Why does Christianity sanction slavery?The African slave trade was almost entirely conducted by Christians. Th

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transported their victims to the New World in slave ships with names such as "Mercy" and "Jesus," where they were bought by Christians, both Catholic and Protestant. Organized Christianity was not silent on this horror: it actively encouraged it and engaged in it. From the friars who enslaved Native Americans in the Southwest and Mexico to the Protestant preachers who defended slavery from the pulpit in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, the record of Christianity as regards slavery is quite shameful. While many abolitionists were Christians, they were a very small group, well hated by most of their fellow Christians.

The Christians who supported and engaged in slavery were amply supported by the Bible, in which slavery is accepted as a given, as simply a part of the social landscape.

There are numerous biblical passages that implicitly or explicitly endorse slavery, such as Exodus 21:20–21: "And if a man smite his servant, or his maid with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money." Other passages that support slavery include Ephesians 6:5, Colossians 3:22, Titus 2:9–10, Exodus 21:2–6, Leviticus 25:44–46, 1 Peter 2:18, and 1 Timothy 6:1. Christian slave owners in colonial America were well acquainted with these passages.

Answer 1

why indeed

Answer 2

You are correct about the scriptures on slavery in the Bible. In essence you can serve God and still be a slave to another human. Remember God's own chosen people, The Jews were enslaved by the Egyptians and the Babylonians. Slavery has been around for a long time and guess what? It's still around. The Bible does not advocate slavery, nor endorse it, it merely recognizes that slavery exists and gives instructions to both slaves and masters. All men should be free but as long as corrupt individuals (even those professing the faith of Christianity) exist and can make money by selling people then slavery will continue.

Answer 3

Until the 19th century, slavery was very common all over the world and is still practiced on almost every continent. It was abolished in the United States following most of Christian Europe.
Greed and insensitivity are not traits that are common only to Christians. Slavery is still practiced in most Muslim or Islamic countries.
If a person says they are Christian or Mohammedan, that does not necessarily make it so.

Answer 4

a lot of what's written in the right answer will be precise yet in case you imagine Europeans dealt with black slaves worse than white slaves, i.e in case you do not imagine 'mutilation, rape, attack, famine' were subjected upon different Europeans through Europeans than you're very incorrect. basically have a glance in modern historic previous at how the Germans were dealt with after their defeat in WW2. Boys were tortured and some finished through being run over with tanks at the same time as ladies of each and every age were raped in mass through Russians and Yugoslavians. each and each and every time a collection, regardless of their race, loses a conflict to a unique crew assume the worst aspects of human nature to go back out.

Answer 5

Laughing out loud,

You can laugh as loud and as much as you want to because if you are not right with God by the time you draw your last breath or when the Lord returns your laughter will more than possibly become wails of everlasting torment.

Did you know that the word of God speaks out against baring false witnessing of which is what you are doing so you need to watch it about your slanders and taking things out of text and twist it into something that they didn't say just so you can have an excuse to persecute them.

Answer 6

Why are we going over this again? Yes, there was slavery of black people, but there was virtual slavery of white workers in factories in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

More to the point, there is actual slavery of people (including children) in India at this moment. Why not do something about that instead of going on about the wicked Christians?

Answer 7

You confuse things. Christianity does not support slavery. People found slave trade and slave labour profitable, and tried to appear righteous by choosing random passages from the Bible and saying it was OK.
Slavery is mentioned in the Bible because it was a fact of the life then. People have slaves. The passage you are quoiting concerns ancient laws on slavery and by no means can be used as a sign that Christianity support slavery.
Choosing random quotes one can say that Christianity support murders.
The Bible is a very ancient book and reflects a lot of ancient customs and traditions.

Answer 8

sorry only a small part of what you say is true. The slavers who caught and traded slaves, and supplied the new world, (which was not all Christian) were Arabs who were believers in Islam and not christian. It was more a case of We are more powerful and greedy so we can, and was more about money not religion

Answer 9

It time for Christians to face the fact.And Christianity will never end slavery,not even come close to it.

Answer 10

Just so you understand,.....That Scripture was about Christian slaves, those who converted to Christ while in the system of slavery....
It doesn't condone slavery ay all.....

You will find that Christianity is about personal responsibility no matter what your circumstances in life....

Even in ones position as a slave a man has a responsibility as a Christian to be obedient to his master....just a s one today would be obedient to an employer.

Please get an education and read Scripture...apparently you are simply trolling here....to show your ignorance and hatred of God and Scripture....it is becoming QUITE obvious.

Answer 11

I would say that its because the followers of the churches that endorse slavery would realize that they are slaves to their religious leader if they only opened their eyes and looked. So it bodes those churches well to endorse it.