Originally posted by LewisWildermuth
Calm down a litte Alex, I never said the bible teaches it but it has been used to support both bigotry and savery.
Believe it or not I am a Christian too. But I can't lie and say that the Bible has only been used for good purposes. It wasn't intended to be used for bad things, but then neither was TNT.
The idea of a "Chosen People" has often been used to descriminate agains those with dark skin.
The book of leviticus and one of Pauls letters has been used to support slavery.
The crusifiction of Jesus was given as one of the reasons that Hitler wanted to kill off the Jewish people.
Well, the "chosen people" were Israel, and they weren't exactly Caucasian. But this reminds me. Know what the full title of Darwin's greatest hit is?
"The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life." He certainly thought that
he was the favored, or chosen race.
Lewis, i honestly can't find anything in Leviticus that hints at bigotry. Could you be more specific, and about that letter of Paul's too?
First off, the Jews didn't kill Christ. It was the Roman soldiers. But He gave up his life willingly. If Hitler had wanted to punish the ancestors of those responsible for Christ's death, he'd have to start a war against Moussolini and the Italians.
Hitler's move against the Jews,
here's an interesting thing (i know it's from CSE, but he has a source for it). According to that list, if Hitler had been successful killing off all the Jews, he'd move on to blacks (Moussolini had done that in northern Africa), then Oriental people, then to Slavs. I'm pretty much full Slav, myself. And i can't quote this, but i've heard something about Hitler being a quarter Jew.
God bless you, Lewis. It's good talking with you.