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Originally posted by dardenr
Ironic…the same book that was once used to justify the enslavement of African Americans is now used as the authority to subjugate yet another segment of the population.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Frat...
You are right about some of this. The Bible was used to justify the enslavement of our people. There's just one thing...the people (slave owners, white ministers, etc) were the ones that twisted the words of the Bible to justify slavery for their own greedy and wicked purposes. The Bible does not now nor has it ever, condoned slavery. Here's where God stepped in though: In the Bible there is the very famous story of Moses and how he delivered God's people from Egypt. This is the very story that inspired many African American leaders to speak out against the institution of slavery and some of them even delivered our people into freedom. They also read this same Bible and became inspired by the messages of hope, peace and love that God intended for us. They also had faith, which I explained in my last post
The white people back then tried to use the Bible for wicked purposes but as you can see, that soon ended. The proof comes from you and I being able to sit here and discuss this issue freely. The Bible is not trying to condemn any group of people, it just tells us what is in this case, displeasing in God's eyesight.