(July 4, 2016 at 1:41 pm)SteveII Wrote:(July 4, 2016 at 9:40 am)Mr.wizard Wrote: Because not "everyone" believed that "everyone" was their neighbor, or even equal as a human being. Jesus obviously was not very clear on this because slavery went on for centuries, and as pointed out before, he tells slaves to obey their masters, which is not in line with "everybody should love everybody".
So are you saying that the parable of the Good Samaritan was confusing? Did slavery go on in Christian homes? Do you have sources?
Slaves obey your masters goes right along with the Beatitudes (Mat 5). Read them.
Says your interpretation. Nowhere in the Beatitudes does it explicitly or literally state don't own slaves.