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And you allowed yourself to be shackled?:)Good catch. My ex-wife was a slave owner.
And you allowed yourself to be shackled?:)
ahhh, the art of confusion through fake news, ie miserable exegesis. It has a strong grip if it's believed and double strong if it's defended.
.....and Jesus said 'are you still asleep. Pray that ye enter not into temptation' ....but their eyes were heavy.
Most white people have a excuse to not trust other races,
Mmmm. I wonder why? Perhaps its because the Aborigines were hunted down like so many rich adventurers do on a safari in Africa...or like the buffalo were hunted down and slaughtered from trains in the US? Or perhaps its because white folk so kindly took the gold and diamonds out of Africa leaving behind useless land and broken promises. Or again, perhaps its because the native Americans are relegated as 3rd rate citizens as they struggle with addictions and poverty on so-called reservations. Perhaps its because the Maori were deceived into thinking their language needed to be banned, so they taught their own children to learn English exclusively to the detriment of their own culture...not to mention the loss of most of their own country to a foreign invader. Now where else did the mighty white person set up camp to the detriment of the local populace...oh yes, right. South America...nearly all of it. Oh yes, all of North America as well. Then in NA they imported foreigners and offered them "employment". Malaysia. Singapore. Burma. India. Zimbabwe. South Africa. And several other African nations.Most white people have a excuse to not trust other races
Do the blacks have a right to hold a grudge for what was done to their enslaved ancestors? Let me say I have never suffered racism so maybe I don’t know. Maybe when they say they are always a target, maybe they are. But it is the mentality that “since my ancestors where treated so poorly,
it gives me a free pass (forever)to be bitter and full of hate and blame toward whites.” Whites who were not there during slavery. The same could be said for whites if they lump blacks today in with the “slave” mentality and consider them beneath the whites...always at the bottom. I ask because it has really bothered me the last couple of days on how it seems very near to: God holds a grudge(forever). How during a seven year period God will unleash His wrath on people that were not even alive in the Old Testament or at the time of the crucifixion. For seven years God will finish what He started in Daniel on a totally different generation for a seven year period? (It is said the seven year period is) For the Jews to acknowledge Him as their saviour and Lord. But it is not the same Jews that lived then? It is a whole new generation. Is it a grudge?
John 10:17
[17] Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
However, I would ask a question. If your grandfather's new car was stolen, and 100 years later you discovered it a local museum, would you not have the right to claim it back on behalf of the family?
I agree that forgiveness is the only way to freedom from revenge...grudges...resentment. That doesn't mean that the present day black folk do not have a very good reason to feel aggrieved on behalf of their forbears. That they forgive at all is a miracle...it is by virtue of the grace of God within them...who are we to demand they forgive? Most aren't Christians. Many of course are...and they have trouble enough with forgiveness let alone their non-Christian brothers and sisters.It’s a good question. Consider what His word says when we suffer an injustice. Stephen was stoned and those that stoned Stephen laid their coats at Sauls feet as the one who gave the command. Paul spoke on how he enslaved in bondage and persecuted the church. Stephen’s executioner was handed the ministry of the gospel of peace. Was this justice for Stephen’s murder? Galatians 1:23-24 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. [24] And they glorified God in me.
God says there is a more excellent way than grudges. His word repeatedly says if we suffer a wrong it doesn’t go unseen but it is not up to us to repay for an injustice. Proverbs 30:33
[33] Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
That they forgive at all is a miracle
I doo that some think somtames two.Fixed.
I misted on proofreading.
If we went by this criterion, there is not a single person in the world who should not be holding grudges based upon what happened to theirs forbears.That doesn't mean that the present day black folk do not have a very good reason to feel aggrieved on behalf of their forbears.
If we went by this criterion, there is not a single person in the world who should not be holding grudges based upon what happened to theirs forbears.
Go into the history of any country, and someone was oppressing someone else all along. And the animosity between the English, the Scots, the Irish, and the French continues to this day. In Canada, the French still believe that the rest of Canada owes them a living because they were soundly defeated by the English.
What is needed today is for all non-blacks to tell American blacks that it is time to stop this nonsense and get on with life. Any black person in the USA is 100% better off than anyone in the Congo or Somalia for example.
If you mean over slavery, absolutely not.
No black alive today was ever a slave. No white was ever a slave owner.
I was using your thread to bounce into a parallel issue, that being exegesis....conclusions drawn from a flawed understanding of prophecy/scripture.Not sure what you mean? Do you mean none of it is real, there are no grudges, it is all fake news?
White folk ? really ! Jews most likely were the biggest problem as it was they who were involved in the legal reality's of almost everything and many white people coped the wrong end of the stick as well in such dealings, most white people did not have the education of anywhere near that of the Jews who controlled so much in such dealings and truth be told most whites still don't have a clue.Mmmm. I wonder why? Perhaps its because the Aborigines were hunted down like so many rich adventurers do on a safari in Africa...or like the buffalo were hunted down and slaughtered from trains in the US? Or perhaps its because white folk so kindly took the gold and diamonds out of Africa leaving behind useless land and broken promises. Or again, perhaps its because the native Americans are relegated as 3rd rate citizens as they struggle with addictions and poverty on so-called reservations. Perhaps its because the Maori were deceived into thinking their language needed to be banned, so they taught their own children to learn English exclusively to the detriment of their own culture...not to mention the loss of most of their own country to a foreign invader. Now where else did the mighty white person set up camp to the detriment of the local populace...oh yes, right. South America...nearly all of it. Oh yes, all of North America as well. Then in NA they imported foreigners and offered them "employment". Malaysia. Singapore. Burma. India. Zimbabwe. South Africa. And several other African nations.
But they were centuries ago you might say. The coloured folk just need to get over it. Sure. Easy to say huh. But some aren't that long ago. Ever heard of that island chain half way between America and Japan....Hawaii? Stolen from the native Hawaiians in our lifetime. Just straight out and out grand theft. The royal family booted out physically from their home, which was taken over by the American government. Yes, I would say that a white fella who wanders around with his nose stuck up in the air with the arrogance of a ignorant pig would have every reason to fear.