Hey, so you're cool with people owning other humans then? What about this passage:
You may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way. Leviticus 25:44-46
Leviticus 25:43 (KJV) Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
So, are you saying it's o.k. to own slaves but you got to be like kinda decent to them? How do you do that? Give 'em a day off or two here and there? Nevermind that you're not paying them and they are not free to leave. Just trying to understand how literal you are willing to take this...
I'm not saying there isn't plenty of good stuff in the Bible, I'm just pointing out that societal norms and customs have changed significantly over time, and without some amount of re-interpretation, this book starts to sound pretty cruel and archaic after a while (and you may also sound pro-slavery; which isn't a good look for anyone). Whether or not you believe it's God's verbatim words, it's still a massively important text the world over and it's popular interpretation has a big impact on the ways in which world societies can (or can't) live in peace. We should be mindful of this and take the text in it's entirety into consideration (instead of just cherry picking the parts you like or agree with). I'm an atheist, btw.