Far Right Christian Pal of Hogseth says Slavery is not necessarily evil

[SamuelTheThird]

https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/christian-nationalist-commentator-joshua-haymes-says-slavery-not-inherently-evil

Far-right commentator Joshua Haymes recently posted a video in which he beseeched his fellow Christian nationalists to learn to defend the institution of slavery because the Bible makes it clear that "it is not inherently evil to own another human being."

Haymes—who hosts a podcast with pastor Brooks Potteiger of Pilgrim Hill Reformed Fellowship, a far-right church located outside of Nashville, TN, that is aligned with Christian nationalist pastor Douglas Wilson and counts Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as a member—was reacting to a recent Jubilee video in which conservative Christian commentator Allie Beth Stuckey debated 20 liberals.

Haymes was unimpressed with Stuckey's response when challenged about the Bible's sanction of the practice of slavery, warning that offering up anything short of a vigorous defense of slavery opens the door to challenging the authority of the Bible on all sorts of issues.
"The institution of slavery is not inherently evil," Haymes insisted. "It is not inherently evil to own another human being."

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In 2024, Hegseth himself appeared on Haymes' Reformation Red Pill podcast where the two spent nearly six hours discussing "the desperate need for Christians to completely REFORM the way that we approach education."

[Celerity]

1. Fuck that Christo-Nazi.

[JT45242]

2. Every seventh year they should all be freed and debts forgiven, if you go literally

The old testament had rules to make certain that indentured servitude and poverty were not generational slavery.

Of course, they made as all that and cherry pick.

These Nazis are no more Christian than I worship Zeus . But it is nice window dressing for their hate and bigotry.

[JoseBalow]

3. It's fun watching Christians defend the abhorrent practices from their bible

There are some truly awful people in that cult.



inb4 the "not a real Christian" bullshit

[raccoon]

4. How'd that dumbass like to be a slave?

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Well, yeah, I guess if Haymes was talking about marriage.

That's legalized slavery.

OTOH, the way things are going, you start with no more DEI, then redistricting, then segregation/Jim Crow, then slavery in lieu of wages and paying off debts. (As for the latter, they'll call it "barter".)

[Collimator]

6. When I enter a discussion of that nature. . .

. . . My essential point is that slavery is not necessarily condemned in the Bible. Because it is not. Neither is polygamy, rape or genocide.

The Bible also makes the case for stoning people to death and the occasional acceptance of using a human being in a burnt offering sacrifice. And the Book of Acts offers clear support for Socialism.

It is very important to know the source material if you're going to base your entire identity upon it. I don't, by the way, which is why I don't want to live in either the Bronze Age or the more "enlightened" First Century of the Common Era.