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r/DebateAChristian • … • u/Aggravating_Olive_70

Christianity is slavery

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Christians and Christian theology assert every human being belongs to your god.

People aren't asked whether we agree to this ownership. We are simply told that your god created us, therefore owns us, has authority over us, sets the rules for our lives, judges us, and decides the consequences.

Under Christianity, I cannot say:

I do not want an immortal soul.

I do not accept original sin.

I do not consent to your god’s authority.

I do not want to participate in an atonement system based on Jesus’s blood and death.

I do not accept your god’s judgment.

I do not consent to Heaven or Hell.

None of those refusals releases me from the system.

According to Christians on this board, I still “belong to” your god, remain under his authority, and will eventually be judged by him.

That is ownership without consent.

The argument:

P1. Slavery is a system in which one conscious being claims ownership and authority over another without that person’s consent.

P2. Christianity teaches that your god owns human beings, has authority over them without their consent, assigns them obligations, judges their conduct, and imposes consequences for resistance.

P3. Humans cannot opt out of this ownership or remove themselves from your god’s authority and judgment.

C. Therefore, Christianity describes humanity as enslaved to your god.

Free will does not solve this.

An enslaved person may retain limited choices. They may obey or resist, work or refuse, attempt escape, or choose between whatever options the owner permits. Those choices do not end their status as property.

Likewise, Christianity may allow me to choose whether to obey your god, worship him, or accept salvation. But I cannot choose whether I belong to him, whether his rules apply to me, whether he judges me, or whether I participate in his system at all.

Choosing between Heaven and Hell is not freedom from the system. It is choosing—or receiving—one of the outcomes the system imposes.

Christians have said to me:

“Your god created you, so you belong to him.”

But creating a conscious being does not establish a moral right to own it. Parents create children, yet children are not their property. Greater power does not create legitimate ownership either. Slaveholders had power over enslaved people; that did not make slavery ethical.

Calling your god “Father,” “Creator,” or “Lord” does not change the structure:

"You belong to me.

You cannot leave my authority.

You must follow my terms.

I will punish you if you resist."

That is slavery.

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