(May 6, 2013 at 9:42 pm)bladevalant546 Wrote: ...
Now in conclusion of why did the New Testament not speak out against slavery. It is because it was written by man. At this time Christianity was fragile, not only in its following, but also politically. Much like Thomas Jefferson's and George Washington's view on slavery, it was not the right time. As in modern terms would have been political suicide and caused either retribution from the Roman government or Jewish Authority. I agree Scott, and I hope this information is helpful as it was eye opening to myself. (greek source http://www.preceptaustin.org/ephesians_65-6.htm)
The simpler explanation is Christianity could never have gotten anywhere despite is claims of an appeal to the poor and downtrodden if it had not appealed to the middle and upper classes. Those people were slave owners. Of course that kind of answer implies there was any kind of morality involved with Christianity.
It was and largely still is a doomsday cult. It had no morality save preparation for the end. When is the end? Real Soon!
Anti-slavery is anti-christian. Slavery is Christian.
The idea that they were not ready for such a radical idea assumes it was an optional idea or a possibility. Fact is it simply did not exist, period.
