Yes. I am quite aware of this. That's why I pointed out where to go find it.
Denial is not an appropriate way to proceed with a discussion-- on anything-- no matter how strongly people feel on the subject. Either a book says something or it does not. In this case, it certainly does-- as k33n and co. asserted, and as you just pointed out. I went so far as to point out exactly WHERE it says "Slavery is OK!" straight from the big man himself, just to drive the point home.
It's my position that it someone wants to make a commitment to a religious faith, they should probably know what's actually written in the legalese.
Again, the "bond servant" aspect of biblical slavery was brought up, and in that context the assertion that "slavery as we understand it is not mentioned" was made. This is factually untrue, and I provided a reference. I had hoped it would end that tangent, hence the "-end of derail-" at the end. When I prefaced with "Unsavory things mentioned by k33n and co. earlier", I was referring to both the slavery and soft-punishment of rape as outlined within the biblical text, which is why I stated that specific forms of remuneration and punishment were laid out there. I did not want to devolve into arguing the specifics, and instead just wanted to direct people who had interest in the matter on where they could go to get the story straight from the source-- The levitical laws, found in Leviticus.
(If you want to argue over what is or is not in the bible, the ultimate resource of where to check is-- IN THE BIBLE. Not on a message board. I was merely trying to direct such argument toward the literary source in contention, where the actual answer to the conundrum can be obtained. Weather or not you believe in what is written within has no bearing on the scope of 'what is or is not written within'. Important logical distinction.)
As k33n pointed out, DF is *NOT* based on biblical sources. As an aside for how a historic human culture approached the issue of slavery, it is a valuable comparison-- but no more so than greek, roman, or nordic cultures. (The poetic eddas describing ancient norse divinities does make mention of house slaves in Hel's court.) It should not be given special significance just because the religious faith is still in practice.
To divert away from that particular culture, here's something to nudge away from it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThrallA little nugget on scandanavian/norse slavery practices.