Zone1 THE COMMONWEALTH BIBLE

[IM2]

I really do not think thes so called right wing "Christians" understand the depth of what their ancestors have done.

THE COMMONWEALTH BIBLE

The Commonwealth Bible is “The Slave Bible”.

In its original form, “The Slave Bible” was intended for use as a primer for teaching slaves how to read, and for missionaries to introduce Christianity in British colonies that are now part of the Commonwealth of Nations. It had more limited use in the United States. It was compiled in 1807, three years after the slave revolt in Haiti, 27 years before British slaves became “apprentices”, 33 years before that transitional phase was eliminated in British colonies, and 58 years before slavery in the United States was ended. Inducing “theophobia” was its primary goal. By instilling the fear of God’s wrath in their converts, slave owners and the governments that supported the missionaries could shape those converts to their own advantage. Because it was feared that their contents could provoke rebellion, 957 of the 1189 chapters of the traditional Bible were not included. Many chapters and verses in the included books were also omitted.

In addition to the chapters and verses that The Slave Bible omitted, the following books were omitted entirely:

https://orcuttchristian.org/The%20Slave%20Bible.pdf

Some of your ancestors altered the bible to justify the enslavement of other human beings.

 

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I really do not think thes so called right wing "Christians" understand the depth of what their ancestors have done.

THE COMMONWEALTH BIBLE

The Commonwealth Bible is “The Slave Bible”.

In its original form, “The Slave Bible” was intended for use as a primer for teaching slaves how to read, and for missionaries to introduce Christianity in British colonies that are now part of the Commonwealth of Nations. It had more limited use in the United States. It was compiled in 1807, three years after the slave revolt in Haiti, 27 years before British slaves became “apprentices”, 33 years before that transitional phase was eliminated in British colonies, and 58 years before slavery in the United States was ended. Inducing “theophobia” was its primary goal. By instilling the fear of God’s wrath in their converts, slave owners and the governments that supported the missionaries could shape those converts to their own advantage. Because it was feared that their contents could provoke rebellion, 957 of the 1189 chapters of the traditional Bible were not included. Many chapters and verses in the included books were also omitted.

In addition to the chapters and verses that The Slave Bible omitted, the following books were omitted entirely:
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https://orcuttchristian.org/The%20Slave%20Bible.pdf

Some of your ancestors altered the bible to justify the enslavement of other human beings.

You might bear in mind that Christians also fought to end slavery.

 

[excalibur]

You might bear in mind that Christians also fought to end slavery.

And that Mohammedans still practice slavery.

 

[IM2]

You might bear in mind that Christians also fought to end slavery.

You might bear in mind that Christians fought to end a mess they helped create. Christians should never have had to fight to end slavery because they should never have supported and enforced slavery by redacting parts of the bible. That's the discussion.

 

[MisterBeale]

You might bear in mind that Christians fought to end a mess they helped create. Christians should never have had to fight to end slavery because they should never have supported and enforced slavery by redacting parts of the bible. That's the discussion.

You won't find many on this site that approve what the British did to us.

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/ruffdrft.html

 

[MarcATL]

You might bear in mind that Christians also fought to end slavery.

Black Chrisitians, yeah.

 

[SaxonJackson]

You might bear in mind that Christians fought to end a mess they helped create. Christians should never have had to fight to end slavery because they should never have supported and enforced slavery by redacting parts of the bible. That's the discussion.

You're assuming a few things:

1) That all Christians owned slaves. (They didn't)
2) That all slave owners were Christians. (They weren't)
3) That there were no black slave owners. (There were).
4) That Christians captured and transported slaves to the USA. (They a relatively small part. The slavers and pirates were mostly Jews).

The Jewish ‘monopoly’ of the slave trade in the early Middle Ages: the origins of an enduring historical motif:

Phelan examines the evidence to support the claim that the assertion that Jews played a leading role in the slave trade in the period following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire originated with the work of a number of late nineteenth-century historians, particularly Heinrich Graetz and Wilhelm Roscher.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0031322X.2023.2287871#abstract