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slavery The abolition of slavery, at least as a legal economic endeavor, is the result, at least in part, of Jesus’ relativistic ethic, which continues to demand more humanity as civilization becomes more humane. According to the laws of the Bible, slavery is OK.
"Both your male and female slave, which you will have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall you buy male and female slaves. Moreover of the children of the strangers that sojourn among you, of them shall you buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And you shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your slaves forever..." Leviticus 25:44-46
When Jesus inspired people to treat others as they want to be treated, no one predicted that it was going to lead to the end of slavery. But eventually it did. It isn’t the Bible that ended slavery. The Bible says that slavery’s OK. YHWH himself allowed the Hebrews to enslave the people they conquered. Among the many sins that Jesus condemned, slavery wasn't one of them. He never called on anyone to free their own slaves or the slaves of others. Following the Biblical lead, the Catholic Church eventually instituted hereditary slavery of Africans (Pope Nicholas V's papal bull Dum diversas, 1452). But it’s Christians that abolished slavery, Christians and humanists, who in turn owe their humanist philosophy in part to Jesus’ preaching. The elimination of slavery is a victory for relativism. According to the objective morals of days gone by, slavery was fine. It was only by championing relativist morals, morals that could mature as society matured, that Christians could eliminate slavery. Jesus’ Golden Rule beat out the Bible’s laws and traditions.
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contents table of contents you're already looking at it introduction for the inquisitive reader biographical overview who he was and wasn't
afterlife not Jesus' concern animal sacrifice bloodless religion apocalypse did Jesus preach hellfire? baptism sin wash for Jesus and others beatitudes Jesus' words and others' words beloved disciple witness for the un-gospel bible scripture old and new bishop the unjesus body focus on the physical Buddha Jesus' close kin charity key Christian virtue and legacy of Jesus The Da Vinci Code secret (and false) messages divorce women's status dreams convenient literary device Elijah Jewish prophet with his own second coming equality ancient source of modern egalitarianism exorcist Jesus and demons failure reinterpreting Jesus as a failure faith from trust to blind belief father Jesus on titles of honor Francis of Assisi the most Christlike Christian Gandhi the 20th century's most Christly holy man Galilee Jesus' inauspicious homeland gentiles Jesus' inadvertent audience god how Jesus became god golden rule key to Jesus' success gospels competing accounts heaven from sky to spiritual home hell revenge fantasy humanism Jesus' legacy inerrant Christian treatment of scripture Thomas Jefferson ethics of Jesus Jewish guilt Christian libel John's gospel the un-gospel John the baptist, see John the washer John the washer Jesus' apocalyptic mentor Judaism libeled religion of Jesus kingdom of god what Jesus promised Lao Tzu poet of the cosmic way logos jesus as the word of god C. S. Lewis famous, flawed trilemma little drummer boy Luke beats Matthew logos Jesus as the divine word LORD Yahweh transitioning to the one god of all Luke's gospel the all-around best gospel Mark's gospel the gospel that lost its point Mary of Magdala women, visions, and sex massacre of the innocents bloodshed starts early Matthew's gospel best gospel for church reading Mormon, see Joseph Smith Moses Jewish lawgiver Muhammad a prophet who got it right mystery Orpheus and transubstantiation oppression origin of Jesus' compassion The Passion of the Christ Luke as buzzkill Paul revealer of the revealer private and public public Jesus and secret Christ relativism the secret power of the golden rule sacrifice Jesus' death and Christian sacrament Albert Schweitzer Jesus as a failure sheol dark pit of death show Jesus' deeds as put-ons slavery abolished by Jesus' efforts Joseph Smith flesh-and-blood Jesus Socrates secular Jesus son of god on close terms with the man upstairs soul, see body synoptics three gospels that agree temple center of Jewish religion trinity unifying and divisive doctrinre vision, see dreams Yahweh, see LORD Zoroaster Persian dualistic holy man
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