(July 5, 2014 at 1:33 am)Purplundy Wrote:
He didn't speak out against rapists, either. Or terrorists. Or child molesters.
"Love your neighbor as yourself" was the sum of Jesus' teaching. It probably saved him the energy of having to recite the equivalent of the U.S. Constitution whenever he ran into somebody. If treating people like property is in compliance with Jesus' message, then yes, Jesus Christ condoned the slave trade.
But giving that message put Jesus at risk of being killed. He apparently decided that giving the Jewish people his "law of love" was more important to him than his life. Hence, he made what we might call a 'sacrifice'.
Jesus didn't consider everyone his neighbor. He specifically told his disciples to stay away from Samaritans and Gentiles.
