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I don't and can't disagree with what you said. The moment the powerful started using the Bible its message was twisted into supporting all sorts of evil, like those you mentioned.
But I believe the message of Jesus is that it is meant to be read from the perspective of protecting, helping, and freeing the weak, the "lesser", the vulnerable.
And it was others reading it this way that made the ideas that became human rights to spread in the Western World.