ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL SLAVE? Everyone who practices Christianity (or Islam) is a slave. According to the online dictionary (dictionary.com), the definition of slavery is as follows: "The state of one bound in servitude as the property of a slaveholder or household." This is the first definition. I also like the third one: "The condition of being subject or addicted to a specified influence" Being the dualist that I am, I'm interested in the two-sided aspect of everything, which I happen to believe that everything has, including slavery. There is physical slavery, what we might call overt slavery, and then, on the other side of the coin, there is the non-physical kind, what we might call spiritual slavery. Although it is not so egregiously apparent as the physical variety, it is nonetheless every bit as insidious. The dictionary definitions above don't quite cover the more profound nuances of slavery. It doesn't say for example that being in slavery is a situation that one does not easily extricate oneself from. Perhaps this is so universally understood that the writers of the dictionary didn't feel the need to say it. But I think it's important, very important. One does not free himself from the slavery of Christianity without dealing with the fear of going to hell. Same with Islam. This is an apt parallel with the physical variety of slavery, from which one does not escape without the fear of being captured and incarcerated, not to mention physically abused. The primary source of Christian slavery is of course the Bible, a book which is nearly universally believed to be the inspired word of God. It was an effort to dispel this myth that prompted me to write The Bible - Why God Had Nothing To Do With It. I do not excpect it to have much of an effect on the religious dolts who would much prefer to wallow in their ignorance and sop up the theological drivel their preachers and priests serve them every Sunday, but I will continue with its promotion nonetheless, and unabashedly shove it in their faces every chance I get. And I'll be doing it in the spirit of that famous gospel song, Let My People Go (with a twist of course). The Bible: Why God Had Nothing To Do With It
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