caddy
Puritan Board Senior
Of course this human institution exists because we are sinful men and women. We will continue to treat our fellow man with disdain.
For instance. I received this from a friend concerning the subject:
In Rome, slavery WAS the norm. It was so in Greece before that. They had Democracy and slavery at the same time. Western society is based on those cultures, slavery is part of our history. It used to be considered "ok", and fairly recently in the US. More and more people considered it wrong, and now everyone consideres it wrong. Evolving moral values.
AT THE TIME, the MAINSTREAM moral values said that slavery was ok. Therefore it was enshrined in law. Most people thought it was ok. Those were the mainstream moral values. People who denied these values were the fringe at the time, the agitators, the weirdos. I bet there were many people such as yoursefl in those days who could quote every holy book passage, claimed they were "chosen by God", denounced homosexuals, and owned slaves
Another example: marrying 12-year-olds. It used to be ok when the average lifespan was 30 years. Now it's totally wrong and immoral. Did God change his mind about that too or were all these people sinners?
Even Aristotle and many others claimed that slavery was "natural", but we knew better then and we know better now. They were wrong. It is not natural and it was never "moral". Slavery is about one being using another being merely as a means to its ends. Sinful men have always enslaved men simply because they are sinful. They will continue to do so. America's long battle with it and Nelson Mandela's troubles have helped to bring our collective consciouses where they always should have been, but each man and each generation will fight that battle on their own. Men and women who are enslaved know it is unnatural. They know it and feel it in their souls. Many accept their plight, knowing they can do nothing about it. Those who enslave--at the beginning at least--KNOW they are doing wrong. As time goes on, however, their conscioius' are seered and they begin to think it is "natural." It isn't. They know all better. Each will be judged for "missing the mark."
Does anyone have any other thoughts on this horrible institution as it relates to natural law?
For instance. I received this from a friend concerning the subject:
In Rome, slavery WAS the norm. It was so in Greece before that. They had Democracy and slavery at the same time. Western society is based on those cultures, slavery is part of our history. It used to be considered "ok", and fairly recently in the US. More and more people considered it wrong, and now everyone consideres it wrong. Evolving moral values.
AT THE TIME, the MAINSTREAM moral values said that slavery was ok. Therefore it was enshrined in law. Most people thought it was ok. Those were the mainstream moral values. People who denied these values were the fringe at the time, the agitators, the weirdos. I bet there were many people such as yoursefl in those days who could quote every holy book passage, claimed they were "chosen by God", denounced homosexuals, and owned slaves
Another example: marrying 12-year-olds. It used to be ok when the average lifespan was 30 years. Now it's totally wrong and immoral. Did God change his mind about that too or were all these people sinners?
Even Aristotle and many others claimed that slavery was "natural", but we knew better then and we know better now. They were wrong. It is not natural and it was never "moral". Slavery is about one being using another being merely as a means to its ends. Sinful men have always enslaved men simply because they are sinful. They will continue to do so. America's long battle with it and Nelson Mandela's troubles have helped to bring our collective consciouses where they always should have been, but each man and each generation will fight that battle on their own. Men and women who are enslaved know it is unnatural. They know it and feel it in their souls. Many accept their plight, knowing they can do nothing about it. Those who enslave--at the beginning at least--KNOW they are doing wrong. As time goes on, however, their conscioius' are seered and they begin to think it is "natural." It isn't. They know all better. Each will be judged for "missing the mark."
Does anyone have any other thoughts on this horrible institution as it relates to natural law?
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