Tooth Fairy Bullshit

[Catholic_Lady]

If you look at some specific texts, especially in the OT, it is favorable to slavery. But the message of the Bible, in its enitrety, and especially the message of Jesus, was very much about loving your neighbor as yourself and treating others the way you want to be treated. Which goes against kidnapping ppl, forcing them to work, and treating them like property.

I don't doubt that many Christians throughout history have used anything they could in the Bible as an excuse to own slaves, but many also came to the realization that all life is sacred and that we have an inherent god given right to freedom, also through the bible.

To suggest that christian principles, as a whole, are pro slavery, is dishonest.

It is also important to put things into context. A Lot of the times, the word that was used for "slave" was the same word used for servant. Or ppl who voluntarily work for someone else to pay off some sort of debt to them.

With that being said, as a Catholic, I agree that the bible alone should not be considered the main pillar of truth or authority. Bc many things are confusing, not clear, and can be interpreted many different ways. Unfortunately that is why we have so many different denominations to christianity.