Thread: Treatment of Slaves in the Bible
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Old 08-28-2006, 03:59 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Slavery was abolished because of Christians in America leading the way.
Slavery was fought for by Christians in America who were standing in the way of progress.
Once again, you exault Christians who behave well, and ignore Christians behaving poorly.


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They didn't just have an "awakening". I admit there were Christians who also argued for slavery, but the fact remains that the movement to abolish slavery was led by Christians.
It MAY HAVE been lead by people who HAPPENED TO BE Christian...
... but they did so NOT based on their religion, but rather on their REASONING which realized that the Bible was vastly lacking in morality on the issue of slavery.
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