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Slave bible found from 1800s is missing 90% of OT and 50% of NT
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:53 pm
A Bible from the 1800s, intended to “educate” slaves, cut every passage that white overlords thought might incite rebellion. They had to cut 90% of the OT, 50% of the NT. Reveals how much they understood the Bible to be about revolution.
I find this fascinating.
Excerpt from article:
“On display now at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., is a special exhibit centered on a rare Bible from the 1800s that was used by British missionaries to convert and educate slaves.
What's notable about this Bible is not just its rarity, but its content, or rather the lack of content. It excludes any portion of text that might inspire rebellion or liberation.
"About 90 percent of the Old Testament is missing [and] 50 percent of the New Testament is missing," Schmidt says. "Put in another way, there are 1,189 chapters in a standard protestant Bible. This Bible contains only 232."
Schmidt says there are several theories behind the editing and omitting of so much of the standard Bible, but the main thought stems from the fact that farmers in the West Indies were opposed to missionaries worked with the enslaved Africans on their land.
"This can be seen as an attempt to appease the planter class saying, 'Look, we're coming here. We want to help uplift materially these Africans here but we're not going to be teaching them anything that could incite rebellion.' " Schmidt says. "Coming in and being able to educate African slaves would prepare them one day for freedom, but at the same time would not cause them to seek it more aggressively."
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I find this fascinating.
Excerpt from article:
“On display now at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., is a special exhibit centered on a rare Bible from the 1800s that was used by British missionaries to convert and educate slaves.
What's notable about this Bible is not just its rarity, but its content, or rather the lack of content. It excludes any portion of text that might inspire rebellion or liberation.
"About 90 percent of the Old Testament is missing [and] 50 percent of the New Testament is missing," Schmidt says. "Put in another way, there are 1,189 chapters in a standard protestant Bible. This Bible contains only 232."
Schmidt says there are several theories behind the editing and omitting of so much of the standard Bible, but the main thought stems from the fact that farmers in the West Indies were opposed to missionaries worked with the enslaved Africans on their land.
"This can be seen as an attempt to appease the planter class saying, 'Look, we're coming here. We want to help uplift materially these Africans here but we're not going to be teaching them anything that could incite rebellion.' " Schmidt says. "Coming in and being able to educate African slaves would prepare them one day for freedom, but at the same time would not cause them to seek it more aggressively."
LINK
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:55 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Religion and race?!?!
Got any abortions lying around?
Got any abortions lying around?
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:56 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
They taught slaves to read?
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:56 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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A Bible from the 1800s, intended to “educate” slaves, cut every passage that white overlords thought might incite rebellion.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:58 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
If there is a God (Christianity), why were slaves punished (during this time period)? Aren't we all his children? And last, in all honesty, aren't we all slaves to someone/something?
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:59 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
And not much has changed from then to the megachurches of now. They just added some dancing around and passing the plate.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:02 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I thought the Bible supported slavery. If that is the case then why did they feel the need to do this?
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:05 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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missing 90% of OT
Baw obviously didn't have the premium membership.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:07 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
well, that does it. we should definitely lock up all white people and either enslave them or murder them.
they finally got us now.
they finally got us now.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:08 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
My job is pretty much slavery they block the OT on our computers too
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:08 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Some people today cut out the part where it talks about the gay stuff.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:08 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Slave bible found from 1800s is missing 90% of OT
Must be made up of all volod posts.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:10 pm to Tri City Tigers
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Some people today cut out the part where it talks about the gay stuff.
no matter how much you wish for it. they are never replacing Eve with Steve...
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:10 pm to Klark Kent
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well, that does it. we should definitely lock up all white people and either enslave them or murder them.
they finally got us now.
You're taking this a little personally.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:11 pm to arktiger28
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I thought the Bible supported slavery. If that is the case then why did they feel the need to do this?
the Bible supported indentured servitude and debtor's prison. all people that fell in to this were also freed at a certain time.
Christianity was taught to slaves and then certain parts of the new testament involving being a subservient "slave" so that way they could quell any uprising.
Even in the Old Testament, chattel slavery as we had in the colonies was pretty frowned upon. and even then, they had to free them after 6 or 7 years.
southern baws that used the Bible to justify slavery are going to have a special place in hell. or have to eat at the kid's table in heaven.
This post was edited on 12/10/18 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:24 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
So, if applied as written, the Bible actually dissuades slavery?
Pretty much kills the narrative that slavery was promoted by 'Christians'. Because true Christians don't hack out huge parts of the Bible in order to live by it
Pretty much kills the narrative that slavery was promoted by 'Christians'. Because true Christians don't hack out huge parts of the Bible in order to live by it
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:30 pm to RobbBobb
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Because true Christians don't hack out huge parts of the Bible in order to live by it
Abraham Lincoln did exactly that, look how well it turned out for him.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:35 pm to momentoftruth87
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Aren't we all his children?
Yes but the world is far from perfect and bad things do happen to good people.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:36 pm to Areddishfish
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Yes but the world is far from perfect and bad things do happen to good people.
But why?
Posted on 12/10/18 at 3:36 pm to RobbBobb
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Because true Christians don't hack out huge parts of the Bible in order to live by it
I'd like to introduce you to King James I.
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