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most Christians don't read their Bible

They know their church's interpretations of the Bible, but they don't know the underlying text. This is ironic since many Christians claim that prima scripura or sola scriptura is important to them. Sola scriptura clearly states that interpretations of scripture have less authority than the scripture itself. [2] [3]

Bible verses that can be read with zero commentary, because they point out things that American Christians fail to do

Matthew 25

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Matthew 22

37 Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

The Bible says slavery is acceptable

[wikipedia]

(I like this quick summary — "Biblical law supports chattel slavery. Christians in the past supported it too. Christians today do not, mostly.")

This isn't even a debate, the Bible has very clear support for slavery. [2]

In the Old Testament, foreign slaves could be held as life-long personal property (ie. chattel slavery), see Leviticus 25:44-46. Foreign slaves who were female were treated especially harshly, see the last three paragraphs here.

The New Testament is slightly less clear about its support for chattel slavery, however there's still extensive discussion of exactly when and how a slave could be freed, suggesting that someone could be enslaved for long periods of time.