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Slavery Ordained of God
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121 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 30, 2004
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May 25, 2018
History via a Doctor of Divinity.
Ouch. Like many southerners, the Dr. was convinced that slavery was right thing in the right place. Interestingly enough he bases his logic on idea of family. Everybody has a place in the family, and the master is on top. Wives must submit, etc. Not every one is equal in this family, of course. The African is not and never will be. (Did I mention he's an appalling racist?) His doctrine is thou shall not, as opposed to I will not. He even applies this 'shall not' to the golden rule! (And apparently the golden rule isn't applied equally either.) And he despised the Declaration of Independence's first paragraph! This was written in the 1850's, and I can't help but wonder what he thought a decade or so later. I can't give him props for doctrine. He's not typical. I also can't use him as historical source for the same reason.
Ouch. Like many southerners, the Dr. was convinced that slavery was right thing in the right place. Interestingly enough he bases his logic on idea of family. Everybody has a place in the family, and the master is on top. Wives must submit, etc. Not every one is equal in this family, of course. The African is not and never will be. (Did I mention he's an appalling racist?) His doctrine is thou shall not, as opposed to I will not. He even applies this 'shall not' to the golden rule! (And apparently the golden rule isn't applied equally either.) And he despised the Declaration of Independence's first paragraph! This was written in the 1850's, and I can't help but wonder what he thought a decade or so later. I can't give him props for doctrine. He's not typical. I also can't use him as historical source for the same reason.
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