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guillaumeb

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2. Agreed.
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 08:02 PM
Dec 2018

And slave owning capitalists needed a religious justification for their behavior.


Sad too that 150 years after the civil war in this country, the fight continues.

While your last point is correct, Docreed2003 Dec 2018 #1
Agreed. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #2
The Bible gave them plenty of material to work with. Mariana Dec 2018 #4
Proponents of Jim Crow laws also found biblical inspiration Major Nikon Dec 2018 #5
Yet while the Catholic Church continues to struggle with systemic sexual abuse... Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #6
Do you expect any institution to change immediately? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #8
How much time must pass between two arbitrary points before one may realistically expect change? Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #10
You made the objection. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #14
You made the objection. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #35
And now you add misframing. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #40
And now you add nothing. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #44
Some Buddhists would say that it takes eons vlyons Dec 2018 #29
Some Buddhists wouldn't be understanding the issue, then. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #36
Buddhists understand the issue perfectly vlyons Dec 2018 #37
Except they have demonstrated two times in a row that they do not. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #38
I have no idea to what you refer vlyons Dec 2018 #42
That's because you're too busy proselytizing... Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #43
No I don't think that at all vlyons Dec 2018 #45
Uh-huh. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #46
You criticized Boston Atheists for ousting a Trump supporter. trotsky Dec 2018 #11
How many decades are needed to make change happen? MineralMan Dec 2018 #12
Change comes slowly. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #15
So, how many generations will this change take, Guy? MineralMan Dec 2018 #17
How long until racists accept that racism in the US is illegal? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #19
Perhaps when their churches stop promoting it? MineralMan Dec 2018 #20
I also see the conection between racism and patriotism. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #22
I am a patriot. I am not a racist. MineralMan Dec 2018 #24
You are diverting from the topic. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #26
Humans behave as individuals. MineralMan Dec 2018 #28
OK. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #31
You didn't find that compelling? Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #39
I found it to be far too simplistic. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #41
Simpler than "humans are gonna human"? Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #47
Observations about human conduct applying to all humans sounds simple. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #50
He's diverting from the topic? Lordquinton Dec 2018 #48
You are diverting from the topic. Mariana Dec 2018 #49
This subthread is a diversion. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #51
They found that religious justification within Christianity, g. trotsky Dec 2018 #7
IIRC the 2017 SBC annual meeting fought over taking down Confederate monuments bobbieinok Dec 2018 #3
True. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #9
And, yet, the SBC is the largest protestant denomination in the USA. MineralMan Dec 2018 #13
You are free to dismiss progress guillaumeb Dec 2018 #16
What progress has Christianity made recently, Guy? MineralMan Dec 2018 #18
Are you asking what progress humans have made on this issue? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #21
Clearly, I am not asking that. I am asking what the Christian religion is MineralMan Dec 2018 #23
Change is slow in institutional settings. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #25
And I suggest that the organized church is morally bankrupt. MineralMan Dec 2018 #27
Your claim is understood. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #30
It is well understood by thoughtful people. MineralMan Dec 2018 #32
And now you revert to insult. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #33
Who do you think I'm insulting, Guy? MineralMan Dec 2018 #34
Racist mysoganists............. Ernesto Dec 2018 #52
Do you feel that change is possible? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #53
OnPointRadio/ NPR did a call in show this week irisblue Dec 2018 #54
I am not a Baptist either. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #55
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