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Originally Posted by terrazoids
I stated earlier that God did not write the bible. Its true that in the ancient world, slavery was widespread. Pauls comment can be understood in light of the culture he lived in at the time. He had an idea that social strife was not the way to solve the worlds problems.
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I entirely agree with you, which is why I was asking you what the purpose of your comment was that "Buddha did not intend to do away with slavery". It really would not have crossed anyone's mind in those days that society could exist without slavery, so to condemn either Jesus or Buddha for not speaking out against it is a meaningless argument.