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Originally Posted by Praxeas
hypothetical: You are behind the iron curtain 2 decades ago. You come to the conclusion Jesus is Lord. It's illegal to be a bible believing Christian let alone own one...
you A) obey the law of the day
B) disobey because a real christian obeys God not man
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And your point being?
the hypothetical has nothing to do with the basic idea I put forth. That being that one cannot properly judge a historical figure without first knowing the culture and theology of the time and that we should be open to evaluating our beliefs for the possiblity of being held captive to our times. Was Calvin wrong by committing "murder." Sure. He should not have done it. But did he see it as "murder." No way.
Example, The history of how white OP in the south excluded the oneness blacks of the north has been well documented and even written about on this forum. But to say they were just racist is only part truth. Travel was not as easy then as now, blacks could not easily come south and could not stay in Hotels. Many whites did not have funds to travel to the north. Unity between blacks and whites was hard to maintain when the whole culture of America was about seperation. Could they have tried harder? Possibly. But if that history were being written about all these factors would have to be considered.
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