The Catholic and Anglican Churches were not alone. In 1843 some 1,200 Methodist ministers owned slaves in the USA. Under popular pressure generated by secular thinkers, all of the mainstream Churches (except the Southern Baptists) performed a volte-face during the nineteenth century. When enough of their members had moved over to the abolitionist cause, the Churches followed. God had always condoned, sanctioned and even demanded the practice of slavery, but slavery was no longer acceptable. God must have changed his mind. Priests, bishops and popes felt obliged to cease owning slaves. Slavery was criticised for the first time by a pope (Gregory XVI) in 1839, but it was still permissable after its abolition in the USA:

"Slavery itself, considered as such in its essential nature, is not at all contrary to the natural and divine law, and there can be several just titles of slavery and these are referred to by approved theologians and commentators of the sacred canons.... It is not contrary to the natural and divine law for a slave to be sold, bought, exchanged or given." (20 June 1866 decision (No. 1293) of the Holy Office (cited in Bokenkotter's A Concise History of the Catholic Church and by J. F. Maxwell in “The Development of Catholic Doctrine Concerning Slavery,” World Jurist 11 (1969–70): 306–7))

Frederick Douglass on Slavery and Christianity

Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895)Black slaves were generally not permitted to learn to read or write, since education was seen as a threat to God's natural order. An American slave who adopted the name Frederick Douglass was exceptional in that he learned to read and write in secret. After he was granted his freedom he campaigned against slavery and wrote about his life. His writings are of particular interest, not only because of his personal experience, but also because of his lucid style. He stood as a living confutation to slaveholders' arguments that slaves did not have the intellectual capacity to function as a citizen. An outstanding orator, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement. Although a Christian believer himself, his testimony against mainstream Christians is excoriating. Here it is in a nutshell.

Were I to be again reduced to chains of slavery, next to that enslavement, I should regard being the slave of a religious master the greatest calamity that could befall me.... [I] hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-stripping, cradle plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land

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lepasharon:


Like muslims dont hate dark skin. Hey aswad !



fecking hypocrite

Why are you speaking , you're female
Bible tells us 1 Timothy 2:12 I do not permit a woman to teach or too assume authority over a man; SHE MUST BE QUIET

hockeyoilers:


Why are you speaking , you're female
Bible tells us 1 Timothy 2:12 I do not permit a woman to teach or too assume authority over a man; SHE MUST BE QUIET

because I expose the bullsh*t in islam doesnt mean im christian

I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.
1 Timothy 2 : 12

Sister your Bible instructs you to keep your mouth shut.

If god having a son sounds ridiculous to you. Maybe mohammed flying a horse to heaven also sounds riduclous to others. If you look at your Islamic beleifs the same way you look at others, you too will realise it is nonsense.

Sister with all respect 1 Timothy 2 : 12 says you should keep your mouth shut

hockeyoilers:
Sister with all respect 1 Timothy 2 : 12 says you should keep your mouth shut

You are an idiot, you quoted me first asking for evidence. Now you are telling me to be quiet. You are throwing bible verses at me like they mean anything to me.

Wastemannnnn
Oridotaa

lepasharon:


You are an idiot, you quoted me first asking for evidence. Now you are telling me to be quiet. You are throwing bible verses at me like they mean anything to me.

Wastemannnnn
Oridotaa

You seem angry and have resorted to name calling. Sister I wish you the best. Assalamalikum

hockeyoilers:


You seem angry and have resorted to name calling. Sister I wish you the best. Assalamalikum

Is that your answer to evidence that Islam is equally a barbaric religion ?

hockeyoilers:
The crusaders not only took slaves , they colonized Ur lands . In Congo alone millions dead by crusaders. Then took Ur resources.

Africa still suffer today from there genocide on the black man

if the crusaders and the rest abide by the teaching of Jesus ( turn the other cheek /love your enemy) will there be killing ?

malvisguy212:
if the crusaders and the rest abide by the teaching of Jesus ( turn the other cheek /love your enemy) will there be killing ?

One of the crusaders slave ships was called Jesus. Only people on that ship were west Africans in chains

hockeyoilers:
One of the slave ships that left Africa was actually called ' Jesus '

we know.

hockeyoilers:


One of the crusaders slave ships was called Jesus. Only people on that ship were west Africans in chains

Muslims enslaved blacks long before the whites came to africa.

The scale of the crusade against Africans by the Christian against Africa is massive, it's a holocaust. In South Africa we have no idea how many were put to death by the crusaders for the crime of being black.

Not content christianists took the crusade to the Americas slaughtering millions , still not content the crusade came to NZ and Australia where they slaughtered more blacks.

How many Aboriginals were slaughtered in the Americas by the crusaders,

Bottom line is rich western Christian countries got rich off the backs of dead Africans, and that includes many Nigerians.

hockeyoilers:
Bottom line is rich western Christian countries got rich off the backs of dead Africans, and that includes many Nigerians.

This is undisputable fact.