Frederick Douglass wrote in “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” (which can be found in A House Divided: The Antebellum Slavery Debates in America, 1776-1865): The church of this country is not only indifferent to the wrongs of the slave, it actually takes sides with the oppressors. It has made itself the [...]
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Black And Godless In America
July 4th, 2010
Daniel Fincke Listen to Jamila Bey and Norm Allen describe their experience as atheists unifying. For a taste of what they have to say, here is Jamila Bey in The Root: Among black folks, if you’re a criminal who shows up at a service on whatever Sabbath you subscribe to, you’re just a fallen human who is [...]
Biblical Slavery, In Context
September 24th, 2009
Daniel Fincke Does the Bible REALLY endorse slavery, when read in CONTEXT??? Yes, yes it does. Leviticus 25:44-46: ‘As for your male and female slaves whom you may have– you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you. Then, too, it is out of the sons of the sojourners who live [...]




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