(November 22, 2018 at 11:21 am)Jörmungandr Wrote:Not surprising when you consider that sexism was rampant in the Torah. Jesus stated that he had not come to destroy the Law, but to uphold the Law.(November 22, 2018 at 11:19 am)Gwaithmir Wrote: You would think that Jesus and the New Testament would have a different view of slavery, but slavery is still approved of in the New Testament, as the following passages show.
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. (Ephesians 6:5 NLT)
Christians who are slaves should give their masters full respect so that the name of God and his teaching will not be shamed. If your master is a Christian, that is no excuse for being disrespectful. You should work all the harder because you are helping another believer by your efforts. Teach these truths, Timothy, and encourage everyone to obey them. (1 Timothy 6:1-2 NLT)
Jesus could have easily preached, "It is, and has always been, immoral to own another human being as property. He who does not turn his face against it is a coward, and he who would practice it is lower than a beast."
A wonderful person? Not hardly.
His sermons on the evils of rape are also conspicuously absent from the record.
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)