(September 13, 2015 at 4:07 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: For what it's worth, I too find it extremely sickening what these so called Christians did. And to be so hypocritical as to call their ship "The Good Jesus" is the cherry on top.
Thats the thing. It wasn't so-called Christians. These people were very deeply and truly Christian and many tried harder then most Christians today. They were following the bible which openly endorses slavery old and new testaments. It was actually people going against the bible that fought to end slavery, some Christian, some not. Many said that Abraham Lincoln had anti-religious sentiments and Robert Ingersoll was a diehard abolitionist that took up arms against the south and fought in one of the nastiest theatre's. Thomas Jefferson and Charles Darwin were both anti-slavery ( Darwin nearly got left in south america because he was caught freeing slaves.)
So while yes many important abolitionists like Frederick Douglass were Christian, they were actually arguably less Christian then the slavers because the bible openly supports slavery in its most vile forms. So therefore the Christians that opposed slavery (and rightly so) were actually discarding their religious morality for secular morality on this issue.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
