>January 2006 "Woman's Dying Wish: to punish traffickers who ruined her life" The Nation, 23 January 2006</ref>
<ref>"[http://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/thailand/A modern form of slavery: Trafficking of Burmese Women and Girls into Brothels in Thailand"]. Hrw.org. Retrieved 4 December 2011.</ref>
<ref>"[http://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/thailand/A modern form of slavery: Trafficking of Burmese Women and Girls into Brothels in Thailand"]. Hrw.org. Retrieved 4 December 2011.</ref>