Well, not sure how “fun” it is, but here are 10 Fun Facts About Charles Darwin. Didn’t know about the backgammon obsession.
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Slavery was never sanctioned by God, though men in the Bible practiced it.
Well, I had some fun.
I liked his pros and cons of marrying his cousin.
Thanks for posting this. I didn’t know that he went from being a strong believer to agnostic.
“Slavery was never sanctioned by God, though men in the Bible practiced it.”
Wish you’d been around in the Confederate south. They seemed pretty convinced that slavery was part of god’s plan. Maybe you could have used your compelling logic to prove to them otherwise.
… of course, then they would have just lynched you.
Does God approve of slavery? Skeptic’s annotated bible explores the question:
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/slavery.html
I guess my view is closer to that of our founding fathers, that the creator gave all people the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
If you see the word ‘maidservant’ or ‘manservant’ in the bible, that is a deliberate mistranslation of the greek word for slave. A deliberate mistranslation, and one with historical records still existing of the reasons for the decision. The same applies for the words ‘church’ and ‘congregation.’
So, since many versions of the ten commandments mention maidservants and manservants (household slaves) the bible does in fact not only condone but support the existence of slavery.
“I guess my view is closer to that of our founding fathers, that the creator gave all people the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
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Would these be the same founding fathers who owned slaves themselves? Who added the 3/5 clause to the Constitution? And the fugitive slave article? They, sadly, considered slaves to be property and not persons. That renders all their soaring rhetoric moot. It’s real easy to wax poetic about the rights and virtues of the people, when you define ‘people’ to mean yourself and people just like you.
Remember, the Declaration was a throwaway document, intended to make the break from England official and couch it in flowery, idealistic prose. They were already at war, they had already made the important vote, the Declaration was just an official nicety. Jefferson wrote it in a hurry, and only a few bits were modified in committee. It wasn’t until decades later that it began to be considered the great founding document. I doubt that anyone in government really took it seriously.
Well, except Jefferson. But he was capable of believing seven contradictory things at the same time, so I’m not sure it really matters.
murrowcronkite: “Slavery was never sanctioned by God, though men in the Bible practiced it.”
How do you distinguish between “things that The Bible says that God said” and “things that God actually said”?
“How do you distinguish between “things that The Bible says that God said” and “things that God actually said”?”
Don’t you remember the old bumper sticker?
“I Believe It, God Said It, That Does It!”
OK, maybe it didn’t go exactly like that, but this version is more accurate.