Hardly, the universe has existed for 13.8 billion years and the Christian God created it. Since all humans are created in His image with a moral conscience based on His character they would be expected to create societies with many of the same basic morals taught in the Bible.
Actually, contrary to popular belief, a careful study of the Bible in context reveals that in actuality it does not advocate or endorse involuntary slavery for non-criminals and non-POWS.
Exodus 21:7-11 - When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not satisfy her owner, he must allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. But if the slave’s owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave but as a daughter. If a man who has married a slave wife takes another wife for himself, he must not neglect the rights of the first wife to food, clothing, and sexual intimacy. If he fails in any of these three obligations, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment.
Care to point out the correct context in how selling your daughter into slavery, or buying a slave wife doesn't count as involuntary slavery?
As God incarnate He had the omnipotent power to do so, but He didn't. Also His disciples could have been like the sicarii and forced people to convert by knife point and yet they did not. It was a free choice just like when Moses in the OT told the Hebrews that they were to "choose whom this day they would serve."
Jesus and his band of 12 merry men wouldn't have had a lot of luck converting Roman Judea to Christianity at knifepoint. The centurions had swords....
He is just warning you that if you want to prosper in this life and the next then you should choose to follow Yahweh otherwise you will face the natural consequences of your free choice. No coercion there. But it was more explicit in the actions of Christ and the disciples.
"That's a great soul there.... be a shame if something were to, you know... happen to it..... Better play by the rules, or something may happen....." God's "coercion free" setup perfectly mirrors what we'd expect to see from a mob thug demanding his protection money.
Either way, that's still not freedom of religion. It's a commandment that you will not have other gods. It's not an option, or advice, it's a commandment.
During the period of 300 to 1600 the RCC was under corrupt leadership and did not follow many of the teachings of Christ that is why the Reformation occurred. They valued their power more than following Christ. But after the reformation the bible became more available to the laity and learned that Christ and His disciples taught and practiced freedom of conscience. Christian scholar John Locke wrote about this and the founders of the USA learned from him how it came from the bible and this influenced them to incorporate into our Constitution.
lol.... yeah, ok, modern church leaders aren't also rampantly corrupt and self serving.
Also, the bible appears nowhere in the constitution.
I live in the deep south and have known many atheists and agnostics, in fact I used be an agnostic, with well paid jobs. There are very few Western Christian influenced nations that treat atheists badly. In fact, many of them in Europe have been taken over by atheists and agnostics.
There's also plenty who have been fired, harassed, kicked out of their house or otherwise mistreated by Christians simply because they are atheists.
Yes, but that is God's prerogative no human government is allowed to take human life except for murder and self defense or defense of others being killed.
No it's not. Morality is morality, and that morality must also apply to god. If it's wrong for us to kill a particular person, it's also wrong for god to kill that person.
If you think Morality is a double standard just because he's more powerful, then you are certainly arguing for subjective morality.