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How Antebellum Christians Justified Slavery [View all] Cartoonist Sep 2018 OP

Power and Money Sherman A1 Sep 2018 #1

So I often hear. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2018 #21

What I learned in Sunday School: Dark skin is the Mark Of Cain. (1950's) Midnight Writer Sep 2018 #2

I thought it was the problem of Ham, ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #22

What kind of crack pot church did you go to? Midnight Writer Sep 2018 #33

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #34

The Ham story is sickening. Mariana Sep 2018 #44

You're absolutely right, of course ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #45

Great post, TY! AM Joy has had excellent segments on Slaveholder Religion w Revs Barbour & Curry stuffmatters Sep 2018 #3

"This hierarchy placed white men at the top" and they're still trying Squinch Sep 2018 #4

Thousands of Christian denominations in the world. safeinOhio Sep 2018 #5

There were no shortage of Southern pastors justifying slavery from the pulpit Major Nikon Sep 2018 #6

The Bible explicitly endorses slavery. Mariana Sep 2018 #8

Of course, the major Jewish holiday celebrates escape from slavery: that might say something struggle4progress Sep 2018 #12

Yeah it says better to be the owner than the slave. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #13

But coveting someone else's slaves is expressly prohibited. Mariana Sep 2018 #14

The path from the past to the present cannot be well-described in terms of how the land looks today: struggle4progress Sep 2018 #15

You clearly tried to make an argument that Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #16

Treatment of Non-Israelite Slaves struggle4progress Sep 2018 #17

I give up. Did you even bother reading it? Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #18

The intended meaning of a text depends on the world inhabited by the author who wrote it: struggle4progress Sep 2018 #19

Matt Dillahunty on the Atheist Experience ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #23

You must read according your understanding, and I must read according to mine struggle4progress Sep 2018 #24

in other words, you've got your fingers in your ears ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #25

In other words, my own theory of history is dialectical and materialist: struggle4progress Sep 2018 #29

Please start your own thread Cartoonist Sep 2018 #26

It's a Gish Gallop. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #27

The language in Howe's hymn is clearly religious and even explicitly Christian struggle4progress Sep 2018 #32

You had no interest in any conversation in this thread for two weeks after posting your OP struggle4progress Sep 2018 #30

Maybe I had nothing to add Cartoonist Sep 2018 #31

What were John Brown's beliefs? struggle4progress Sep 2018 #35

John Brown struggle4progress Sep 2018 #36

John Brown's address to the court struggle4progress Sep 2018 #37

So what? Cartoonist Sep 2018 #38

So we see that, when confronted with the distinction between John Brown's readings struggle4progress Sep 2018 #42

That the First Arkansas used the Say Brothers tune for their marching tune struggle4progress Sep 2018 #39

No one said that Cartoonist Sep 2018 #40

I must say I much prefer John Brown's reading of the texts to your readings struggle4progress Sep 2018 #41

A certain A. Lincoln of that era said: struggle4progress Sep 2018 #43

Please don't hijack threads with multiple images. MineralMan Sep 2018 #28

Most browsers allow you to disable loading of images if you like --- so you can control struggle4progress Sep 2018 #46

That's not the point, is it? MineralMan Sep 2018 #47

Let's recap: (1) You haven't been participating in the thread; and (2) your complaint struggle4progress Sep 2018 #48

I think it had less to do with the Bible than with the plantation owners marylandblue Sep 2018 #9

That's pretty standard with Protestant congregations. Mariana Sep 2018 #20

Same as today edhopper Sep 2018 #7

Actual first sentence of the JSTOR article: struggle4progress Sep 2018 #10

A Selection of Anti-Slavery Hymns: for the use of the friends of emancipation struggle4progress Sep 2018 #11