Quote:If x prohibits SOME instances of y, and it does NOT prohibit some OTHER instances of y, then all that can be said is that x prohibits y
That is, perhaps, the shittiest logic I've ever heard. So, to extrapolate, if a policeman shoots and kills an unarmed black man, then every police officer must shoot and kill every unarmed black man?
To address your earlier cop out statement. What I actually said was that slavery was and had been an integral part of numerous ancient cultures since pre-history. There is ample documentation of this in Egyptian, Greek, Hebrew, Roman, Persia and other cultures. If you aren't aware of this, I suggest a deep dive into all of these histories. Not only is it vastly educational but far more entertaining than watching Netflix. Fully half of the Holy Bible is based on the Tanakh, which refers to slavery many times but never, ever declares it to be illegal or even unethical. It's not even one of god's 10 commandments. Even worse, the 9th commandment bans people from coveting their neighbors slaves!!! So it's illegal to covet a slave, but not illegal to own a slave. How fucked up is that?
Further, all through the New Testament, which we all now know is a highly curated collection of disconnected religious doctrines and letters, there's not one single "book" dedicated to blasting people for owning slaves or exploiting people. There is even evidence that the early church used slave labor. The fact is plain and clear, slavery was commonplace and anyone who opposed it would have been on the fringe of society. That doesn't mean there weren't people who opposed slavery (other than slaves, that is). I'm sure they existed, but were clearly not in a position to do much about it. The ideas of slavery being a bad thing developed slowly and was clearly not based on any specific scripture because said scripture either doesn't exist or it was destroyed by the early Christians who saw it as blasphemous. The great Christian Emperor Constantine, who turned Christianity into a "real" religion didn't even ban slavery. But he was extraordinarily generous to slaves, for he made it illegal to kill your slaves. Wow, great guy. Academically, this was actually a move more consistent with slave treatment from previous cultures.
Why is it so?
~Julius Sumner Miller
~Julius Sumner Miller