That's some pretty good backpedaling there. Don't hurt yourself! :laugh:
So instead of "changing up", "backpedaling" is the retort. An instance of miscommunication, and now it can never be corrected.
I think it's simple to understand why the nature of the two groups is different.
Wow.
Can you imagine how short the Bible would be if God would wise up and listen to Eric's wisdom? How dare those stupid prophets criticize folks from other groups! How dare Jesus, Paul, Stephen be so presumptuous as to criticize "other groups..." Sheesh.
That's God-breathed scripture, which you are not! That's what you don't understand.
A large basis of racism was had been people trying to emulate the OT, and claim their group as "the chosen ones", and the others as "cursed". Then, you could even
point at their demonism and other sins as "proving it". That's why this focus on all the exclusive "sins" of the black people looks suspicious. Because this was the "point" being made in the past. And while the whole issue became "hush, hush" in the later political climate, it doesn't look like the views really changed, among some.
The ultimate mistake for those trying to use scripture to justify these sentiments is that
scripture would go on to teach that "all" are "under sin". Even the supposed "chosen race" kept sinning, and ultimately crucified their own Messiah.
So yes, the prophets pointed at others, but then
they also pointed at their own group who kept sinning, and would eventually face national judgment. So the entire "choosing" of a physical nation basically proved the point of all of man's sin. (They're all essentially the same, even though people's particular
behaviors would differ).
The New Testament would then shift the focus from "the
flesh" (physical lineage) to "the Spirit" (Being "in Christ" or not). Those would be the only "groups" that mattered.
You leave off the part where Paul says
"Are we better than they? No, in no wise..."(Rom.3:9)
And the ultimate irony here is that
you (and conservatives in general) were the ones always complaining of "the race card" being played on you. You don't want your race criticized, or in any way addressed regarding perceived wrongs to others.
So now why can you now do it so much? It look almost like some sort of tit-for-tat "payback". You feel it was done to you, so now you're going to do it back. But that isn't right either.
We still come back to this: Eric is more bothered by criticism of African-Americans than he is the murdering of African-American babies.
Can someone say, "Misplaced priorities?"
Yes, on
your part. Because people appear to only be using those babies and the race as a pawn in some game against the liberals, more than caring about the babies themselves (which as Gina said, should not matter as to which race it is). Nobody wants any such "favor".
If you have an actual, real
solution to it, then that might be different.