Reply #50: So what?

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The civil rights movement had little to do with religion except that King used it as a common language that all of his supporters would understand. The civil rights activists may have been religious or secular, but the segregationists were religious uniformly.

The whole institution of slavery and then segregation was justified and sustained because of Christianity. The Bible explicitly authorizes slavery, genocide and racism. Most of the white Christians in this country, especially in the South were convinced that their way of life was required by god. You cannot point out the few Christians who disregarded the dogma of their religion unless you weigh it against the damage that religion has done.