The USA Is Rerunning The 1850s

"I have wondered lately if the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision isn’t our era’s version of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, sparking a countrywide backlash." - - -

"March 15 is too important a day to ignore. As the man who taught me to use a chainsaw said, it is immortalized by Shakespeare’s famous warning: 'Cedar! Beware the adze of March!'

"He put it that way because the importance of March 15 is, of course, that it is the day in 1820 that Maine, the Pine Tree State, joined the Union.

"Maine statehood had national repercussions. The inhabitants of this northern part of Massachusetts had asked for statehood in 1819, but their petition was stopped dead by southerners who refused to permit a “free state”—one that did not permit slavery—to enter the Union without a corresponding “slave state.” The explosive growth of the northern states had already given free states control of the House of Representatives, but the South held its own in the Senate, where each state got two votes. The admission of Maine would give the North the advantage, and southerners insisted that Maine’s admission be balanced with the admission of a southern slave state lest those opposed to slavery use their power in the federal government to restrict enslavement in the South."

Click on the link below for the rest of the story:

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-15-2024

Texas Myths: They Are More Than The Alamo

"What can the contested and often-mythological history of Texas show us about America today?

"Heather and Joanne use the current impeachment drama surrounding Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as a window into the dramatic and ever-shifting legacies of the Alamo and the Texas oil boom."

Click on the link below for a podcast delving into the truth about Texas history:

Texas Tall-Tales, Ken Paxton. . . And Us

The Moral Character Of The Christian God

Anyone who has studied Christianity knows that the God of the Bible is supposed to be 

All-knowing 

All-Powerful

All-Good 

Look around you at reality. How can such a character/person fit within it?

Click on the two links below for videos falsifying the Christian God:

Is God the Bad Guy?

Making Excuses for Slavery in the Bible

He Was Not Right

"David Crockett (17 August 1786 – 6 March 1836), usually referred to as Davy Crockett, was an American frontiersman, soldier, and politician. After serving as a US Congressman for the state of Tennessee, he joined in the Texas Revolution and died in the Battle of the Alamo." (link)

"All of the combatants inside the Alamo during the 1836 battle knew that they were fighting for the institution of slavery, as surely as they knew they were fighting for Mexican land." (link)

Davy Crockett was not an "American Hero" and the stories of independence for Texas and the Alamo essentially were myths in support of colonialism, Manifest Destiny, and slavery.

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The Full Picture Of Slaves From Africa And Its Effects

"The African continent is famous for its poverty… But many people don’t know the complete reason why Africa is so poor. In this video, we will look from the point when African countries were rich and powerful, how over the centuries Africa lost its wealth, and why Africa hasn’t been able to crawl out of its poverty while so many other countries and former colonies have."

Click on the link below for an enlightened, and depressing, expose' of the effects of the slave trade in Africa:

Why is Africa Still So Poor?

Questions About Slavery Answered

"Why were most slaves in America from West Africa? Slavery has existed throughout history in various forms across the globe, but who became enslaved was almost always based on military conquest. So why did Europeans travel thousands of miles to enslave people from a particular geographic region?"

Click on the link below for the rest of the story:

Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans?

The History Of Slavery

"There are a lot of misconceptions surrounding the institution of slavery, especially here in the United States. These myths often serve pernicious political purposes that can be highly detrimental to a proper conception of history. So here are 10 of those myths debunked in no particular order." 

Click on the link below for a fact-based presentation of the issue. Please note the racism this video stirred up to the point of the need to disable comments, SMH:

10 Common Slavery Myths

Christianity Has No Moral Authority

Modern society generally is in agreement that owning another person (slavery) is immoral. How did humanity finally come to this consensus? Was it through the authority of the major religions of the world? What about Christianity? Click on the link below for an hour-long video exposing the immorality of Christianity regarding this topic, and how slavery was ended by humanistic thinking rebels from religious authority. 

I wonder how much human history would have changed if one of the 10 Commandments stated, "Thou shall not own another human." Of course, there are many other immoral aspects of Christianity, but that is for other posts.

How We Learned That Slavery is Wrong

Slavery And Christian History

Christian apologists have many challenges in defending their unsupported dogma. Included in these challenges are the passages in both the Old and New Testaments that appear to support slavery. The 20-minute video below does an excellent job presenting the truth of the matter.

3 Justifications for Scriptural Slavery - Debunked

The Atlantic Slave Trade (From Both Sides)

The 5-minute video below gives not only an interesting picture of the history of the Atlantic Slave Trade in the Americas but also its effect on Africa. Oh, please, Christian apologists, stop denying the effects of your Bible on this: "- - -  if asked, most slaveholders would have defined themselves as Christian" (link)

Click on the link below:

The Atlantic Slave Trade: what too few textbooks told you

Slavery In The Bible Is NOT A Different Kind Of Slavery

"Slavery, the practice of owning people as property, is never condemned in the Holy Bible. In fact, it’s endorsed by God personally in Leviticus 25. We discuss the character of Biblical slavery, and respond to seven common apologetics in defense of the slavery in the Bible."

Slavery in the Bible

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Long Term, Republicans Had Best Be Careful

"Taking rights away is risky political business. People get mad — which means the Republican Party better get ready."

Want to overturn Roe, Republicans? Get ready for what comes next.

(The Blue Diamond Gallery)

The Root Of All Cruelty?

"Perpetrators of violence, we’re told, dehumanize their victims. The truth is worse."

A lengthy, but a provocative and interesting article on the human motivations toward cruelty to others.

 

Slavery And The Christian Tradition

Slavery was clearly approved of in the Old Testament and no amount of lipstick can make Christianity look good on the matter.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2016/01/the-bible-a-pro-slavery-free-for-all/