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Q. Where was the Lord? A. Where is the Confederacy now?

tasty_freeze 7y ago
Can you explain why you think what you said was exculpatory for God's inaction? Even if you somehow just accept that because slavery ended in the US after generations of horrifying cruelty, how do you reconcile your response with the fact that human slavery is still practiced to this very day in many places?
- the_pwner224 7y ago
  Its still legal in the US for prisoners. Esp. in privately owned and operated prisons (which get govt. contracts requiring a minimum number of cells to remain filled), the slaves are forced to work for American companies and get pennies per hour.
danesparza 7y ago
Alive and well, but using other names. The KKK was formed after the Civil War (and the Confederacy). Jim Crow Laws were long after the Confederacy supposedly died. The Civil Rights movement (specifically in Selma Alabama) was long after the Confederacy.
- gumby 7y ago
  Parchman and Angola. Jim Crow laws were used as the model for the Nuremberg Laws and Mein Kampf calls out the achievements of white supremacy in the USA.
wmeredith 7y ago
Oh please. This is beyond naive. There are ~10x more slaves in the world today (30,000,000 [2]) than there were at the height of the Confederacy (3,500,000 [1]). If this is truly your answer to “Where was God?” I ask you, “Where is God?” Sources: [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_Americ... [2]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/10/17/this-map-shows-where-the-worlds-30-million-slaves-live-there-are-60000-in-the-u-s/?utm_term=.036ce1367dc5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/10/17...
- dang 7y ago
  > Oh please. This is beyond naive Would you please edit snarky bits and name calling out of your comments here? They degrade discussion and invite worse. This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

Can you explain why you think what you said was exculpatory for God's inaction? Even if you somehow just accept that because slavery ended in the US after generations of horrifying cruelty, how do you reconcile your response with the fact that human slavery is still practiced to this very day in many places?

the_pwner224 7y ago
Its still legal in the US for prisoners. Esp. in privately owned and operated prisons (which get govt. contracts requiring a minimum number of cells to remain filled), the slaves are forced to work for American companies and get pennies per hour.

danesparza 7y ago

Alive and well, but using other names. The KKK was formed after the Civil War (and the Confederacy). Jim Crow Laws were long after the Confederacy supposedly died. The Civil Rights movement (specifically in Selma Alabama) was long after the Confederacy.

gumby 7y ago
Parchman and Angola. Jim Crow laws were used as the model for the Nuremberg Laws and Mein Kampf calls out the achievements of white supremacy in the USA.

wmeredith 7y ago

Oh please. This is beyond naive. There are ~10x more slaves in the world today (30,000,000 [2]) than there were at the height of the Confederacy (3,500,000 [1]). If this is truly your answer to “Where was God?” I ask you, “Where is God?” Sources: [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_Americ... [2]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/10/17/this-map-shows-where-the-worlds-30-million-slaves-live-there-are-60000-in-the-u-s/?utm_term=.036ce1367dc5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/10/17...

dang 7y ago
> Oh please. This is beyond naive Would you please edit snarky bits and name calling out of your comments here? They degrade discussion and invite worse. This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.