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erican SlaveDouglass felt that Christianity was used by slaveholders to justify thecruelty of their actions and to somehow purify them against the evilness oftheir hearts.
He felt that being the slave of a Christian slaveholder wasas bad as slavery itself. “Were I to be again reduced to the chains ofslavery, next to that enslavement, I should regard being the slave of areligious master the greatest calamity that could befall me. ” (p. 731)Douglas points out in his appendix that the Christianity of Christ andChristianity of this land are at opposite points on the spectrum of goodand evil.
Douglass writes that the Christianity of Christ as being pureand the Christianity of this land as being purely evil. (p. 749) Douglasscriticizes the Christian slaveholders of the same kind as the Pharisees andSadducees of Jesus’ time. They use their religion to deceive themselvesand others of their truly wicked ways. Douglass describes them ashypocrites that fill the pews on Sunday with their pious talk and loud,lengthy prayer.
“We have men-stealers for ministers, women-worshippers formissionaries, and cradle-plunderers for church members. ” (p. 749) Douglassexpressed that the Christian slaveholders use Christianity as a tool toshow they were doing the work of God by driving out laziness or evilnessfrom the slaves. I believe they also felt they were somehow showingcompassion by having slaves who they consider chattel or heathens andgiving a better life of penitence for their savagery. Douglass I feelbelieve in Christianity and I know he felt he was call by God to be morethan a slave and that he felt a divine intervention that led him throughlife. After reading his narrative, I believe he was more of a Christianthan his proclaimed slaveholders.
His writing reflected I believe a sortof pity towards them in that he did not depicted them as the animals Ibelieve they really were. Word count 334. .
He felt that being the slave of a Christian slaveholder wasas bad as slavery itself. “Were I to be again reduced to the chains ofslavery, next to that enslavement, I should regard being the slave of areligious master the greatest calamity that could befall me. ” (p. 731)Douglas points out in his appendix that the Christianity of Christ andChristianity of this land are at opposite points on the spectrum of goodand evil.
Douglass writes that the Christianity of Christ as being pureand the Christianity of this land as being purely evil. (p. 749) Douglasscriticizes the Christian slaveholders of the same kind as the Pharisees andSadducees of Jesus’ time. They use their religion to deceive themselvesand others of their truly wicked ways. Douglass describes them ashypocrites that fill the pews on Sunday with their pious talk and loud,lengthy prayer.
“We have men-stealers for ministers, women-worshippers formissionaries, and cradle-plunderers for church members. ” (p. 749) Douglassexpressed that the Christian slaveholders use Christianity as a tool toshow they were doing the work of God by driving out laziness or evilnessfrom the slaves. I believe they also felt they were somehow showingcompassion by having slaves who they consider chattel or heathens andgiving a better life of penitence for their savagery. Douglass I feelbelieve in Christianity and I know he felt he was call by God to be morethan a slave and that he felt a divine intervention that led him throughlife. After reading his narrative, I believe he was more of a Christianthan his proclaimed slaveholders.
His writing reflected I believe a sortof pity towards them in that he did not depicted them as the animals Ibelieve they really were. Word count 334. .