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To: Brumar89 who wrote (3907)	4/28/2010 2:40:05 AM
From: Solon	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

"And per readings I've done slave prices in the American south had been rising for decades before the Civil War, not something consistent with an institution dying for a lack of profits." That is not at all the point. As trafficking dried up and demand increased prices would naturally be higher. They were wiling to pay higher prices because there was no other labor supply for the immense plantations that were being run, and they were not about to start paying an inferior castaway of God--not even after the war. Just because I sell a hungry man potatoes at a high price doesn't mean he is fat. As I said, there are many economists who take your view and we can agree to disagree. But whether one or both views are somewhat correct is not in any way decided by expensive goods. "there must have been some non-religious slave owners ... did they set their slaves free?": I don't know. It is irrelevant. Slave owners were immoral and inhuman regardless of religion or lack of religion. An atheist slave owner was a bastard no less than a Christian slave owner. I guess the difference is that a freethinking slave owner would know he was a bastard. "The point is Jesus was not a revolutionary or social reformer" There is plenty of evidence both within and without church teachings to indicate that Jesus did indeed advocate reform. The New Testament gives many examples. But let us not get bogged down in another irrelevancy... Does a person need to be a revolutionary to be a decent human being and to speak up for people being brutalized? How can you curse a fig tree, turn over the tables of money changers, etc. etc. etc.--have myriad words of guidance for your disciples--yet offer no guidance whatsoever as to relieving the plight of brutalized slaves? Does a person need to be a revolutionary to be a caring and compassionate and intelligent person??