I'm sure there were people working on it. Or, do you maintain that the civil war was a must to abolish slavery?
Moreover, if you do, how do you explain the British eliminating slavery w/o civil war?
Or Serbia, or Saudi Arabia — or any of the other plethora of cultures where human trafficking is very much alive, despite their alleged adherence to whatever the religious doctrine dejure happens to be.
Yes, that's why I said technically illegal. And what you cite is much more indicative of a heart issue; I never said that God's kingdom had completely displaced things here, but it will: eventually.
Furthermore, seems to me that man-made religious concoctions are among the “created things” the Creator furrows his brow enough over that, as per Romans 1:25+, “because of this, God gave them over”.
Now, now God's revealed what real, acceptable religion is: Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
(James 1:27)
Seems maybe you’ve confused religion for the spirituality manifested between the Individual and their gracious Creator.
No, I was pointing out that the result of God's influence in the world [through his church and spirit] is that slavery-as-an-institution is dead. Or would you care to show where, as an institution, it thrives in the open?
>>I’m sure there were people working on it.
Gods and Generals - Lee and Grant both believed theirs was on their side.
FAIL
>>how do you explain the British eliminating slavery w/o civil war?
LOL. The same British with the thriving Opium trade — Those British?
Evidently the Kaisar/Ceasar/Tzar/King’s MYSTERYous cronies figured out it was cheaper and more profitable to just addict the slaves instead of owning them.
NO SALE