▲ 855 ▼ Come for the memes, stay for the tax advice (aussie.zone) submitted 2 years ago by snippet@aussie.zone to c/memes@lemmy.ml 80 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wasn't JC kind of nice to slaves or sth? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Idunno, probably? Being nice to the downtrodden seemed to be more or less his thing when he wasn't telling people that he was his own imaginary sky daddy 🤷 Pretty sure he didn't actually FREE all the slaves or even told slavers to please do so, though. Spartacus is a much better role model than Jesus in that aspect. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Here, here! Jesus just did lame stuff like die on a cross. He could have saved a bunch of slaves sometime around 30 AD, specifically in the region of Roman occupied Israel. That would have been more important for the history of humanity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I can't tell if you're being genuine or sarcastic. If it's the former, I completely agree. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I can’t tell if you’re being genuine or sarcastic. Whichever gets me the most upvotes from you. Death of the Author, Poe's Law, and all of that. Call me a mirror, 'cause if you be projecting, I be reflecting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Okeydoke permalink fedilink source parent [–] noundus@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) For the time, maybe. But the few times slavery is mentioned in the NT the focus is on treatment of slaves, not abolition. And even then, for slave owners who didn't follow Christian teachings, slaves were basically told to suck it up and get back to work (1Peter 2:18). Paul appears to free Onesimus in the book of Philemon (although I can't tell if his intended meaning is literal), and it's also worth noting that Christian nations were the first to abolish chattel slavery, but it'd be a stretch to say the Bible directly discourages slavery. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Actually, the first nation to abolish chattel slavery was Haiti, which was NOT a Christian nation at the time. The country as we know it today was literally founded through a successful slave revolt! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Idunno, probably? Being nice to the downtrodden seemed to be more or less his thing when he wasn't telling people that he was his own imaginary sky daddy 🤷 Pretty sure he didn't actually FREE all the slaves or even told slavers to please do so, though. Spartacus is a much better role model than Jesus in that aspect. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Here, here! Jesus just did lame stuff like die on a cross. He could have saved a bunch of slaves sometime around 30 AD, specifically in the region of Roman occupied Israel. That would have been more important for the history of humanity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I can't tell if you're being genuine or sarcastic. If it's the former, I completely agree. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I can’t tell if you’re being genuine or sarcastic. Whichever gets me the most upvotes from you. Death of the Author, Poe's Law, and all of that. Call me a mirror, 'cause if you be projecting, I be reflecting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Okeydoke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Here, here! Jesus just did lame stuff like die on a cross. He could have saved a bunch of slaves sometime around 30 AD, specifically in the region of Roman occupied Israel. That would have been more important for the history of humanity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I can't tell if you're being genuine or sarcastic. If it's the former, I completely agree. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I can’t tell if you’re being genuine or sarcastic. Whichever gets me the most upvotes from you. Death of the Author, Poe's Law, and all of that. Call me a mirror, 'cause if you be projecting, I be reflecting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Okeydoke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I can't tell if you're being genuine or sarcastic. If it's the former, I completely agree. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I can’t tell if you’re being genuine or sarcastic. Whichever gets me the most upvotes from you. Death of the Author, Poe's Law, and all of that. Call me a mirror, 'cause if you be projecting, I be reflecting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Okeydoke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I can’t tell if you’re being genuine or sarcastic. Whichever gets me the most upvotes from you. Death of the Author, Poe's Law, and all of that. Call me a mirror, 'cause if you be projecting, I be reflecting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Okeydoke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] noundus@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) For the time, maybe. But the few times slavery is mentioned in the NT the focus is on treatment of slaves, not abolition. And even then, for slave owners who didn't follow Christian teachings, slaves were basically told to suck it up and get back to work (1Peter 2:18). Paul appears to free Onesimus in the book of Philemon (although I can't tell if his intended meaning is literal), and it's also worth noting that Christian nations were the first to abolish chattel slavery, but it'd be a stretch to say the Bible directly discourages slavery. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Actually, the first nation to abolish chattel slavery was Haiti, which was NOT a Christian nation at the time. The country as we know it today was literally founded through a successful slave revolt! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Actually, the first nation to abolish chattel slavery was Haiti, which was NOT a Christian nation at the time. The country as we know it today was literally founded through a successful slave revolt! permalink fedilink source parent
