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To: ForGod'sSake
Maybe my brain is waterlogged

Maybe.

There was a time, not too long ago when all geologists believed in gradualism.

There was a time, not too long ago when slavery was justified by the Bible.

Now most scientists recognize that although most processes are gradual, game changers do happen. This is usually called "punctuated equilibrium".

Now most Bible believers use the Bible to excoriate slavery and racism. This is called. "Biblical Truth".

(Which oddly enough is exactly what they called it when it was being used to justify slavery)...

15 posted on 07/15/2012 5:48:16 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1271 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
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To: null and void

If I didn’t know better I’d say you’re trying to hijack a perfectly good science thread.


18 posted on 07/15/2012 5:51:49 PM PDT by ForGod'sSake (You have only two choices: SUBMIT or RESIST with everything you've got!!!)
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To: null and void

Again with the anti-Bible stuff.

Slavery, as mentioned/defined/used in the Bible is NOT the slavery we encountered here. It was more ‘indentured servant’ style. In no place does the Bible ‘endorse’ the practice of slavery, as we know it to be.

Context, especially historical, is everything.


47 posted on 07/16/2012 8:17:05 AM PDT by RoadGumby (This is not where I belong, Take this world and give me Jesus.)
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