(December 4, 2021 at 7:42 pm)T.J. Wrote: When I mention sins I'm talking about the fact that hundreds of years ago the people who came to this country slaughtered the people who were here first and took their land. Later they enslaved the blacks, treated women like property and wouldn't even allow them to vote until as soon as 1920. Sending the Japanese people into camps after the attack at Pearl Harbor. And I'm sure the list just gets bigger and bigger.
Is there anyway for America to truly confront its past and change for the better or is it just too great a wound to heal?
Discuss.
You know, I got asked about this the other day by another atheist and I was sorta puzzled I've never heard of this before that's why.
I also don't understand how that's any different than a Christian expecting us to pay for our parent's sins and our parents parents sins it's the same silly concept.
Do I believe in respecting human rights and people's freedoms absolutely! But I don't think we can repay anything other than going forward and not repeating the past mistakes.
Unless that's what it already means? I'm not entirely sure so bare with me.
