GregP wrote:
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 01:33:04 GMT, (Doug
Miller) wrote:
It is also true that Christians forced an *end* to slavery
in this country and elsewhere.
Some did, others objected, often rather vehemently.
Where slavery still exists, it is only in areas not
dominated by Christians.
It is further true that the Civil Rights movement of the
1960s was Christian to the core.
And Jewish.
Both correct; and both nearsightedly miss the bigger point: The
civil rights "movement" of the 1960's was supported by people of
many religious beliefs (and by people with none) united by a
common sense of injustice and unfairness.
Religious institutions provided rallying points and lines of
communication vital to the movement - but so did many
non-religious institutions (like public schools, colleges,
universities, and fraternal organizations).
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Morris Dovey
DeSoto, Iowa USA