According to Old Testament law, anyone caught selling another person into slavery was to be executed
Bullshit. Fathers could sell their children into slavery, they could buy and sell foreigners and slaves could be beaten brutally as long as they didn't die within a day or two.
I have to admit, either you are the biggest liar/idiot about the Bible I have ever seen or the most magnificent troll.
At first glance, it would appear as if God is condoning the beating of the slave, but let's read this carefully. First, we see that this verse in no way CONDONES beating a slave.
Bullshit. If God says they can do it, that's condoning it. Don't waffle, be worm, trying to squirm out of this. Glory, back, glow with pride the violence your God wished and brought to the people.
So, obviously, slavery during Old Testament times was not what we commonly recognize as slavery, such as that practiced in the 17th century Americas, when Africans were captured and forcibly brought to work on plantations.
Bullshit. They captured slaves in war and routinely bought and sold them, beat them, had sex with them. Be glorious is the power your god exercised of people. Don't shrink from it like a wilting flower.
So, although there are rules about slavery in the Bible, those rules exist to protect the slave.
You know what would protect them more? NOT ALLOWING SLAVERY.
You are a sickening Christian. You defend the god of the OT, trying to lie and weasel out of his gross crimes and horrible things. Sure, there was slavery, but it wasn't like slavery slavery. And rape was, you know, rape, not like rape rape. You excuse God for every bad thing he did while trying to pretend that somehow it was love. Murder. Rape. Genocide. Abortion. That's what you call love.
You worship and defend a capricious, petty, moral monster who would be guilty of warcrimes were he an actual person. Own that. You want the good part you think come with God, you are sure as hell going to get the bad.