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[–] Jack@lemmy.ca 77 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It'll be interesting to see a character following the teachings of Jesus Christ, like

  • Luke 16:13 "You cannot serve both God and money."
  • Mark 10:21 "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor"
  • Matthew 5:39 "If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also."
  • Matthew 5:44 "love your enemies"

So there's no chance the character will be a capitalist, troop-supporting, neo-Nazi. Right?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

One of my personal favorites:

  • Luke 12:46-48:

46 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers. 47 And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes, 48 but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of [d]a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.

Jesus sure loved his slaves, huh? Gives you guidelines on how to beat them. Told people to "love your enemies," but clearly people you own don't deserve that courtesy. He hung out with prostitutes, but was never able to disavow the practice of owning other humans as property? Kind of unacceptable imo.

The canonical Bible (the supposed ordained word of god) also include's Paul's further interpretation of Jesus' teachings on slaves in...

  • Ephesians 6:5–8:

5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. 6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.

Oof.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Jesus sure loved his slaves, huh? Gives you guidelines on how to beat them.

That passage you quoted is not giving guidelines on how to treat slaves, it is a parable using slaves as an example. Not saying the Bible is totally anti slavery, the second passage being pretty disgusting.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

All he had to do was say, "don't own people," and yet...

Not saying the Bible is totally anti slavery,

The Bible is explicitly pro-slavery. It was literally used by slavers in the 19th century American South to justify and continue the practice of chattal slavery. They printed "slave Bibles" where all mentions of anything related to "freedom" were removed, and the focus was on teaching obedience and submission.

What a thing for an "all-powerful" god to facilitate. Even if he were real and simply allowed his holy book to be used for such an evil purpose is enough for me to say "yeah, no thanks."

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Do you think that Christianity became the religion of imperialism out of coincidence?