Question for everyone regarding Jesus, God, slavery, and morality?

Question

Where in the Bible did Jesus do away with the laws regarding slavery? Is there a verse somewhere I can look up where Jesus says that people aren't allowed to own slaves anymore?

I wonder, hypothetically of course, if owning slaves is good enough for God the father and Jesus the son, isn't is also good and moral and righteous for me also?


I mean this with the utmost seriousness and in no way mean to mock anyone for their faith. This is a serious question, we have amendments to the US CONSTITUTION that make the owning of slaves illegal.

Now, if it is my God given right as we read in Leviticus 25:44, and Exodus 21:20-21, and others, my God given right to own slaves,

shouldn't those of you who are good Christians start a movement to amend the US Constitution to repeal the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?

Answer 1

Slavery in the New Testament was a lot different than slavery in America or even slavery as we understand it.

Using these three verses you can see the difference between slavery then and in modern slavery

Jesus and Paul's goal was to change the person than the society would change.

Ephesians 6:9-10
And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

Colossians 4:1
Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

Galatians 3:27-29 (King James Version)
27For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Answer 2

We are also to OBEY the laws of the land where it does not conFLICT with our relationship w/Yahweh.

You are NOT serious, you are just asking questions.

WHY would we want to own a person? We are able bodied people. We no longer have the farms where they were needed.
The Mexicans have decided they will do their job anyway. If we don't like how they do it, we will already have them to enforce the slavery laws. Then you can have your "rights."

We Christians are doing the best we can trying to show others to Heaven.
That is the only job we are required to do.

The best thing we can do for our Country would be to vote all the lawyers and those in office OUT and start all over preferably with a new party.
Then maybe, just maybe we could start on those amendments.

Answer 3

The bible was used to JUSTIFY slavery. The Christian church's main justification of the concept of slavery is based on Genesis 9:25-27. According to the Bible, the worldwide flood had concluded and there were only 8 humans alive on earth: Noah, his wife, their six sons and daughters in law. Noah's son Ham had seen "the nakedness of his father." So, Noah laid a curse -- not on Ham, who was guilty of some type of indiscretion. The sin was transferred to Noah's grandson Canaan. Such transference of sin from a guilty to an innocent person or persons is unusual in the world's religious and secular moral codes. It is normally considered highly unethical. However, it appears in many biblical passages. The curse extended to all of Canaan's descendants:

Genesis 9:25-27: "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers. He also said, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japeth live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave'. "
Christians traditionally believed that Canaan had settled in Africa. The dark skin of Africans became associated with this "curse of Ham." Thus slavery of Africans became religiously justifiable.

The call for the abolition of black slavery came not from Christians but from atheists generally. Slavery was abolish in France in 1791, not by the church, but by the atheistic founders of the revolution. In the U.S. the early critics of slavery, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), George Washington (1732-1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) and John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), were all either atheists or Deists. Later the abolitionist cause was taken up by such people as Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), a Deist, Raplh Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), a Unitarian minister turned atheist, and William Lyold Garrison (1805-1879), an atheist. In England, the battle for the abolition of slavery was fought mainly by such as Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) - atheists all.

The majority of the opposition to ending slavery came mainly from the churches and religious groups. For them it was not important whether slavery was inhumane, it was more important whether it was permitted by the Bible.

Answer 4

Jesus said "Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's". He did not promote breaking of civil law and the scriptures in no wise infer a right upon anyone to own a slave. The scripture does not address slavery as right or wrong, but rather as present in society. Christianity neither establishes slavery nor endorses it, and in fact see it as an allegory or foreshadowing of spiritual enslavement from which freedom is obtained only through the purchase.

So if Christ offers to purchase us, is he promoting slavery, or is he in fact redeeming us to freedom?

Answer 5

Pulled out the student bible, looked at all the references for slavery and there is not one that says Jesus of Nazareth said no more slavery. Unfortunately Jim, there are still people out there that would love to see those amendments repealed and we would be all the worse for it if it ever was allowed to come to pass.

Answer 6

Theoretical validity is often negated by practicality and current social norms. I think there are better ways to get your point across. If you want to test the validity of your argument, how about if you become a slave and keep us posted on how it goes for you. After all, you would want the proper perspective from all vantage points, wouldn't you? God also gives instruction to the slaves, too. There is a point of reference for your theoretical study.

Answer 7

Yep, I'm sure the founding fathers enjoyed slaves as well. Ironic how many african americans are so very devout about their christianity, which gives an O.K. to make them slaves. LOL

Answer 8

Most Christians are confused right now, they have no clues how to live their lives, they constantly watch other Christians what to do then they all follow suits.

Answer 9

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