<p>I could literally fill pages of religious justification for slavery, many written or spoken publicly by ministers and preachers, etc. </p>
<p>We ALWAYS draw lines and defend them with arguments that reach toward sacred judgement. We rarely go back to realize that we were completely wrong and almost never then realize our arguments aren’t actually sacred judgements but rather our guesstimations and conclusions. </p>
<p>I was in Salem, MA last week. Only 1 of the witch trial judges publicly recanted and for that he was abused. The trial and execution of people, almost all women, mostly single and older, for witchcraft is so obviously idiotic we can barely comprehend that otherwise rational and respected people would do this, would believe this … but they did. </p>
<p>Interracial marriage. Gay marriage.</p>