Billy Graham dies at 99

alh
Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:27:14 +0000

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/stan-duncan/im-a-christian-therefore-_b_7707578.html

When I hear of my brothers and sisters in the faith protesting full equality for gay people in the name of the Bible, it breaks my heart… Jesus never said a single word about gays or lesbians or same-sex marriage, or any of the other social issues that so many people seem to be possessed with fighting today

https://ctlsites.uga.edu/hist2111-wolf2015/2015/11/30/the-development-of-pro-slavery-ideology-in-the-antebellum-south-2/

Though the North used the Bible to try to discredit slavery, arguing that it was morally wrong to treat another human in such a manner, the South also used the Bible as one of their primary reasons as to why slavery did not need to be abolished. To support this argument, the South drew upon the outlook that slavery was not only allowed in the Old Testament, but that it was also a common practice.

Why does any of it matter? Maybe because history does seem to repeat itself, over and over.