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Thank you for the thoughtful post, Donald. I admit, I do not consider true followers of Christ to be Christians. That is because I would not lump them in with those would burn people alive (after brutal torture), hung heretics (also after brutal torture) or who consider black people as simply a cursed tribe (Cain and Ham) who deserved to…
Thank you for the thoughtful post, Donald. I admit, I do not consider true followers of Christ to be Christians. That is because I would not lump them in with those would burn people alive (after brutal torture), hung heretics (also after brutal torture) or who consider black people as simply a cursed tribe (Cain and Ham) who deserved to be enslaved, sadly a view shared by many Christians. I once overheard a fundamentalist colleague say to another, "It was God's choice to curse them; not my fault he ordained them to be inferior. and not my place to question God." There IS biblical support for slavery in the Bible.