(January 24, 2016 at 1:41 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote:(January 24, 2016 at 12:33 pm)Cecelia Wrote: "Hey guys! Slavery wasn't as bad in the bible as it was in America! I mean you couldn't even kill your slave back then! So clearly God isn't a monster. He had to work with the culture of the time! You know, because god is limited by man. This isn't because god is man-made, but because reasons. Sure, Jesus could have said that all slavery was wrong, but that would have been unpopular, and god only does things that are popular. Plus it might have got him hung on a cross or something. You know the Romans. And by saying that, he might have aided preventing the 'worse' form of slavery that was created by his own people many years later, many of whom used the bible to defend slavery. But of course some Christians were at the forefront of the abolition movement so we'll ignore all the people who used the bible to defend slavery. It cancels out! So Jesus didn't need to say it. Exodus clearly made it obvious that slavery was bad. So clearly obvious that Christians participated in slavery for many many many many many years afterwards, but eventually gave it up."
It really does sound ridiculous when you spell it out.
Or when she wrote it, anyway.
