Atheists; what do you base your morals on?

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200 years ago, the majority of the world (even the "godly religious" people) felt slavery was acceptable and not morally objectionable. Now, the opposite is true.

Thank you Wilber Wilberforce and Christian abolitionists.

Good things can happen when religious people value human decency over their religion.

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John Wesley was against slavery, he wasn't influenced by the enlightenment, he was against it is a Christian. So were many others.

The enlightenment to a great degree was a product of the parent Christian civilization anyways (Descartes, Locke, Bacon, Newton, etc)

The Bible is very clear in it's advocacy of slavery, both in the old and new testament. So John Wesley's position was not that of a practicing Christian, but rather that of a humanitarian.

The truth is, MANY of John Wesley's positions directly opposed scripture. Why do you think that is?

Could it be that John Wesley was really more of a humanitarian at heart than a practicing Christian?

I feel strongly that he was. In fact, I suspect that John Wesley would not be religious at all in today's society, where the consequences of not being religious are far less severe.

The man wanted to reach and reason with people. Christianity was merely the tool of influence he used to get through the door.

That's my opinon anyway.