San Diego Bear said:
Way to go Baylor!!!! Love it.
In a country where black lives have never mattered, and the wrongs never been addressed or repaired, the only answer to Black Lives Matter is, "Yes." Pew Research cited that 75% of the black community participate in church and believe the Bible is the word of God. There is no danger of Marxism in this country. That fear is so tired, and is a manipulative tool and red haring to distract us from truth telling and righting wrongs.
Let me guess, the fact that 400 (almost all white) Americans have more wealth then the entire black population, and 25% of the Latinx population doesn't bother you?!? Esp. since generationally it's been built on the backs of exploited people groups? American was built on cattel slavery. Capitalism doesn't exactly reflect God's image either ya know! And, chattel slavery is NOT Christian, even though Scripture was used to justify it.
I wish people would use the same logic with their love of Trump. It's amazing how Christians seem to be OK with looking past his detestable character and behavior and cite some other reason they support him, like supreme court justice nominees, etc...And fail to do this with the BLM movement. It'a all an excuse to keep the status quo, which in turn keep the racial hierarchies going strong.
Do you even know what socialism is? The danger of socialism in this country is definitely real because we already have plenty of it: public education, government run health care, large swaths of public lands, government politicians & bureaucrats taking our money and freedom to gain power, etc. Those are all the examples of socialism based upon Marxist philosophy. Is there much danger of a revolution? Probably not, although BLM & others seem to be preparing for one.
Yes, most blacks are Christians and fine people who want nothing to do with the craziness done supposedly in their name, but they also still vote overwhelmingly for the party that supported slavery, fought to the death to preserve it, created and maintained for a century Jim Crow & the KKK, and are now ruled by a bunch of rich white guys (since you care about that distinction) determined to take more power at the expense of our freedoms. Oh yes, these same rich white guys also have no problem with rioters & looters destroying the lives, jobs, & businesses of black people in American cities or abortionists killing thousands of black babies every year. Black voters may surprise everyone and vote for Trump in record numbers.
Capitalism is not about exploitation or slavery but socialism is.
Socialism IS slavery. Have you ever thought about why the socialists built the Berlin Wall? America builds walls to limit the number of people coming into our country, socialists build them to keep their own people from escaping. You are absolutely correct about one thing, though:
chattel slavery is not Christian. But Jesus Christ was not a revolutionary: He neither defended slavery nor criticized it. He came to save men's souls, nothing else. Christianity has been abused throughout the centuries to justify all kinds of evils such as slavery, antisemitism, the Crusades, the KKK, and socialism.
This discussion has nothing to do with Trump except that many on the Left are willing to justify all kinds of evil deeds, crimes, fraud, lies, deceit, etc in their efforts to defeat him. The irony is that those efforts might help him win. But since you bring up Trump: yes, he has his character flaws but he also has shown far more leadership over the past couple years than anyone else in Washington. And do you think Joe Biden has a better character? The guy lies all the time and cusses out ordinary citizens. He has believable sexual assault charges hanging over him and a disturbing tendency to touch women (including children) in very inappropriate ways. We have all seen the photos. Is he another Leftist pervert like Bill Clinton, Harvey Weinstein, Ted Kennedy, etc? I hope not but we may never know. The Leftist media has been successfully covering up for them for decades.
The Christians I know who support Trump do so because they see him as clearly the better choice. They also see him as a man who has changed: he's not the same man who cheated on his earlier wives before divorcing them.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
