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Originally posted by Faber View PostHere's where I get myself into a little bit of trouble.
Jefferson Davis was (and still is?) an enemy of the United States of America.
And although I in now way respect the religion of Islam, Buddha statues are idols, and God commanded the children of Israel to destroy those idols.
(Incidentally, James Meredith, who was the first black student to attend Ole Miss in the 60s, was upset when the campus later put a statue of him on campus. He is a devout Christian and feels that statues are idolatry.)Last edited by KingsGambit; 05-14-2017, 09:16 PM."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by guacamole View PostIn all seriousness, this whole statue thing is pretty goofy. History is history. Leave them up.
But putting it up in a public place is a celebration of the person. And by doing so, you are asking black people to walk past, on a daily basis, a celebration of a man who tried to keep their ancestors as slaves and who fought against their freedom. In celebrating such a man with a statue, the society today is making a statement of a certain kind, saying 'we approve of this person and what he was famous for', and that is a rather horrible kind of statement to be making given the black people living today in the society and the area.
Moving it to a museum seems rather self-evidently appropriate to me."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
"[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by Faber View PostNo, but God is God. And idols are idols. He hated idols then, and He still does.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostI think it's fair to say that a public statue is in some way a celebration of the person or event which it is raised to. If the statue was in a museum that would be one thing, that would be illustrative of the person and the history, showing what the person looked like and how he was viewed at the time.
But putting it up in a public place is a celebration of the person. And by doing so, you are asking black people to walk past, on a daily basis, a celebration of a man who tried to keep their ancestors as slaves and who fought against their freedom. In celebrating such a man with a statue, the society today is making a statement of a certain kind, saying 'we approve of this person and what he was famous for', and that is a rather horrible kind of statement to be making given the black people living today in the society and the area.
Moving it to a museum seems rather self-evidently appropriate to me.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Originally posted by Jedidiah View PostWhine, whine, whine."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
"[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostI think it's fair to say that a public statue is in some way a celebration of the person or event which it is raised to. If the statue was in a museum that would be one thing, that would be illustrative of the person and the history, showing what the person looked like and how he was viewed at the time.
But putting it up in a public place is a celebration of the person. And by doing so, you are asking black people to walk past, on a daily basis, a celebration of a man who tried to keep their ancestors as slaves and who fought against their freedom. In celebrating such a man with a statue, the society today is making a statement of a certain kind, saying 'we approve of this person and what he was famous for', and that is a rather horrible kind of statement to be making given the black people living today in the society and the area.
Moving it to a museum seems rather self-evidently appropriate to me.
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostI don't disagree with you. Idolatry seems to be among the worst sins, if not the worst, in the Bible. Of course, that doesn't mean that Christians are free to go around willy nilly smashing statues around town (Paul didn't do that when he was looking at idols at the Areopagus), but at the very least it does suggest we shouldn't be outraged when Muslim governments do it.]
(Incidentally, James Meredith, who was the first black student to attend Ole Miss in the 60s, was upset when the campus later put a statue of him on campus. He is a devout Christian and feels that statues are idolatry.)
"Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:" Coloss 3:5
though it is true that idolatry is listed as a sin in its own right
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-201Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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Scripture before Tradition:
but that won't prevent others from
taking it upon themselves to deprive you
of the right to call yourself Christian.
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostAn appropriate response to Seer for creating the OP.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostIt's the same issue as that of displaying the Confederate flag, namely the association with racism and hatred. Both need to be removed from public property because they are an affront to African Americans.
There are lots of blacks living in the south that are proud of the confederate flag. It is not a racist thing at all.
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Originally posted by Sparko View Post[ATTACH=CONFIG]22343[/ATTACH]Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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And then the cancer that is the alt-right rears it's ugly head:
http://www.nbc29.com/story/35422510/...orters-at-park
The statues should stay because they are history, a reminder of the ugliness of our nation's past.
fwiw,
guacamole"Down in the lowlands, where the water is deep,
Hear my cry, hear my shout,
Save me, save me"
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Originally posted by guacamole View PostAnd then the cancer that is the alt-right rears it's ugly head:
fwiw,
guacamoleAtheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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