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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>Put on your uniforms mateys. The
South is attacking again!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>This time, however, their weapons are so
puny, ridiculous, and ignorance-based that we need not even call out the dog
catcher.</FONT></DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>
<DIV><BR>Wayne</DIV>
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<DIV>Art Deco (Wayne Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ngier@uidaho.edu href="mailto:ngier@uidaho.edu">Nick Gier</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 24, 2004 12:15
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] McBroom on
Slavery</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Greetings:<BR><BR>Ted Ryan: I don't have to go back into
theV2020 archives. All I have to do is turn to page 24 of "Southern
Slavery As It Was" by Wilson and Wilkins and read: <BR><BR>"Slavery as it
existed in the South was not an adversarial relationship with pervasive racial
animosity. Because of its dominantly patriarchal character, it was a
relationship based upon mutual affection and confidence. There has never
been a multi-racial society which has existed with such mutual intimacy and
harmony in the history of the world. The credit for this must go to the
predominance of Christianity. The gospel enabled men who were distinct
in nearly every way, to live and work together, to be friends and often
intimates."<BR><BR>Any reader who reads this would obviously think that this
is support for Southern slavery. And did the vicious racial animosity
just mysteriously appear after the Civil War? Rather absurd proposition,
don't you think?<BR><BR>And if Mr. McBroom is still with us, and even if he
isn't, I would like to quote a passage from his critique of the Southern
Baptist Statement of Repentance about Southern Slavery:<BR><BR>The fact that
slavery, as an institution, not only is allowed for in the Bible but also is
mandated by the god of Scripture is certain circumstances, sets the Southern
Baptist denomination at odds with the Bible--therefore at odds with the god
who gave the Bible. To call slavery a great evil, as was done, is to
proclaim the God who ordained slavery evil.<BR><BR>You could not get a more
pro-slavery statement than that. You will recall that McBroom is a deacon in
Steve Wilkins' church in Louisiana. Does Wilkins support his deacon's
explicit support for slavery? An image of McBroom's full statement can be
found at <A href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/transfer/mcbroom_0695.jpg"
eudora="autourl">http://www.tomandrodna.com/transfer/mcbroom_0695.jpg</A><BR><BR>Nick
Gier<BR><BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica"> </FONT>
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