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Evil men used religion to prop up slavery in the 1800s

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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.

Anthony Schmidt, associate curator of Bible and Religion in America at the museum, says the first instance of this abridged version titled, Parts of the Holy Bible, selected for the use of the Negro Slaves, in the British West-India Islands, was published in 1807.

"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."

 

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Incredible find! Thanks so much for posting the link. 

Why do I get the feeling that certain "godly men" whom we have followed here on FJ would find a way to excuse this? 

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What mental knots they must've tied themselves up in - supposedly believing in the primacy and superiority of the Bible, but also recognizing that they weren't  the oppressed Israelites or Christians in the Bible - their slaves would rightfully see them as the Pharaoh, the Egyptians, Pontius Pilate, the Romans, etcetera.  

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On 12/10/2018 at 8:08 AM, DomWackTroll said:

Why do I get the feeling that certain "godly men" whom we have followed here on FJ would find a way to excuse this? 

Those "godly" men would almost certainly include the billionaire, Steve Green of Hobby Lobby, who financed the Bible Museum.

N.B., Speaking of "godly," note that the PR bio I linked to is at the DeMoss, the go-to PR firm for uber-fundie organizations:

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