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Every week on Undeceptions we’ll explore some aspect of life, faith, history, culture, or ethics that is either much misunderstood or mostly forgotten. With the help of people who know what they’re talking about, we’ll be trying to ‘undeceive ourselves’ and let the truth ‘out’.

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187. On Slavery

September 13, 2026

John Dickson (0:00)

Hey, just a heads up that we are dealing with slavery in this episode, both the ancient form and the modern scourge. It's distressing stuff. So please stay safe.

Esau McCaulley (0:14)

And they said, well, marriage, family, and the elimination of violence takes the power, ultimately, from the master and places it somewhere else.

So they argue that collectively, those things were meant to lead Christians to becoming abolitionists. They say that it's impossible to practice slavery as it existed in the record record one world and actually follow all the teachers and commands of Jesus. The important part about this, though, is they didn't say…

Sam Harris (0:58)

The Bible, in my view, can't be the real repository of our moral wisdom in any sense. Because when you go to read it, you are forced to ignore certain passages or reinterpret them rather aggressively to conform to what you now in the 21st century have every reason to believe is good or a direction worth going…

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