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Phil Robertson Of Duck Dynasty made GLAD Very Mad!

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Berean

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What are Free Speech or 1st Amendment rights? Is it the right to express freely your opinion or belief, free of slander without fear of reprisals? Or is it ideas or beliefs that concur only with what you believe. As long as they don't cry "FIRE" in a crowded theatre, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity have the same right to express their opinions or beliefs as much as Michael Moore, Rachael Anderson. Piers Morgan, Bob Costas or even the Dixie Chicks do.
 

Jerome

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Reformed African American Network: Duck Dynasty and "Happy Blacks"

Evangelicals are outraged at A&E’s suspension of Phil Robertson, patriarch of the family in the hit show “Duck Dynasty.” But did anyone hear what Mr. Robertson said about Black people?

Lots of posts have already been written about Phil’s opinions on human sexuality (here, here, and here to name a few). But I wonder if Christians in the blogosphere and on social media noticed the other statements in article in GQ or just the excerpts about homosexuality.

My wife’s grandmother was a sharecropper in pre-Civil Rights era Louisiana, the very same time and the very same place that Phil Robertson asserts Blacks were “singing and happy.” I had a long conversation with her about the experience of sharecropping and wrote about it (Driving Miss Daisy: A Conversation about Racism, Sharecropping, and the Gospel). Her story is different from the one Mr. Robertson describes.

what my sharecropping grandmother knew and what most all Blacks in that day knew is that you had to comport your self in a certain way around White people. Of course Blacks appeared content! In a day when any hint of disrespect or dissatisfaction could get you fired, your house burned, a family member beaten, or a person killed you learned how to put on a “happy face.” Few Black people would have risked arousing the ire of a White by expressing their true feelings at a particular situation.

It’s possible that Phil Robertson knew Blacks who were genuinely happy. It’s possible that in his community there truly were exceptionally positive relationships between Blacks and Whites. It’s possible, but not likely. What’s probably closer to reality is that he saw Black people who knew the rules. They knew what they could say and do around Whites who held the power. Even if those Whites were lower-income or “white trash” as Mr. Robertson describes it. There was still a cultural curtain separating the races.
 

Bro. Curtis

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We laud the correct stance of Phil Robertson against homosexuality. But we remain quiet about his and the church he attends stance on baptismal regeneration.

Television stations, churches , etc coming to his defense as a "Christian" while never saying anything about the false teachings of him and the church he attends is perplexing.

I've noticed yer awful particular about what sins you speak against, and what sins you don't.
 

Zaac

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I've noticed yer awful particular about what sins you speak against, and what sins you don't.

That's what I've said about yall, the majority clique, on this board. Ain't no need for me to speak against the pet sins of the SBC. Yall got that nailed down. :laugh:
 
Your a Full Bird......What do you think about them looking like a bunch of Mutts?
I think Si was the only one actually in the military, and he's not anymore, so who cares?

By the way, you missed my correction of a typo. I hit a "6" instead of the "5" ... I was a "little bird" or as some might say, a "telephone colonel." :laugh:
 

Earth Wind and Fire

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I think Si was the only one actually in the military, and he's not anymore, so who cares?

By the way, you missed my correction of a typo. I hit a "6" instead of the "5" ... I was a "little bird" or as some might say, a "telephone colonel." :laugh:

LTC.....well almost. I will call ya LTC Frank Slade..... hoorah.

Personally I like to snap & pop ....and look good in whatever I'm wearing. Could never look like a mutt nor have my family project themselves like that but.....
 
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LTC.....well almost. I will call ya LTC Frank Slade..... hoorah.

Personally I like to snap & pop ....and look good in whatever Im wearing. Could never look like a mutt nor have mt family project themselves like that but.....
I did then, and still do. Some people ain't you and me. :thumbsup:

(By the way, I never wear camo these days. Never felt the need to call attention to who I once was.)
 

Yeshua1

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We laud the correct stance of Phil Robertson against homosexuality. But we remain quiet about his and the church he attends stance on baptismal regeneration.

Television stations, churches , etc coming to his defense as a "Christian" while never saying anything about the false teachings of him and the church he attends is perplexing.

has he ever stated though that faith in jesus is not required, or that jesus alone is not sufficient to save sinners?
 

Zaac

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has he ever stated though that faith in jesus is not required, or that jesus alone is not sufficient to save sinners?

It is the teaching of his church and what he teaches. If you watch his videos, he speaks of baptizing folks into Christ.
 

Yeshua1

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Maybe that's why the church is always bringing it up.

probably due to the fact that until rrecent times in America, and in the Body of Christ in America, active homosexuality was a recognized sin, but now its just accepted as another "viable life style!"
 
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