I liked this, Izzy. It sounds good to me. Very well
written.
Blainerb
In a message dated 6/16/2005 7:52:42 AM Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
IMO the moral deterioration of America began with the
hedonism of the '60's. It involved Women's Lib, the anti-war movement,
and abortion "rights" being legalized. In short, the liberals took over
the country due to hedonism and rebellion against tradition and
authority. When I was in elementary school in the 50's the Gideon's were
welcomed to give out little New Testaments to each child--that was my only
Bible. Today they would be imprisoned. We have fallen a long
way. BTW, "public schools" began in the infancy of America, and in them
the Bible was the main textbook. It was expected that public schools
would teach Christianity and the 3 R's. It was that way until the
60's. I have an old copy of a home economics book for "young ladies" of
high school age in which the preface notes the lack of proper Christian
teaching in the schools was deplorable!
The civil rights movement was not a reaction to
religion and the church. True followers of Christ were never
were racists. Churches simply reflected the more's of those within their
walls. The southerners thought God was on their side in the separation
of the races. The Northern churches never thought such a thing. A
major pro-civil rights activist during the civil war was a Presbyterian man
who owned a newspaper in Alton, Illinois, just across the river from St.
Louis. He wrote against slavery in his editorials, and he was greatly
persecuted. I can't remember his name at the moment. But there
were many such devoted Christian activists. Most were just quietly living
decent lives, as it should be. It is a false belief to think that
Christians were responsible for racism. But there were plenty who were
wrong on that account--just like there are plenty of liberal Christians today
who are wrong. Time will tell. BTW, slavery was never considered a
sin in the Bible--but that's a whole different topic. It was one way to
make a living for many throughout human history, including Biblical
times. Today we are often slaves to the "Corporation" whoever our
employee is, or to the "welfare" state. But hatred or mistreatment of
anyone for any reason, including race, is a sin.
Izzy
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