Sentences with phrase «argue over slavery»
Remember this is a culture that had to argue over slavery and other basic civil rights, so the power of evil is still prevalent.
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When southern Baptists from Alabama and Georgia petitioned to have slaveholders appointed as convention missionaries in 1844, the convention refused to consider them, arguing that doing so would force them to take a side in the debate over slavery.
«Neither Peter in his work to include Gentiles in the church nor the abolitionists in their campaign against slavery argued that their experience should take precedence over Scripture,» writes Matthew.
In fact, similar arguments abound — BP's justification for developing Canadian tar sands was the same as that of British politicians who argued for slavery — «otherwise, the international competition will take over / those resources are going to be developed anyway.»