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← What is inhuman cannot be divine, so slavery cannot be God's institution

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 24 Mar 1789 to 30 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under benchmarks benchmarks Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: What is inhuman cannot be divine, so slavery cannot be God's institution What is inhuman cannot be divine, soslavery cannot be God's institution Last stated 174 years ago 5 Jul 1852 FD Frederick Douglass — holds since 1852-07-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: What is inhuman cannot be divine — tap to centre the map on it What is inhuman cannot be divine Last stated 174 years ago 5 Jul 1852 FD Frederick Douglass — holds since 1852-07-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: If God exists humans are slaves, and since they must be free, God does not exist — tap to centre the map on it If God exists humans are slaves, andsince they must be free, God doesnot exist MB Mikhail Bakunin — holds since c. 1870–1876 — tap for who they are Same subject: Religious freedom is unalienable because beliefs cannot follow other people's dictates — tap to centre the map on it Religious freedom is unalienablebecause beliefs cannot follow otherpeople's dictates JM James Madison — holds since c. 1784–1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human beings are of infinite value because they are created in God's image, and treating them as less is blasphemy — tap to centre the map on it Human beings are of infinite valuebecause they are created in God'simage, and treating them as less isblasphemy Last stated 42 years ago 11 Dec 1984 DT Desmond Tutu — holds since 1984-12-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: The slave trade violates the first natural right of mankind, equality and independence — tap to centre the map on it The slave trade violates the firstnatural right of mankind, equalityand independence Last stated 238 years ago 24 Mar 1789 OE Olaudah Equiano — holds since 1789-03-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: God is limited in power, which explains why there is so much suffering. — tap to centre the map on it God is limited in power, whichexplains why there is so muchsuffering. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 PG Philip Goff — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: The idea of God is only of use if it makes us larger, freer and more loving; otherwise discard it — tap to centre the map on it The idea of God is only of use if itmakes us larger, freer and moreloving; otherwise discard it JB James Baldwin — holds since c. 1962–1963 — tap for who they are Same subject: If abolishing slavery and cruel punishment is not progress, nothing is — tap to centre the map on it If abolishing slavery and cruelpunishment is not progress, nothingis Last stated 9 years ago 11 Feb 2018 SP Steven Pinker — holds since 2018-02-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city of only the very rich and very poor is one of masters and slaves, without friendship — tap to centre the map on it A city of only the very rich andvery poor is one of masters andslaves, without friendship AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A very long life would not grow boring, because pleasures spaced far enough apart do not wear out. — tap to centre the map on it A very long life would not growboring, because pleasures spaced farenough apart do not wear out. Last stated 5 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: After age 30 people start seeing friends less, and older men especially are left with no social life. — tap to centre the map on it After age 30 people start seeingfriends less, and older menespecially are left with no sociallife. Last stated a month ago 30 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-30 — tap for who they are
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At the centre What is inhuman cannot be divine, so slavery cannot be God's institution Last stated 5 Jul 1852 · 174 years ago Holds Frederick Douglass Read this korrent →