How am I supposed to follow a faith that justified the enslavement of my ancestors?

[pinacled]

Originally Posted by nateswift

Does any of this have ANYthing to do with the OP?

Yes,

[pinacled]

Originally Posted by addim.

You know about Orthodoxy? If so, what's in the incense and the wine? The intoxicants?

It's about the heart youngin.

There are two fires in the Holy place.
If the oil ceases to provide for the candle, the eyes Will dim and a person will fail to find the altar.

[addim.]

Originally Posted by pinacled

It's about the heart youngin.

There are two fires in the Holy place.
If the oil ceases to provide for the candle, the eyes Will dim and a person will fail to find the altar.

I know there's a spiritual side. The heart you're referring to is the heart chakra. The two fires are the crown and brow chakras. I'm all in for that.

But, there's also a dark side, a side that wants to harm America.

But, that's neither here nor there. I smelled some Orthodox incense, and I got a buzz. I want to know what's in it!

[Cryptic]

Originally Posted by WRolle

I am the descendant of people taken from West/Central Africa in chains and forced to work the soil of the land until they died. The brutes that took my people & owned them as property justified their actions with Biblical scripture.

I think you are being too hard on Christianity.

I don't think the New Testament Bible ever justified slavery as in affirmed the practice. Rather, the Bible stated that the practice was simply permitted. This does not mean affirmed, encouraged or condoned.
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