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    The old crackas religion


    “After the South lost the Civil War, slavery was abolished, but slaveholder religion never went away,” he says. “It never repented. And it is with us still.”


    Not convinced? Neither was Wilson-Hartgrove until he went back to read the many sermons and books from the mid-19th century, which remain in many American theological libraries until today. He was shocked by how familiar they felt. Slaveholder propaganda was eerily similar to the messages propagated by 21st-century conservative white evangelicals.


    When researching this book in 2016, I spent a lot of time reading sermons by white Southern preachers during Reconstruction — the brief period when black people had political power after the Civil War. I was struck by how much they sounded like Trump.

    The nation was in trouble, Washington was a den of corruption, and somebody needed to rise up and “take our country back.” This was the language of slaveholder religion after abolition. It was all about white supremacy, but it was framed as a moral crusade. Historians call it the “Redemption Movement” because it really was a matter of faith for white Southerners. Just as “Make America Great Again” is a matter of faith for many today.


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    Quote Originally Posted by guno View Post
    The old crackas religion


    “After the South lost the Civil War, slavery was abolished, but slaveholder religion never went away,” he says. “It never repented. And it is with us still.”


    Not convinced? Neither was Wilson-Hartgrove until he went back to read the many sermons and books from the mid-19th century, which remain in many American theological libraries until today. He was shocked by how familiar they felt. Slaveholder propaganda was eerily similar to the messages propagated by 21st-century conservative white evangelicals.


    When researching this book in 2016, I spent a lot of time reading sermons by white Southern preachers during Reconstruction — the brief period when black people had political power after the Civil War. I was struck by how much they sounded like Trump.

    The nation was in trouble, Washington was a den of corruption, and somebody needed to rise up and “take our country back.” This was the language of slaveholder religion after abolition. It was all about white supremacy, but it was framed as a moral crusade. Historians call it the “Redemption Movement” because it really was a matter of faith for white Southerners. Just as “Make America Great Again” is a matter of faith for many today.


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    Yet Democrats are more than willing to allow blacks to be slaves to them. Interesting how Democrats were the ones that believed in slavery then and still believe in it now. Some things just don't change do they?

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    demmycrats certainly believe they own the black vote.......

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    Since Christianity is essentially about change, the 'religious', who go in for conservatism and licking arses, can't begin to understand what it is, let alone escape from their Devilworship.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iolo View Post
    Since Christianity is essentially about change, the 'religious', who go in for conservatism and licking arses, can't begin to understand what it is, let alone escape from their Devilworship.
    it's about change AWAY from bad choices like those you have made.......

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    Many used the bible as an apology or acceptance of slavery, read Calhoun sometime. Look at our evangelicals today? Can you spell phony Christian? When taxes were mentioned for religious organizations etc, their political power came to fruition. Money is the root of all politics, the bible needs a rephrasing. But God is good and especially here in America. I just saw a piece on an immigrant from Slovenian wearing a six thousand dollar leather jacket. Now come on deplorables you gotta admit that's pretty splendid. Immigrants do well provided they are not in real need (pretty helps) as those at the Mexican border demonstrate. Maybe the American Evangelicals will help them you think? Heard they contributed to that jacket with votes and cash? God is watching them, I heard this someplace or another. Anyone know if there is any truth to that?

    “The two great divisions of society are not the rich and poor, but white and black, and all the former, the poor as well as the rich, belong to the upper class, and are respected and treated as equals.” John C. Calhoun, South Carolina’s senior senator, declared on the Senate floor in 1848

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