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Atheists & Agnostics

Curmudgeoness

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1. Or both.

Reply to olddots (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 07:56 PM

Jul 2015

Slavery to god is a part of religion. And slavery is condoned by holy books, as long as you follow the rules.

And religion is a part of slavery, again because it is condoned. Religion was something given to the slaves to make their plight more bearable---this life may really suck, but if you are really good in this life, you will have an eternity of paradise.

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Is slavery part of religion or religion part of slavery ? [View all] olddots Jul 2015 OP

Or both. Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #1

Religion has been used throughout history to control the weak Major Nikon Jul 2015 #2

Yes in many different ways I believe slavery can be attributed to religion... AuntPatsy Jul 2015 #3

Here's a slave market in 2015... onager Jul 2015 #4

This is quite saddening. ArianaA Jul 2015 #5

They had ArianaA Jul 2015 #6

Slavery is just another tool used by ion_theory Jul 2015 #7