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It’s actually true that Christians were not pro slavery in the civil war
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Anonymous 3w

The vast majority of the United States was Christian at the time. That meant the north was mostly Christian and the south was mostly Christian

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Anonymous 3w

The north used the Bible to support their side. The south used the Bible to support their side. Almost like Christianity can be bent to support any argument or something.

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Anonymous 3w

Christian nationalism is a plague.

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Anonymous 3w

This is a moot point. Most of the people who supported slavery or owned slaves also called themselves Christians, as well as most of the abolitionists and most of the slaves. It was the predominant religion at the time. Certain denominations leaned one way or the other but I don't the whole religion significantly leaned either way. The North/South divide was the main factor.

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Anonymous 3w

There were Christians on both sides, and on both sides they were using the Bible to justify their position.

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Anonymous 3w

Bro there are like millions of Christian denominations 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

Not all arguments are sound

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

Yet such propaganda was effective during its time. Think about what sort of modern propaganda uses the Bible as a justification for hatred. It’s also effective.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

it goes to speak on the nature of institutionalized religion being a weapon to quell the masses and maintain oppression one trait that nearly every single institutional religion shares throughout history.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

The Bible made it pretty easy considering there’s several passages in it endorsing slavery. That’s why I think it’s best to view it as a historical text and not a source of divine morality.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

In the Book of Exodus alone, the Bible literally takes both contradictory positions on slavery.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 3w

Abolitionists were using Exodus to say slavery was wrong, for what should be obvious reasons to anyone who knows the general plot of Exodus. Slavers were using the latter, lesser-told, parts of Exodus, the parts where the Hebrews immediately got their own slaves as soon as they got their own country, as justification for slavery.

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