How Not To Read The Bible - Week 2
It’s an unfortunate fact of US history that before and during the US Civil War, the Bible was quoted, preached and cited by Southern leaders and preachers as justification for the owning of human beings and the supremacy of white people over other races. There are a number of verses in the Bible that seem - on their face - to condone and even endorse slavery. This has led some people - even today - to wonder if the Bible is actually pro-slavery. So is it? What are we to make of that? And in a racially-charged and combative world, is the Bible the problem or the answer to the issues we face around race?
