[Gumlegs]

You posted:

Suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only law book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited! Every member would be obliged in conscience, to temperance, frugality, and industry; to justice, kindness, and charity towards his fellow men; and to piety, love, and reverence toward Almighty God....What a Eutopia, what a Paradise would this region be.”

Do you agree with the quote? Would a slave-owning nation be a "Paradise"? I realize there are Biblical restrictions on the size of the stick you can beat the slaves with, but I'll side with Mr. Lincoln on this one.

[Tribune7]

Do you agree with the quote? Would a slave-owning nation be a "Paradise"?

The quote was by John Adams who also said Every measure of prudence, therefore, ought to be assumed for the eventual total extirpation of slavery from the United States.... I have, throughout my whole life, held the practice of slavery in... abhorrence."

[Tribune7]

Again you're arguing with John Adams, not me. But a nation that followed Christ would not have slavery. It was Christian principles that led to its abolition here.

As the song says:

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.