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Atheists & Agnostics

ion_theory

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7. Slavery is just another tool used by

Reply to olddots (Original post)

Sun Jul 12, 2015, 07:09 PM

Jul 2015

the powerful to control the masses. When used in conjunction with religion, it ingrains those beliefs even further into the theist. Think about the most horrific crimes committed during slavery. To do most of those things to another human being, a person needs to either be sociopathic or actually believe they are doing the right thing.

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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