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Disney Introduces Christian Character After Ditching Transgender Story (www.newsweek.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

All he had to do was say, "don't own people," and yet...

Not saying the Bible is totally anti slavery,

The Bible is explicitly pro-slavery. It was literally used by slavers in the 19th century American South to justify and continue the practice of chattal slavery. They printed "slave Bibles" where all mentions of anything related to "freedom" were removed, and the focus was on teaching obedience and submission.

What a thing for an "all-powerful" god to facilitate. Even if he were real and simply allowed his holy book to be used for such an evil purpose is enough for me to say "yeah, no thanks."