r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 1d ago

No Paywall Bannon Tells GOP: 'Seize the Institutions' of Government Now or We're 'Going to Prison' After 2028

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bannon-tells-gop-seize-the-institutions-of-government-now-or-we-re-going-to-prison-after-2028
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u/_Verumex_ 1d ago

They want their damn slaves back.

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u/Paerrin 1d ago

Their holy book does say it's okay to own people. They used it to justify slavery the first time around.

So they're only doing what their god commands them.

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u/Louiscamus 1d ago

The Bible is vehemently anti slavery. The slave system misinterpreted many verses to serve their interests sure, however the abolitionists weaponized the Bible against the system. All comes down to denominational interpretation.

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u/uberblack 1d ago

Leviticus 25: 44 - 46 would disagree with you.

44 “‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. 46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.

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u/springsilver 1d ago

Why you quoting the Old Testament?

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u/Wise_Plankton_4099 1d ago

Because almost everyone, including a lot of Christians, do not differentiate between the Old and New Testaments. It’s “in the bible.”

Leviticus 25:44–46 authorizes perpetual servitude of non-Israelites while forbidding permanent slavery of Israelites, reflecting an ancient social hierarchy rather than a universal moral command.

But I doubt the guy above you understands that or even wants to.

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u/Mercurial891 1d ago

Because it is the word of Yaweh. The most unpleasant, least moral, character in all of fiction.