Christianity's Great Achievments

[chequita guevara]

Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan, and so and so on, my brain would probably be working better if it weren't 5AM.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
You forgot a third reason for coming out, MrFun.

The Coming Out Party!!!!!

He forgot the first reason as well...

To really pi$$ off your parents!

[Ned]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan, and so and so on, my brain would probably be working better if it weren't 5AM.

Thurmond and Helms are Southerners. You and I seem to agree on this point.

But Reagan? Could you please support your position with at least one example of something he said or did that was racist?

Ned

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Ned
But Reagan? Could you please support your position with at least one example of something he said or did that was racist?

Ned

His attacks on non-existant "welfare queens." His campaign story (in the South) about how everone has seen a "strapping buck" pull out food stamps to pay for a t-bone steak. The War on Drugs, which was mostly a war on Black and Latino communities. Cutting serivces to the poor, which disproportionately impacted minority communities (and women).

[Ned]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


His attacks on non-existant "welfare queens." His campaign story (in the South) about how everone has seen a "strapping buck" pull out food stamps to pay for a t-bone steak. The War on Drugs, which was mostly a war on Black and Latino communities. Cutting serivces to the poor, which disproportionately impacted minority communities (and women).

Thanks. If true, the item about the "strapping buck" does indicate a racist attitude.

The examples concernng welfare could be "racist" and could also be a reflect a bias against welfare in general.

I fail to see how a war on drugs is racist. The consequence of your thinking is that no one could seek to control drugs because of the disproportionate impact on certain minorities.

On the whole, I think Reagan simply grew up in different times and chose a very stupid and racist example to make a point which was motivated by other considerations, not race.

[Sprayber]

I see lots of ramblings here. Some are interesting and some aren't.

The only comment I have for this thread is that there have been many good aspects about Christianity and many bad as well.

Best aspect is the individual faith of the average Christian. Without that, none of the great achievments could have been done.

The worst aspects began when the bishops of Rome became interested in politics and forgot why they were there.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Sprayber

The worst aspects began when the bishops of Rome became interested in politics and forgot why they were there.

Yeah, that is just one of the flaws in the institution of Roman Catholicism.

But look on the positive --- during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's in the Southern states of United States, many white and black priests marched side by side.

But there were other priests who remained quiet, or supported white supremacy.