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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of our concepts of freedom that came out of the Enlightenment have Christian underpinnings. People - including many modern Christians - just don't want to remember that.
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"Christian underpinnings..." nice equivocation so you don't get skewered again for saying they are christian inventions.  Christianity is a critical part of european history and everything which comes from european history has "Christian underpinnings..." including salt cod and the road system.  Doesn't mean those freedom values are inherent in the religion, because they are not.

[i]“Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.” (1 Peter 2:18)[/i][/quote]

[url=https://www.amazon.com/Dominion-Christian-Revolution-Remade-World/dp/0465093507]Try again[/url][/quote]

Slavery had been practiced and considered as the default norm by almost all major civilizations until Christianity came along. It was only abolished on a large scale when the white Christian men who held power abolished it. [/quote]

If you actually believe this statement makes any significant or compelling point you are an idiot.

White Christian men did abolish slavery.

White Christian men also fought for slavery.  Fortunately those white Christian men lost.

They also did all the farming, the banking, the card-playing, the eating of steaks.  They caught all the fish.  They made all the pants.  They did everything.  They took all the dumps.  They painted all the barns.  They acted in all the plays.  Some were unionists, some were secessionists. Some were even left-handed!

Saying "white Christian men" did any one thing any trying to attribute universal significance or values to that is just stupid.

Want to be less stupid?  Then read this article: How Christian Slaveholders Used the Bible to Justify Slavery. https://time.com/5171819/christianity-slavery-book-excerpt/

But I bet you don't want to be less stupid.[/quote]

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