Is Christianity Slavery?

(Originally posted on Apr 15, 2014)
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One thing I've heard from New Atheists is they are trying to help us Christians and free us from the slavery of religion. I fail to see how they are offering any kind of freedom I would want. In fact, freedom is a little more complex than just being free from restrictions. Using the work of the Philosopher Isaiah Berlin, this video explains why.

*Disclaimer - Berlin was mainly writing about political philosophy and positive and negative freedom in political thought. However, from reading his work we can easily see how his definitions of different types of freedom can transcend political philosophy and apply to other areas of life and thought.