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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
That would be terribly difficult to prove. Thought isn't "exported." There is a root within the peoples which accept the theories so that once they are exposed to the theories, they expose the root. There is nothing new under the sun (as the Bible claimed and I think is true).
I know plenty about the race classifications in Brazil, I did an in-depth study on it for one of my classes. Fairly intresting, but it really doesn't prove anything we were talking about.
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I don't know what you mean by the part in bold so I guess our conversation is at an end. If you mean that people are naturally sinners - I certainly agree with you there. At the same time I also think that evidence shows our thinking about race has changed over time and varies by place. Maybe "exported" isn't the best word for the move of ideas - perhaps "exchange" would be better. But if you don't agree that new ideas appear and are exchanged among peoples, again, we have nothing more to discuss really.
I love Ecclesiastes. Let's not even start on how to do a sound reading of that amazing spiritual book.