tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625933059656458366.post4606396279385235417..comments2023-09-19T09:47:58.673-04:00Comments on Womanist Biblical Scholar Reflections: An' be-fo' I'd be a slave. I'll be buried in my grave; An' go home to my Lord an' be free: The Bible and Slavery? God and Slavery?WomanistNTProfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07337799446266529107noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625933059656458366.post-90153897812808799512011-07-19T15:27:49.968-04:002011-07-19T15:27:49.968-04:00Thanks for sharing Chris. Great analogy re childre...Thanks for sharing Chris. Great analogy re children's first words - so true. I agree with you.WomanistNTProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337799446266529107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625933059656458366.post-32497807083752725892011-07-19T14:32:22.167-04:002011-07-19T14:32:22.167-04:00The urge to possess people, like the urge to posse...The urge to possess people, like the urge to possess things, traces to the original sin that infects all of us. The original temptation was "to be like God, knowing good and evil," and the immediately evident result of that sin is our rush to judgment. <br /><br />Case in point: the first word an infant really learns how to use well is "NO!" as he / she "asserts her independence" (euphemism for "I'm the god around here!"). The second word an infant really learns how to use well is "MINE!" and from then on we each progress to a life of accumulation. <br /><br />Yes, slavery is an evil practice, no matter how you whitewash it. It results in evil being perpetrated upon its victims in many different respects; but even when slaves are well-treated, it is inherently evil because it arises from the "owner's" sinful desire to be god over the person owned. That's a First Commandment issue, and that's sin.<br /><br />The Gospel response to such sin has to be more than just "Oh, you're a slave? Well, Jesus loves you, so be of good cheer." Doesn't the Gospel response to any sin including confrontation of the sin (slave-owner / child-abuser / wife-beater / addiction / afflicting demon) for the freedom and healing of the person enslaved? I can't help but think that when Jesus "broke the chains of Hell" it was these hells, too, that He broke.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08066005395078000205noreply@blogger.com