BWS

[Douglas <dougwils@moscow.com>]

Dear visionaries,

Rose Huskey has outed me. Was that nice? I ask you.

First things first: Rose says, "In my 'simplistically relativist'
world some things are always wrong . . ." I do not want to say that
anything was wrong with your history courses, but something was seriously
askew in your philosophy and ethics study. "Relativism" and
"some things are always wrong" go together like whiskey and ice
cream. If relativism, then nothing is always wrong. If some things
are always wrong, BWS?

And, cowardly though I am, I will venture a few comments with regard to
slave-ownership:

1. I believe that all men have a Master in heaven;
2. I believe that chattel slavery is the result of sin;
3. I believe that racially based slavery is sin;
4. I believe that Christ sets men free from sin, and thus from slavery in
principle;
5. I believe that Christians are required to work diligently, honestly
and humanely for the freedom of men, women, and children from every form
of slavery;
6. I believe that slave-trading deserves the death penalty;
7. I believe that according to the New Testament, it is possible for
Christians in slave-owning societies to own slaves under certain limited
circumstances without sin, provided they remember points 1-6 above.