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SBC is not only not the first largest, it's a different order of magnitude. And my point was that it's a mixed bag. While a lot of support for slavery was nomi
by iammisc 5y ago
SBC is not only not the first largest, it's a different order of magnitude.
And my point was that it's a mixed bag. While a lot of support for slavery was nominally Christian, so was a lot of opposition.
For example, the Battle Hymn of the Republic is just that -- a hymn -- and its words on slavery are absolutely brutal. You can say 'christianity was a force for slavery' but you can't say that while not also acknowledging christianity was behind abolition as well.
- nate_meurer 5y ago"Yeah but you weren't just wrong. You were wrong by a lot!" :) > my point was that it's a mixed bag. While a lot of support for slavery was nominally Christian, so was a lot of opposition. Ok, but that's not what you said. You objected, without qualification, to the notion that large mainstream christian denominations supported white supremacy. IIRC, you said such talk was "picking and choosing". Now, if the new location of your goalposts is their true permanent home, I'm happy to report that we agree with each other!
- iammisc 5y agoI think we were objecting to different things. I broadly agree that large mainstream denominations supported slavery. I just pointed out that many equally large denominations did not. If we're talking about Christianity as a whole, it's a mixed bag. There's no reason the SBC should be singled out.
- watwut 5y agoAnd these two sets of people killed each other in the process of settling their diffences. It not unity by any meaningful sense. And I mean, this even comletely ignores blacks who form their own groups definitely not united all that much with above.