Religion in the South – Carter Owens

Religion can be a powerful tool for good and bad. Religious fanatics usually get a bad rap because they use religion as an excuse to do unconstitutional and illegal things. Much of southern culture and how they acted was based on how they interpreted their religious teachings. These religious fanatics, mainly Southern Baptists, used religion as a basis to justify slavery and discrimination(Article & video below). This is why the media portrays them negatively, because what they were doing in the name of ‘religion’ was actually unthinkable.