UTC pages1-250

Stowes, Uncle Tom's Cabin is a story about slavery and the various levels of Christianity shown by the different characters. Over all Stowe presents the more positive relationships between owner and slave. Many of the slave owning families portrayed in this book don't believe that slavery is moral yet they do not give up their ownership. The Shelby's are good Christian people and treat their slaves with kindness and concern, often encouraging them to seek out groups for worship. But non-mistreatment does not make it right. It is still not moral.
I find it some what hypocritical. Owning slaves and being Christian just don't go together. They are at complete opposite ends of the spectrum. How can people declare themselves to be Christian and enslave human beings. I can't imagine ever living that way. It made me sick to my stomach when the women on the ferry had her baby taken from her and to think that this is not an uncommon happening. As a mom I know that if I had my baby taken from me...I would just want to shrivel up and die!! But this is a fear that they had to live with every day. In today's world parents now have to fear sending their kids off to college in fear of that one disgruntled student that wants revenge. Is the world just trading off one set of horrible events for another?

Stowe makes reference to the bible frequently. It had me wondering...Are they reading the same bible? Did the bible of the slave owners make mention it was right to enslave humans? Was the bible of the slave owners different of that of the slaves? How can the same bible be interpreted so differently?

Actually, I see this happening in the world today. There are as many churches as there are banks. ( ALOT) It seems to me that the criteria has changed. We no longer base our faith in a religion...we want a religion to be based on our beliefs....hope that makes sense!!