The specific instance that inspired this post: the request is "can anyone help me work out the bass part of this song? I'm no good at learning by ear". And so far the only response has been "learning by ear is probably your best option".

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The first four Commandments are all dogmatic worship nonsense and have nothing to do with morality, if the Ten Commandments were actually a good moral code for modern times, then at least two of those first four would be replaced with stuff like "don't rape" and "don't own people as property". 🤷‍♂️

2) abolitionists had to use modern interpretations of vague Bible passages about equality, while the pro-slavery side just had to read the text in its original context and intent.

The Bible directly and unambiguously commands slavery. The Bible never once directly and unambiguously outlaws it.

Some apologists love to focus on the fact that some abolitionists were Christian. This ignores two things: 1) nearly everyone who fought to keep slavery was also a Christian...