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Featured Most Evil Person in American History

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  1. OldRegular

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    :thumbsup::laugh::laugh::laugh:
     
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    Notice the effort to derail the thread and discuss anything and everything except the topic of the thread.

    Folks, slavery caused the civil war, with the north wanting to end it and the south wanting to preserve it. Therefore the southern leaders who took us into war rank among the most evil leaders in American history.

    3 Million slaves were being beaten, chained, abused and murdered in the south. Slavery as practiced in the south was sinful, cruel, vicious and mean.
     
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    Van

    Essentially every piece of trash talk you have posted has been refuted several times. As I recall it was you who derailed the thread with your false accusations. Hopefully the moderator will close this thread NOW!
     
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    Yet another off topic post, another disparagement, devoid of content.

    1) Nothing has been refuted, because slavery was the cause of the civil war.

    2) The topic is who are the most evil leaders in American history and I posted that the southern leaders who took us into war to preserve slavery rank among the most evil.

    3) The south held over 3 million slaves captive, chaining, beating abusing and murdering them while claiming they were subhuman. These slave owners and their enablers were mean, vicious, cruel and sadistic folk.
     
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    Question:Most Evil Person in American History

    Answer: Mika Brzezinski (Female); Chris Matthews (male)

    At least they win for most annoying!:tongue3:
     
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    BB mods for not closing down this thread
     
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    Thats a little harsh, dont ya think?:love2:
     
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    Van,

    First, When are you going to present Scriptures that clearly state God condemning Slavery as evil?

    You certainly haven't - and until you do, it is the Yankee that remains the aggressor.

    The north had absolutely no cause for invading the south, and doing so are responsible for all deaths on both sides.

    Second, these founding fathers agreed that a state could leave the union: Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, John Tyler - in fact it was Adams that advocated for New England to secede from the Union decades before the war.

    Lincoln had NO authority to presume states could not leave the Union. There was NO constitutional authority for the invasion of the South, and not even the general public of the north supported him - the reason he had to have a draft!

    Third, perhaps it would be wise to make a list of the leaders of the north and of the south.

    Then see which had clear testimony as believers. Below is a short beginning point.

    The drunk Grant didn't.

    The storytelling Lincoln didn't.

    The cowardly McClellan didn't.

    The cruel Sherman didn't.

    The Southern leadership had men of the highest character and outstanding qualities.

    Jefferson Davis was one of the most brilliant men of his time. He not only was highly regarded by both north and south, proven courage in battle, but extremely high integrity and moral excellence. Davis read regularly from the Scriptures and was fluent in Greek. He was a devoted believer, and spent a great amount of time in personal devotional, and encouraged others in living Godly. (see: Jefferson Davis)

    Robert E. Lee - NO ONE has gone through West Point with higher marks and not being marked down on some character issue other than Robert E. Lee. His Christian life and testimony are just as sterling. A dedicated believer who is marked as a man of faith. Historians have not found a reason not to proclaim this man a Christian of the most dedicated life in service both to God and country.

    Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson in modern times would be considered autistic. Until he died, he was constantly being a witness of the majesty and glory of God. Not a single historian has pointed to the lack of character nor the inconsistency of Jackson's faithfulness to Christ and service.

    Perhaps there is a need to make a list of leaders from the north that you can hold up as examples of believers who stood upon principle, showed on the field of battle their courage, and resolved in their hearts to live a life of holiness and purity to God.

    To call believers as "the most evil leaders in American history" is wrong.

    In fact, I am not sure (given the clear testimony of not only life lived but devotion to Christ of the top leaders in the south that I gave) that such statements are not an affront to the very throne of God.

    God does not proclaim His own child as evil.
     
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    Still don't understand why you guys can't just walk away from it.
     
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    I keep hoping that Van will look at a bit of the documentation I keep offering him, and actually see why the South was not evil.

    The South was not Scripturally evil for having slaves - but were Scripturally evil in the harsh treatment of slaves.

    The South was not evil in leadership - but (unlike the North) were believers who not only held themselves accountable for conduct and purity, but presented a witness that encouraged others.

    And, I was hoping that someone could actually show by Scriptures that slavery was/is not evil.

    The Scriptures spend time expressing how folks are to be treated. It extends not just to employee and employer, to slave and master, to private and general, rather, no matter the "station" one finds themselves or the authority one has over another; the treatment is what is Scriptural or not.
     
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    After some 430 posts it is obvious neither side is going to be persuaded. Instead of folks complaining that the moderators are not paternalistic enough, why not just stop talking about it and stop trying to have the last word?

    Is anyone big enough to take the high road and just walk away?
     
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    Take your global citizenship & s#%*e-it Superman

    OK....got it.....its SUPERMAN.

    He renounced his U.S. citizenship before the United Nations in Action Comics No. 900.

    Superman's commentary to the press, “I’m tired of having my actions construed as instruments of U.S. policy … ‘truth, justice and the American way’ - it’s not enough anymore.”

    Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/29/take-your-global-citizenship-and-shove-it-superman/#ixzz2rL8vGsXN

    Then its Chris Matthews! :smilewinkgrin:
     
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    God's command states we are to do unto others as we would want others to do unto us. No one in there right mind would climb into that 18" by 48" space and desire to stay put in their own pee and poo.

    The south fired on Fort Sumter.

    The south seceded to preserve slavery.

    The states seceded to preserve slavery.

    Yes, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson all are among the most evil leaders in American history.

    Many believers make shipwreck of their faith by building on the foundation of Christ with straw and hay and the innocent blood sacrificed on the alter of slavery.

    A movie for all those who think slavery did not cause the civil war is "Amazing Grace." It is about ending the slave trade within the British empire through legislation. But the south chose armed conflict to preserve the cruel, mean, sinful and heinous crime against humanity that is slavery.
     
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    The slave trade with England ended in 1807, long before the Civil War began.

    Near the end of the war, the Confederacy began enlisting and arming black troops. General Lee asked the Confederate government for help. "We must decide whether slavery shall be extinguished by our enemies and the slaves be used against us, or use them ourselves." Lee asked that the slaves be freed as a condition of fighting. He and other Confederate commanders, such as Pat Cleburn, desired independence more than they did the continuation of slavery.
     
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    Because Baptists are just contrary folks.
     
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    Word . . . :smilewinkgrin:
     
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    Hi Lewis, thanks for contributing actual information. The issue whether slavery was the cause of the civil war. In contrast, the British did not have a civil war over the slave trade, but recognized how toxic slavery is to anyone associated with it. But on the contrary, the South chose to secede, fire on Fort Sumter, and take whatever action to preserve slavery, making the southern leaders among the most evil in American history.

    When the south seceded, it was to preserve slavery, as said in their secession statements.
     
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    The character of Van is demonstrated in the above statement.

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    The character of Robert E. Lee is shown in the following letter:

    I took the liberty of bolding certain statements.

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    The character of Stonewall Jackson is shown in the following:

    
     
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    Hi Van, and yes facts are helpful aren't they.

    Slavery obviously was an issue. However, in the slave states there were as many opinions as to what the war was about as there were in the non-slave states. And just as many opinions in the north. Even Lincoln stated that the war was only about preserving the union. The fact is that most southerners did not own slaves.
     
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    The secession statements clearly indicate secession was over the issue of slavery. Many of the reasons given, i.e. economics, arise due to slavery, i.e. the slave economy, and so beneath much of the rhetoric stands slavery.

    For example, the battle to "preserve the Union" meant the battle to "end slavery." A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Or the battle for states rights meant the battle over the state right to preserve slavery.
     
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