2006-09-07 18:43:45 · 16 answers · asked by CHEYENNE 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"They" are the slave masters and any religion you can think of.
2006-09-07 18:54:56 · update #1
Who is they and which slave religion are you talking about? Make some sense man.
2006-09-07 18:45:41 · answer #1 · answered by vampire_kitti 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Beacause there has to be a master and then someone has to be the slave....so lets say u got a job you are the slave and your boss is the master since he sits around tellin everyone what to do including you...this is a slave religion theory I made up right now
2006-09-07 18:57:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was organized deceit and hypocracy, organized brainwashing, organized propaganda.
The "religious leaders" were only teaching the slaves to conform to the lot life had dished upon them, by telling them that their masters were superior and that they were meant to serve dutifully according to a "God" that would reward them in the afterlife, a god supposedly just, fair and loving... a jealous god that would send punishment, too; that was a way of brainwashing the slaves to accept their chains and not to look for freedom and a better life by imposing superstition and myth!
2006-09-07 18:54:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they didn't want to give them any real education because then they'd have all kind of access to all kinds of information. Religion, or at least the kind the slaves were taught was part of the control tactics used to keep the slaves subdued.
2006-09-07 18:52:16 · answer #4 · answered by Carolyn T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello dear!
You are almost right! They did not teach the slave religion, they impose it! By law if someone was not Christian (or Jew) he was executed! This lasted for many centuries, even now-a-days this stands! Check on constitutions, taxes, power, signs on flags, etc.!
2006-09-10 06:05:14 · answer #5 · answered by soubassakis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they taught slaves about John Locke then they might not make good slaves...wait, the original 13 colonies revolted against tyranny under the aforementioned political philosophy and yet americans seem enslaved. So maybe it wouldn't have mattered afterall...
2006-09-07 18:50:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
My guess would be that because religion was very puritanical in those days, it helped to instill fear and subservience to the slave culture. Religion was pretty heavy handed back then. Also, It probably was encouraged to help eliminate any tribal traditions the African/black culture. That helped detach them from anything related to their pride in heritage and traditions.
2006-09-07 18:49:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because putting the "fear of God" in someone whose spiritual wellbeing they couldn't care less for was still a surefire way to scare the slaves into submission.
2006-09-07 19:10:25 · answer #8 · answered by Luce's Darkness 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Had they taught Islam, or allowed to continue to study Islam, they would have eventually revolted because they would have realized they were being oppressed.
Islam teaches that it is obligatory to free the oppressed and to strive to increase knowledge through education. This is not conducive to slavery...
2006-09-07 19:06:47 · answer #9 · answered by toyoyo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because while many Christians don't care how beaten down someone is in this life, they still feel morally obligated to try to save your soul. During some particularly violent eras, they would even burn you to death to save you from damnation. Nice, huh?
Why didn't God throw in a commandment against enslaving others?
2006-09-07 18:48:31 · answer #10 · answered by sueflower 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋