Comment on Republican Senator callously says 'biblically, we are supposed to work' to millions set to lose health care

• barooboodoo@lemm.ee ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I can name five

  Go for it, we’re all really interested

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  • Hagenman@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And he chickened out.

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    • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I did not…

      lemmy.world/post/31819557/17828907

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  • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The children of indentured servants were eligible to be free citizens

    Indentured servanthood had a clearly defined period of service

    Freed indentured servants could petition to become full members of the household and inherit the master’s estate.

    Being an indentured servant to a prestigious master was a social mark of standing, elevating them in some periods even above free citizens of low standing. Never the case in chattel slavery

    Indentured servants and their families were owed damages when the violence was deemed unjust or resulted in permanent damage or death.

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• CXORA@aussie.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is a nit pick. The violence permits the selling and owning of people as property. Whatever you want to call it, that is immoral.

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  • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes I agree it is immoral and detestable and was also the softest option for the day. No other contemporary culture had any protection for indentured servants, yet the Bible demands it at the threat of community judgment against the harsh and cruel masters. And the children of indentured servants were free citizens.

    Compared to today it was still brutal and inumane, but was the MOST humane option for literally 3000 years. It’s just not progressive compared to today’s values.

    And today’s values won’t seem very progressive to progressive humans in 3000 years either, something you are probably incapable of understanding.

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    • Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That only applied to Jewish slaves.

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    • CXORA@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      As long as you don’t pretend the bible didn’t permit slavery were all good.

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• ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Can you tell me who wrote the Bible?

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  • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Douglas Adams?

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• Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What is the relevance to what I said?

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