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Old 12-17-2005, 08:41 AM   #1
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Default The Bible and Slavery

A scriptural, ecclesiastical, and historical view of slavery, from the days of the patriarch Abraham, to the nineteenth century.: Addressed to the Right Rev. Alonzo Potter .../ By John Henry Hopkins.

http://tinyurl.com/9tdax

Suprising to learn that the idea that the Bible did not condemn slavery was 'the universal doctrine' of Christians.

Isn't it about time that Americans conceded that the country should be once more run on the Christian principles which were abandoned long ago?


Genesis 17:12-13 'For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring. Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised.

Doesn't the Judeo-Christian heritage derive its roots from Abraham, and yet Americans can't even use their money to buy people from foreigners any more? What is this?

Back to Judeo-Christian heritage, and let's allow buying people from foreigners once more, as Christians of a less secular age universally believed correct and proper conduct.
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