Re: Civil War arguments
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It is not morally justifiable to have a civil war over slavery unless slaves were being slaughtered themselves, which they were not.
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I know you are making an argument according to catholic teachings on just war, and that the means/casualties must be proportionate to the injustice to be fought over. But the enslavement of human beings in fact slaughters their dignity as children of God. Furthermore, defrauding a laborer of his just wages, which is certainly the case here, is one of the sins that "cries out to heaven for vengence".
And you might read my earlier posts in this thread with quotes by Lincoln that involve God's judgement on slavery.
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