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Post by theBROKEdontrump on May 11, 2024 13:02:33 GMT
that poem oozes of virtue signaling and narcissism.
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Post by drystyx on May 11, 2024 13:43:40 GMT
that poem oozes of virtue signaling and narcissism. Grow up.
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Post by San926f on May 11, 2024 13:49:45 GMT
that poem oozes of virtue signaling and narcissism. Well, I didn't write it. But everyone is a critic I guess. But you are also the same poster that says black beauty pageant winners aren't black enough for other black people because of white people. So I'm never sure if your opinions are serious or if I'm being trolled.
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Post by theBROKEdontrump on May 11, 2024 14:13:53 GMT
that poem oozes of virtue signaling and narcissism. Well, I didn't write it. But everyone is a critic I guess. But you are also the same poster that says black beauty pageant winners aren't black enough for other black people because of white people. So I'm never sure if your opinions are serious or if I'm being trolled. No, actually, I said beauty pageants exist to remind white women under 40 that they are still the global standard of beauty.
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Post by San926f on May 11, 2024 14:22:39 GMT
I kinda think capturing people and making them do your hard work is an idea that sprung up everywhere around the world but then again they say the human race started in Africa so you could be right. That said Christianity was a strong force in the abolition of slavery but it took some time for many good Christians to realise that it wasn’t such a good idea. The "slavery" spoken about in the Bible was often indentured service or servant work in general. Exodus 21 is a whole chapter about it. www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/exo/21/1/We are talking about a culture and economy of ancient peoples, so these are foreign concepts. Just like how a woman could "move up" from concubine to a lesser wife in a culture of polygamy. But "slavery" in the Bible was not chattel slavery as we know it. The term "man stealers" (referenced in Exodus 21 and 1Timothy) refers to people who would kidnap someone to sell into chattel slavery and was punishable by death. This is why the Bible is a book that really needs to be understood in its whole context and proper dispensation. You can make it say whatever you want it to say with one or two verses.
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Post by San926f on May 11, 2024 14:32:00 GMT
Well, I didn't write it. But everyone is a critic I guess. But you are also the same poster that says black beauty pageant winners aren't black enough for other black people because of white people. So I'm never sure if your opinions are serious or if I'm being trolled. No, actually, I said beauty pageants exist to remind white women under 40 that they are still the global standard of beauty. So exactly what I said. Minority beauty pageant winners aren't Black/Hispanic/Asian enough because of white people. Don't try and spin it, that is what you are saying.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 11, 2024 15:06:43 GMT
No, actually, I said beauty pageants exist to remind white women under 40 that they are still the global standard of beauty. So exactly what I said. Minority beauty pageant winners aren't Black/Hispanic/Asian enough because of white people. Don't try and spin it, that is what you are saying. He must spin it. He will always spin it. He will destruct at the subatomic level if he doesn't spin it.
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Post by Based Chad on May 11, 2024 15:39:56 GMT
The first abolitionist movement was indeed Christian. As hard as it is to believe, slavery was just one of those things that was done until Christianity stepped in and said all lives matter. I see you ignored my part about the sati being ended by Christians. LOL. You ate some humble pie after calling me a dumbass and then being smacked down hard with facts. If the first abolitiinist movement was Christian why did slavery exist in the Christian world well into the 19th century while it was banned in, say, Japan over 200 years earlier before the end of the 17th century? Try yet again. Erm....what? There was extensive sex slavery and forced conscription until the Imperial Army of Japan was defeated in WW2.
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Post by Based Chad on May 11, 2024 15:41:39 GMT
The first abolitionist movement was indeed Christian. As hard as it is to believe, slavery was just one of those things that was done until Christianity stepped in and said all lives matter. I see you ignored my part about the sati being ended by Christians. LOL. You ate some humble pie after calling me a dumbass and then being smacked down hard with facts. Cite your source. History. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism
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Post by mikemonger on May 11, 2024 15:42:36 GMT
If the first abolitiinist movement was Christian why did slavery exist in the Christian world well into the 19th century while it was banned in, say, Japan over 200 years earlier before the end of the 17th century? Try yet again. Erm....what? There was extensive sex slavery and forced conscription until the Imperial Army of Japan was defeated in WW2. You really want to get into war atrocities? Because Christianity didn't put a dent in those either. Quite the opposite in many cases. One...more...try!
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Post by Based Chad on May 11, 2024 15:43:30 GMT
The first abolitionist movement was indeed Christian. As hard as it is to believe, slavery was just one of those things that was done until Christianity stepped in and said all lives matter. I see you ignored my part about the sati being ended by Christians. LOL. You ate some humble pie after calling me a dumbass and then being smacked down hard with facts. If the first abolitiinist movement was Christian why did slavery exist in the Christian world well into the 19th century while it was banned in, say, Japan over 200 years earlier before the end of the 17th century? Try yet again. No, the first country to ban slavery was France in 1315.
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Post by marsatax on May 11, 2024 15:45:10 GMT
If the first abolitiinist movement was Christian why did slavery exist in the Christian world well into the 19th century while it was banned in, say, Japan over 200 years earlier before the end of the 17th century? Try yet again. Erm....what? There was extensive sex slavery and forced conscription until the Imperial Army of Japan was defeated in WW2. You and I disagree on a lot of things. But I always enjoy it when posters are able to defeat MikeMonger. So, congratulations.
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Post by Based Chad on May 11, 2024 15:46:37 GMT
Erm....what? There was extensive sex slavery and forced conscription until the Imperial Army of Japan was defeated in WW2. You really want to get into war atrocities? Because Christianity didn't put a dent in those either. Quite the opposite in many cases. One...more...try! I don't recall a Christian nation doing anything on the scale of Japan in WW2. The closest you could argue is Germany in WW2 (which even they pale in comparison), but they were stopped by....get this...other Christian nations. Oh, and one atheist nation that was even worse than Germany but we let exist for some reason.
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Post by mikemonger on May 11, 2024 15:47:22 GMT
If the first abolitiinist movement was Christian why did slavery exist in the Christian world well into the 19th century while it was banned in, say, Japan over 200 years earlier before the end of the 17th century? Try yet again. No, the first country to ban slavery was France in 1315. What the hell are you babbling about? France made extensive use of slavery in it's Caribbean holdings, as well as the Louisiana territory. France didn't ban slavery until the 19th century, just like the rest of the Christian West. You really should post from the actual facts, instead of what you want to believe is true.
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Post by mikemonger on May 11, 2024 15:47:45 GMT
You really want to get into war atrocities? Because Christianity didn't put a dent in those either. Quite the opposite in many cases. One...more...try! I don't recall a Christian nation doing anything on the scale of Japan in WW2. The closest you could argue is Germany in WW2 (which even they pale in comparison), but they were stopped by....get this...other Christian nations. Oh, and one atheist nation that was even worse than Germany but we let exist for some reason. *cough*Germany*cough*
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