Women and Black People
February/29/2008 Filed in: Human
Rights | My Own
Thoughts
It dawned on me the other day that for 1800 years
after jesus, women were property and black people
were slaves.
If you give that any serious thought, you realize, 1800 years after Jesus, women were allowed to be the property of a man and slavery was encouraged.
And if you read your bible you'll see that it was not only allowed, but encouraged. These are the bibles teachings.
My would women and black people even chose to believe in a God that would allow them to be viewed as worth so little?
I think the answer is education. We still have people on the Earth today that can't read, how many slaves do you think could read?
What did a slave who could read think, when he saw in his bible that slavery was encouraged? I would imagine so few slaves could read that any real knowledge of what the bible says, was simply passed on from other people. And I'm certain they only heard the parts that eased their minds.
What about women? 150 years ago my wife would be my property, like my bicycle. The bible says that women are property of men and women lived that life.
Here's my point. If it weren't for a few enlightened people in power 150 years ago, women would still be property and black people would still be slaves. This was not the work of God, Jesus or women and black people fighting for rights, but a few people who saw faults in the way humans treat humans.
Why would a black person pray to a God that encourage the slavery of their ancestors for 1800 years after Jesus?
Why would women, who were told by the bible, that they were the property of men, want to have anything to do with the God that encouraged this behavior?
If it wasn't for these few enlightened people in power who changed the rules about women and black people, you wouldn't be able to spend your Sundays worshipping a God that allows you to be property. If you're a women, in an Arab country reading this today, you are the property of a man. Because they still take those damn holy books literally.
If you give that any serious thought, you realize, 1800 years after Jesus, women were allowed to be the property of a man and slavery was encouraged.
And if you read your bible you'll see that it was not only allowed, but encouraged. These are the bibles teachings.
My would women and black people even chose to believe in a God that would allow them to be viewed as worth so little?
I think the answer is education. We still have people on the Earth today that can't read, how many slaves do you think could read?
What did a slave who could read think, when he saw in his bible that slavery was encouraged? I would imagine so few slaves could read that any real knowledge of what the bible says, was simply passed on from other people. And I'm certain they only heard the parts that eased their minds.
What about women? 150 years ago my wife would be my property, like my bicycle. The bible says that women are property of men and women lived that life.
Here's my point. If it weren't for a few enlightened people in power 150 years ago, women would still be property and black people would still be slaves. This was not the work of God, Jesus or women and black people fighting for rights, but a few people who saw faults in the way humans treat humans.
Why would a black person pray to a God that encourage the slavery of their ancestors for 1800 years after Jesus?
Why would women, who were told by the bible, that they were the property of men, want to have anything to do with the God that encouraged this behavior?
If it wasn't for these few enlightened people in power who changed the rules about women and black people, you wouldn't be able to spend your Sundays worshipping a God that allows you to be property. If you're a women, in an Arab country reading this today, you are the property of a man. Because they still take those damn holy books literally.
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