Why didn't Jesus speak against Slavery and sexism?

Question

Think about all the problems that Jesus could have solved. At the very least, Jesus could have transcribed passages into the Bible that would have ended sexism, racism and slavery forever.

As the simplest example, think of all of the suffering that slavery has caused. Millions upon millions of people have suffered through the bondage and the remarkable brutality of slavery because Jesus and his Bible fully support it. If Jesus had simply made a clear statement -- "Slavery is forbidden, free all the slaves" -- he could have prevented all of that suffering. Yet Jesus did nothing of the sort. Instead, Jesus endorsed slavery.

In the same way, Jesus could have chosen women to be six of his apostles and made several speeches on the topic of women's equality. By doing that, he would have put a huge dent in sexism. Because Jesus did not do that, we still see the effects of Jesus' sexism in our society today.

Answer 1

An excellent point. Even if Jesus did speak on those subjects, they are important enough that he should have taken a firmer, more straightforward stance against such injustices.

And, along those same lines, if the Ten Commandments are supposed to be so essential, why aren't more practical, actually moral precepts among them? God himself was supposed to have come down and written those laws, with his own finger, in stone. Couldn't he have done better? I think almost any thinking person could.

Answer 2

The old testament happened long before Jesus was born. The new testament was written many years after Jesus died. And Jesus didn't write any part of the bible. Nowhere in the bible does Jesus endorse slavery or sexism. Women had very different roles 2000 years ago than they do now. And since I'm pretty sure you live somewhere in the western hemisphere, social and gender roles in society are still different here than they are over in the middle east, where all the stuff in the bible took place.

Just when I think I've seen all of the really dumb questions.....

Answer 3

Paul wrote in his epistles about female apostles that were apostles before him. Jesus spoke about treating each other equally, Matthew 7:12 (it's the golden rule).

Jesus did not endorse slavery, we have been over this already. Jesus gave laws concerning slavery because man was doing it, it is mans doing not Jesus' command or endorsment, have you read the bible?

Answer 4

Jesus did not endorse slavery. He merely told those who already owned slaves to treat them well. In fact slavery was ended in this country by Christians and in the U.K. almost solely by the efforts of one Christian man. Secondly if Jesus had made half of the apostle women in that era it would've been a sure way to make sure no one bothered listening to him. And Lastly Jesus didn't focus on all of these things because they weren't his main goal. Seeking and saving that which is lost was. So that was the focus of his speech. Sure we all wish he'd have covered slavery, women's rights, abortion, Calvinism/Armenians, but He had much bigger things to deal with like your soul.

Answer 5

The fault is that's isn't Jesus, or his words. not something became written down approximately Jesus for a minimum of 40 years after his dying and doubtless lots longer. something that he could have written, and that i'm specific that he wrote issues, became destroyed. each little thing written by using every physique who knew him became destroyed. he's a shape of 1000's of people over 1000's of years. The 'references' by using Josephus are widely used forgeries. not a single between the 40 two historians residing at that factor or for one hundred years after that factor mentions a 'Son of God.' Jesus became an Orthodox Jew, in all probability a mamzer. not one of the Gospels have been written by using the Apostles, etc. etc. Christ became not a divine function in the OT. there became no 'Immortal Soul' in the OT. it extremely is a shape. in case you like it and get fee positive, positive, yet do not for a minute think of that it extremely occurred the type you discovered it in Sunday college.

Answer 6

what r u talking about it dose say things about all of that in the bible it doesn't say right out its bad never do these things but it dose talk about it. so many people dont read or believe in the bible that even if it were in there it would still have all the problems. the bible talks about how man are the head of the house hold but it never say that woman and man were not equally people when reading the bible only saw that guys are the head of the household and they just stop there so it really man to blame that we dont get treated right. i think you need to sit doen and read a bible before you start saying stuff

Answer 7

they were both necessary to society back then--with the absence of birth control, I'm sure they would have found out what we know today--women can't keep those knees together to save their lives, and having every woman on the planet dropping litters wherever she went would have led to mass suffering and extinction. As for slavery, they didn't have technology or machines and slaves were necessary--still are only nowadays we call it minimum wage

Answer 8

The only hands Jesus has on this earth are ours; so what are we doing about slavery or sexism or abortion or anything else that's wrong with this world?

Answer 9

In Jesus' time slavery and sexism were taken for granted because they were part of the culture of the period. Jesus was not a god, but a man of his time.

Answer 10

He did. Not stoning the adultress, the samaritan woman at the well (bridged a cultural bias of prejudice againse the samaritans)
Tossed the money table in the temple to speak against commercialism...and so many more.

And His apostles appointed many women to positions of leadership in the 1st century church.