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As was noted here before (by Sarah) there was a great deal of difference
between slaves in the Torah and in the Roman world which didn't have the
Church and didn't need the church to justify the practice. As correctly
noted here by Sarah the slaves pre-Christianity/pre-Church were more like
indentured servants, than chattel. Chattel slavery came later to the
Christians and Christians were also largely responsible for opposing the
practice. AnaBaptists and Quakers formed the heart of the Abolitionist
Movement in America. Slavery was not necessary to maintain control but
ideas are always controlling. I have said this before but you can't seem
to get it - not that I expected otherwise.
As for slavery today, YES, it is bad where it is used to keep women in
bondage and prostitution against their will and the worst it can be in
Islamic countries, in the Pacific and in Africa. Best to concentrate your
concerns there with real problems than on divine rights which is largely
ignored except by fundamentalists.
And FYI slavery proved to be very bad economics besides a moral problem.
Slavery has never been very self sustaining. The maintenance of a breeding
stock does not make economical sense. The plough can cultivate more than
slaves can by hand and you have to feed slaves.
Hank
On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, Charles W. Smith wrote:
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> "Of course the Church was totalitarian and so were all the
> other autocrats and monarchs and dictators who have ruled since they
> acquired power.
>
> I don't think you comprehend the implications of 'divine rights' which means
> that these despots are appointed by and supported by the church which
> apparently received ten percent of the profits derived from slavery for it's
> services to them. That relationship seems to still exist between the
> republicans and the church today as it tries to roll us back to the days of
> feudal (fascist) rule of capitalistic despots over slaves. These despots of
> old were the capitalists of their day, where their 'divine rights' claims
> were intended to quell the economic jealousies of the christian slaves and
> keep them meek and productive.
>
> From: "Sarah Blum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>> You are off your meds. They certainly were not that sophisticated. You can
>> make analogies with anything but that does not make it true nor does it
> make
>> it a conspiracy as you seem to think it is. Those who choose to look in
> dark
>> corners for inexplicable mysteries cloak your own confusion in
>> conspiracies. Of course the Church was totalitarian and so were all the
>> other autocrats and monarchs and dictators who have ruled since they
>> acquired power. The only think morphed here is your common sense. Try to
> get
>> it back. And stop listening to those voices in your head. You are not God
>> and God is not listening.
>> Neither is the Church.... or the protestants who advanced the work ethic.
>>
>> Sarah
>>
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