(September 15, 2015 at 10:07 am)ChadWooters Wrote:(September 13, 2015 at 4:52 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: ... therefore the Christians that opposed slavery (and rightly so) were actually discarding their religious morality for secular morality on this issue.The conversion of John Newton, a slaver and inpiration to Wilderforce, who went on to write 'Amazing Grace', refutes your point.
No it doesn't. He may have been a Christian yes, but to petition for repealing slavery is repealing against the laws of God himself. The bible spells it out clearly. Slavery is allowed by the word of God. That's not to say say that Christians can't be against slavery, many were in fact. But the truth stands as the bible condones and justifies slavery without a single utterance against it.
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.
