(January 31, 2015 at 10:14 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote: A religion used to justify keeping generations of your ancestors in chains, and generations more of virtual serfdom. A religion used as a weapon against your generation by people who think you're just some animal waiting for a chance to commit crimes, people who hope you get shot because of your skin color and will cheer the killer if it happens.
Why on earth would you choose to involve yourself in a system used in this country to minimize you as a human being?
Religion had nothing to do with slavery, that was pure greed. The love of money is the root of all evil. You think the Catholic church, for instance, committed atrocities for religious reasons? No, it was all about the money, religion was just a cover. They invented things like purgatory, and indulgences (neither are biblical)to essentially con the people out of their money, since people generally couldn't read the Bible for themselves (especially since it was in Latin). The translation of the Bible into English by John Wycliffe angered the Catholic church so much, that, 31 year after he was already dead, they dug up his body and burned it.
Also did not greed cause Judas to betray Jesus?
In correlating slavery with religion, we do a disservice to the abolitionists who fought against slavery (some paying with their lives) by grouping them together.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_...tionist%29
Quote:John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was a white American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. During the 1856 conflict in Kansas, Brown commanded forces at the Battle of Black Jack and the Battle of Osawatomie. Brown's followers also killed five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie. In 1859, Brown led an unsuccessful raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry that ended with his capture. Brown's trial resulted in his conviction and a sentence of death by hanging.
