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To: SmartCitizen; Thatcherite
Thatcherite: Darwin had frenzied arguments on the subject with Captain Fitzroy of the Beagle. Fitzroy was a Christian Fundamentalist who justified slavery on Biblical Authority and believed that Biblical Authority trumped all considerations of reason, morality, or logic. Now who does that remind you of?

Smart[sic]Citizen: And it was another english[sic] christian[sic] - William Wilberforce - whose efforts resulted in the abolishment of slavery in the english empire in 1835. Thenceforth, the Royal Navy also interdicted slave ships to the United States and so began the beginning othe[sic] end of slavery in the United States as well (where Christians were also responsible for its abolition).

So your point is that even the most devout Christians can't agree on what the Bible means?

236 posted on 10/08/2005 9:14:05 AM PDT by Gumlegs
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To: Gumlegs
So your point is that even the most devout Christians can't agree on what the Bible means?

Not at all. My point is that Christians are responsible for abolishing slavery. Where were the atheists? Secondly, my point is that there absolute moral truths, and the failure of some people to follow them in no way erases the fact that absolute moral truths exist. Would you like to take the unscientific metaphysical atheistic side in this argument? Please do - I love to make relativists look foolish.

255 posted on 10/08/2005 9:28:46 AM PDT by SmartCitizen
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