RE: How Evil it is that "Holy" Texts Did not Condemn Slavery
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Interestingly enough Jefferson Davis who was the president of the Confederate States during the US civil war made appeals to the Bible to justify the continuation of slavery in the South. It resonated deeply with a culture that happened to be deeply Christian and deeply versed in the Bible.
Islam is the same in that slavery is not condemned. It's acceptable to have slaves in Islam if you take the Koran literally.
Now whether most Christians or Muslims in the 21st century believe in slavery or not is a different story, but that slavery is not condemned in either the Bible or the Koran is not debatable.
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Right. That the Bible was used by christians to justify slavery must have delayed abolition for at least a hundred years. It's a shame anyone still holds the Bible in high regard.
I agree, it is one of those shameful periods of history that should not be forgotten, and I too don't know why the Bible is still so highly regarded.
I just finished reading a bio of Jefferson Davis and was astounded at how in a Biblical culture his arguments had a logic to them. If God is ok with slavery and the Biblical worldview is true, and if the economics of the antebellum south relied on slavery, then it was not only an acceptable practice it was a Godly one.
Of course I don't subscribe to his arguments, but it is interesting to read history and try to get into the context of the time.
At any rate, thanks for the write up and thanks for the reply.