Posted on 08/25/2003 7:43:00 PM PDT by Bobby777
Alabama residents are wreaking a nasty revenge on the woman who took their state’s chief justice to court over his religious monument
Aug. 22 — By stubbornly refusing a federal court order to remove the Ten Commandments monument in his courthouse, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has been hailed by Christian fundamentalists as a man of great courage. Lesser known, but no less courageous is the woman who dared stand up to Justice Moore.
FOR HIS DEFIANCE, Moore has become a home-state hero, paving the way for a future run for a U.S. Senate seat. For her brave stand, Melinda Maddox has been run out of town. “He’s the most popular man in Alabama, and I am the least popular woman,” says Maddox, a plaintiff in the lawsuit that declared Moore’s monument unconstitutional and called it “nothing less than an obtrusive year-round religious display.”
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Does the human mind have a purpose?
It seems to me that PC thinking caused the word slave to be changed to servant in 20th century editions of the Bible.
Slavery was, in fact, acceptable to Christian slaveholders during the 18th and earlier centuries.
This happened before Christ and at the beginning. While slaves were necessary to the culture, not all used them and it in no way means they were mistreated, only that they, as a conquered tribe understood what that meant.
The slavery of the later years had nothing to do with war. It became a business where black capitalist operators made money by capturing other tribes for sale overseas.
Another kind of even later slavery occurred in places like Romania, Slovakia and the Balkans. They did not call it slavery, but called it indentured servitude. My grandparents fled that and came to the U.S. As you see, I am not blind to slavery.
No matter if they called them servants or slaves, the fact that is was deemed acceptable does not mean that God would condone it, as you stated. Although quotes from God are rare in scripture, his son did not condone it. The Hebrew language versions of the Ten Commandment have no reference to the word slave. Only your particular Catholic version does.
How strange? But then Catholicism has alway tinkered with words when it suits their purposes and their pocketbook.
As noted by another knowledgeable poster, the King james versions all the way back to the 1700s did not have the word translated as slave when slavery was a legal enterprise.
I think someone took liberty with some words. Not a uncommon thing even today. Especially today.
Servant is also french and goes back to the 12th century.
I do not know what the original wording/wordings were. The meaning of the commandment is clear however.
"take Sunday off".
Condones? Sounds like it is mere acknowledgement of a social reality.
A cursory study of scripture (and other historical documents) would show that the 'slavery' practiced by Israel was not like the slavery practiced by America (or like that still being practiced in the Sudan).
In Israel, an individual could sell themselves into 'slavery' (also called bondservanthood) to solve debt problems or to have a way to obtain the necessities of life if there were no other income options. (There was no bankruptcy court or unemployment insurance back then.)
In addition, there were slaves who were prisoners of war. We in America would think that harsh, but compared to how prisoner's of war are treated by most countries throughout the world, even today, making them slaves was a cakewalk.
And by the way, scripture also says that slaves are freed every 7 years (even if their debt was not paid).
Reminds me of the clauses in most professional services contracts today. Thou shalt not steal away mine employee. LOL
I guess that 'belongs' thing is not such a big deal after all.
Hannah Arendt coined the phrase "the banality of evil". Remember, even Hitler's dogs loved him.
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