Thread: Atheist zealots a heavy cross to bear
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Old 09-22-2010, 10:22 AM   #638
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Your belief that slavery is wrong is actually at odds with what the Bible teaches, terrazoids. Eg, in Ephesians 6:5-9, Paul urges slaves to obey their masters in the same way that they obey Christ, while Colossians 4:1 tells slave owners to treat their slaves justly. But nowhere - not once - is their any condemnation of slavery.

The belief that slavery is wrong has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity.
I hate to nit-pick here, Harry, but although your contention about the teaching of the Bible is correct as concerns slavery; the actual authorship of both Ephesians and Colossians are disputed by modern Bible scholars. About half of them believe them to be from the hand of Paul, while the other half argue for authorship by an anonymous author using Paul's name. I know this has little to do with your basic premise. I just thought I'd throw that in.
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