[QUOTE="Gs4u2"][QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"] Let's see what the bible says about the type of slavery that went on in the U.S. and see if those southern christians misinterpreted the bible.
Exodus 21:16: ""Anyone who kidnaps another and either sells him or still has him when he is caught must be put to death." A condemnation of slave trading.
1 Timothy 1:8-10 " 8 We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. 9 We also know that lawa is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers-and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 11 that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me." Yet another condemnation of slave trading.
And then you have Exodus, where God punishes the Egyptians for enslaving the Hebrews solely because they were Hebrew. The bible does not condemn slavery as a whole, but it does not allow for all forms of slavery.
Furthermore, you have passages such as Colossians 4:1 that says how to treat one's own slaves. If you were to going to compare the manner in which 19th century slave owners treated their slaves to biblical standards, they don't exactly follow the bible (and that's an understatement).
Theokhoth
it does not matter if the bible condemed slavery, teh fact is southern slave owners used it to justify itTherefore religion is at fault. It makes perfect sense.
Mother Teresa condemned abortion. But I'm gonna have one in her name! She's totally responsible!
ugh this is an arguement about secularism in america what are you talking about 
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