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For that some should rule and others be ruled is a thing not only necessary, but expedient; from the hour of their birth, some are marked out for subjection, others for rule... Aristotle, Politics ...nature herself intimates that it is just for the better to have more than the worse, the more powerful than the weaker; and in many ways she shows, among men as well as among animals, and indeed among whole cities and races, that justice consists in the superior ruling over and having more than the inferior. Plato, Gorgias
The prime cause, then, of slavery is sin, which brings man under the dominion of his fellow -‐-‐ that which does not happen save by the judgment of God, with whom is no unrighteousness, and who knows how to award fit punishments to every variety of offence. St Augustine, The City of God, 19:15 for men of outstanding intelligence naturally take command, while those who are less intelligent but of more robust physique, seem intended by nature to act as servants; Thomas Aquinas, Summa Contra Gentiles
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth Apostle Paul -‐ New Testament
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. [Genesis]
Miscegenation: “Miscegenation comes from the Latin miscere, "to mix" and genus, "kind". The word was coined in the U.S. in 1863, and the etymology of the word is tied up with political conflicts during the American Civil War over the abolition of slavery and over the racial segregation of African-‐Americans. The reference to genus was made to emphasize the supposedly distinct biological differences between whites and non-‐whites, though all humans belong to the same genus, Homo, and the same species, Homo sapiens.”
It is fitting, therefore, that we take this occasion to proclaim to the world the essential principles of the faith by which we live, and to declare our aims to all peoples. The American people stand firm in the faith which has inspired this Nation from the beginning. We believe that all men have a right to equal justice under law and equal opportunity to share in the common good. We believe that all men have the right to freedom of thought and expression. We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Racial prejudice is sin. The Biblical doctrines of creation and redemption stress the equality of all men in the sight of God. ... it is the duty of the Church to preach the whole counsel of God [and] rebuke racial prejudice -‐ Carl Henry One of the greatest blots on the history of American churches is the toleration of the prejudicial treatment of minority races .... [rhetorical question] 'Would you want your daughter to marry one of them [context 'a Negro']? 'In a word, Yes! Better that my daughter would marry a believing Negro than a bigoted White’ -‐ John Warwick Montgomery
¡ Racism has been an issue since antiquity ¡ Rooted in concept of “superior”and “inferior” ¡ All created in God’s image ... Descended “from one blood”
¡ Jesus: “Blessed are the peacemakers” ¡ We must be champions of understanding that all are equal