RE: Is Christianity Inherently Supportive Of Slavery And Misogyny?
July 28, 2021 at 3:01 pm
(This post was last modified: July 28, 2021 at 3:05 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Indeed. I wanted to circle back to one of your first remarks in thread, angr..about god treating all people as property to some extent.
It was this very belief that formed the basis of slave regulation in the ot. You couldn’t buy or sell a Jewish person - because they were already someone else’s servants- and he wasnt selling.
God owned them. It’s pretty clever as a behavioral modifier for people who support slavery and believe in a slaving god. The violation of the norm with respect to divine ownership could call into question the slave holders own claims to human property based on religious justifications.
They didn’t end up following their laws, but we don’t think there was ever any real system of enforcement. That’s the sort of scenario where you have to appreciate the construction of a lie for effect. It rolls the interests of the expansive state and its religious authority together. Creates a two class system and appeals to buy in through advantage.
It was this very belief that formed the basis of slave regulation in the ot. You couldn’t buy or sell a Jewish person - because they were already someone else’s servants- and he wasnt selling.
God owned them. It’s pretty clever as a behavioral modifier for people who support slavery and believe in a slaving god. The violation of the norm with respect to divine ownership could call into question the slave holders own claims to human property based on religious justifications.
They didn’t end up following their laws, but we don’t think there was ever any real system of enforcement. That’s the sort of scenario where you have to appreciate the construction of a lie for effect. It rolls the interests of the expansive state and its religious authority together. Creates a two class system and appeals to buy in through advantage.
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