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Old 02-26-2017, 09:55 AM   #504
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Default Re: Politics and the Church

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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah View Post
Slavery in the US was accompanied with many who tried to "justify" it with Bible verses. My guess is that Awareness can give many excellent examples to support this claim.
But that was 160 years ago. And history tells us that the Democrats in power, northern and southern, are the ones who kept slavery in place.

Shall I maintain the same bigoted attitudes towards all Catholics today for what the Pope did in 1487?

And concerning slavery, the Bible is basically neutral towards the institution.
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