Sentences with phrase «evil practice of slavery»
It is so obvious that: a) those held in slavery were human beings (a biological category); b) all humans are by nature persons (a philosophic category), that is, beings with inviolable worth that ought never be treated as means to an end; and c) the evil practice of slavery was not a private matter - the whole community is harmed because we are all communal beings by nature, in solidarity with those who are treated unjustly.
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In a black church the folks held in slavery by the evil folks are, not illogically, compared to the history of blacks in the USA.I mean who are the evil folks to be compared to?Wright just wants them to repent and stop their evil.If in the Catholic Church 80 % of the folks do nt practice what the Priest says (Or agree apparently) but still attend why would you think that a protestant would take every thing his pastor says as «Gospel»?
There is no lashing out here against the evils of slavery and a demand that Philemon give up the practice of slave - holding, or even that he set Onesimus, the returned slave, free.