Breakpoint "Without a doubt, Christians (or those claiming to be Christians) can commit all kinds of wrongdoing. What happened in the Old South is a serious stain on Christian history, a horror to be confessed as sin and never to be repeated. It was wrong."....
"But the abolition movement also was led by Christians, both in England and America. Christians have led in eliminating slavery everywhere we have gone. Granted, not all Christians have done so. But in the beginning, only Christians—and more recently, others whose cultures have been profoundly influenced by Christianity—did so.""All cultures and religions have practiced slavery if they had the economic means. Only one has eliminated it. That’s telling."....
"...far from being a “moral monster,” God is good, and far from being morally backward, God’s Word has led the world forward toward human freedom."
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| Thomas Nast, anti-slavery art |
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