[Gumlegs]

And I really thought you to be bright enough to know that counting slaves for the purposes of representation has nothing whatever to do with their treatment as in terms of discipline.

So from your answers, you agree with Adams that a nation using the Bible as its only law book would be a paradise.

The Bible assumes that people will own slaves and lists certain rules as to their treatment and disposition.

Yet you don't agree that a slave-owning nation would be a paradise.

Okay.

[Tribune7]

So from your answers, you agree with Adams that a nation using the Bible as its only law book would be a paradise.

Yes

The Bible assumes that people will own slaves

No. The Bible actually condemns slave trading pretty harshly and advocates slaves acquiring their freedom. Have you ever read it.