Right, but they were still slaves. The Bible has several sections endorsing slavery (Old Testament and New, including tacit approval of the practice by Jesus himself).
This is why slaveowners created and distributed amongst their slaves, Bibles that had any mentions or notions of freedom removed, but the slavery parts kept in.
They used Christianity, and it’s outright support of slavery, as a tool of oppression and it worked. Not only did it help them keep their slaves, “in line,” but it provided a convenient rationalization for the “god fearing Christian slaveowners” that went to church every Sunday.
Abrahamic religion is poison to society, and likely the worst thing that humanity has ever created.
Right, but they were still slaves. The Bible has several sections endorsing slavery (Old Testament and New, including tacit approval of the practice by Jesus himself).
This is why slaveowners created and distributed amongst their slaves, Bibles that had any mentions or notions of freedom removed, but the slavery parts kept in.
They used Christianity, and it’s outright support of slavery, as a tool of oppression and it worked. Not only did it help them keep their slaves, “in line,” but it provided a convenient rationalization for the “god fearing Christian slaveowners” that went to church every Sunday.
Abrahamic religion is poison to society, and likely the worst thing that humanity has ever created.