[Ohioan]

And which of the prophets in the Bible that is the basis for most American religious thinking, ever was overly opposed to the ancient system of human bondage.

Your obsession with judging others does not make a valid or serious argument. Lee, of course, thought for himself on contemporary issues; that did not make him take a holier than thou attitude towards his neighbors or associates; but neither did it make him blindly accept anyone else's views on matters of conscience.

[DoodleDawg]

And which of the prophets in the Bible that is the basis for most American religious thinking, ever was overly opposed to the ancient system of human bondage.

Then how could Lee, a most pious man, ever be opposed to slavery as was claimed?

Your obsession with judging others does not make a valid or serious argument.

And just where am I judging Lee? I am stating a fact to contradict the misstatement that Lee was opposed to slavery. I don't judge him on that. As a matter of fact in an earlier post I criticized anyone who would judge Lee, or any other man of that period, by today's standards. I said Lee was a man of his times, no worse and in many ways better than his peers. Check it out for yourself. I think you are entirely too touchy where Lee is concerned.