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____/ An Old Friend on Saturday 02 Jul 2011 06:48 : \____
> On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:10:07 +0100, Homer chiseled
> v9i2e8-gt5.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx in stone using Trajan:
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>> Verily I say unto thee, that An Old Friend spake thusly:
>>> On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:30:01 +0100, Homer chiseled
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>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>>
>>>>> History is not about "beliefs" but about observations and analysis of
>>>>> written records from the time; and for school children those books
>>>>> are obligatory, they are not like choosing a newspaper.
>>>>
>>>> From what I've read of this dÃbÃcle, they're not /changing the facts/
>>>> in their textbooks, but merely changing the way those facts are
>>>> presented. 1 + 1 will still equal 2, and Abraham Lincoln will still
>>>> be the 16th President of the United States, but the tone of the
>>>> textbooks will be altered to be more sympathetic with their beliefs. I
>>>> don't sympathise with those beliefs, but equally I respect their right
>>>> to have them. It's none of my business, I'm sure.
>>>
>>> I have a South Carolina history textbook that was the approved textbook
>>> for high schools in the early to mid 1960s.
>>>
>>> In that textbook, the U.S. Civil War was called "The War of Northern
>>> Aggression" and it included at least one major section of a chapter
>>> devoted to showcasing scientific explanations for why "colored" people
>>> were now (and always would be) genetically inferior to "white" people,
>>> and why the "noble institution" of slavery was actually good for blacks
>>> and the United States.
>>
>> My argument is against persecution, whether it's based on religion,
>> colour, class or any other factor. If religious freedom contravenes
>> other inalienable rights
>
> Under what authority is a right considered inalienable? More than a few
> Southerners believed that the right to own slaves was given to them by God
> through the Bible. They were able to point to scriptural references to
> prove the superiority of whites to other races. They also pointed to
> scripture which stated that if they had to choose between the word of God
> and the laws of man, that they would choose what the Bible said over what
> the laws of men said.
>
>> then it should be curtailed to the extent
>> necessary to protect those rights. But there's a vast gulf between that
>> and militant atheism, which seems to be the main issue in Texas (and
>> elsewhere). What I see is an extremist reaction to what is largely a
>> non-issue. This isn't about protecting people, it's just a pretext for
>> eradicating an entire culture, most of which is entirely benign. They
>> are not slave owners, they're just people who believe in God.
>
> Citizens of South Carolina in the mid-1960s were not slave owners, either.
> They were just people who believed in God. And their state-approved
> history textbooks showcased their belief in God through what they
> considered the Biblically-sanctioned institution of slavery, and their
> struggle against a government that they believed was violating the very
> word of God.
>
> To those Southerners, all the things the government was doing were just a
> pretext for eradicating their entire culture, most of which they
> considered to be entirely benign.
To this date, in YouTube, I occasionally see religious people who justify
slavery using the Holy Book. That helps morality in no way.
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~~ Best of wishes
Dr. Roy S. Schestowitz (Ph.D. Medical Biophysics), Imaging Researcher
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