(October 1, 2015 at 7:10 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: Minor quibble... slavery in the Bible was just as bad as "modern" slavery. There are verses which specifically state that it's okay to beat your slave to within an inch of his life, so long as he can stand again in a day or two.
Not indicative of a better or more palatable form of slavery than what we had in the USA.
And yes, the Southern resistance to abolition had a lot to do with the Bible verses, with Southern politicians actually quoting Leviticus and other slavery-supporting verses on the floor of Congress.
Yes, but the common argument is that slavery during the biblical days weren't as bad as modern days. Which would mean that admitting that would be to say that a worse version of slavery was developed under Christianity.