You know, if they actually followed the moral teachings laid out in the Bible - the spirit, not the letter - I’d almost be okay with this.

Have you read the Bible? It’s pretty horrific all the way through. Any good is pretty well overshadowed. The spirit and the letter are awful.

Turn the other cheek, but also buy your slaves from the heathen that surround you and feel free to beat them with a rod as long as they don’t die immediately.