1.0Love, Joy, Feminismhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminismLibby Annehttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/author/libbyBill Gothard's Disturbing Slavery Apologyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jZP4ZEFk4z"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2016/01/bill-gothards-disturbing-slavery-apology.html">Bill Gothard’s Disturbing Slavery Apology</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2016/01/bill-gothards-disturbing-slavery-apology.html/embed#?secret=jZP4ZEFk4z" width="600" height="338" title="“Bill Gothard’s Disturbing Slavery Apology” — Love, Joy, Feminism" data-secret="jZP4ZEFk4z" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/166/2016/01/african-36432_1280-2.png768384But I'm not actually here to talk about Gothard's new ministry, I'm here to talk about a specific article published on the Life Purpose Power Teams website. It's unclear whether Gothard or one of his staffers wrote article, which explains "how the Civil War could have been avoided," but even if it was written by a staffer it was presumably approved for publication by Gothard. And it's bad. The article lists five things that could have avoided the Civil War. I will list them one by one and respond to each.