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A heritage as good as hate: dismantling the Defense of the South

Mar 12, 2018 by Dr. Joel McDurmon Leave a Comment

As mentioned, yesterday’s post was only the tip of the iceberg of Chapter 9 in The Problem of Slavery in Christian America. Thankfully, Joe Salant has followed up with the finalized audio for the whole chapter. Here’s his take on it: Within the context of systematically dismantling the claims and moral credibility of perhaps American slavery’s […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Declaration of Independence, kidnapping, manstealing, problem of slavery, racism, rape, revisionism, robert. l dabney, slavery

Black History Month and the mind of Christ

Feb 15, 2018 by Dr. Joel McDurmon Leave a Comment

Just a brief note today on Black History Month hopefully to awaken a few to the extent to which the beliefs of our forefathers, and spiritual forefathers, were far more repugnant and entrenched than we have usually realized, and far more deeply embedded in the teachings of the spiritual leadership—i.e., the churches and pulpits—than we […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Black History Month, Christian Index, Declaration of Independence, equality, free markets, Henry Holcombe Tucker, racism, slavery, southern baptist

The military and war in a free society

Jul 19, 2017 by Dr. Joel McDurmon 37 Comments

Restoring America One County at a Time Chapter 9: National Defense 9.1 National Defense in a Free Society (Part 2) Raising an Army Picking up from our review of the first major passage on preventing the warfare state, the second relevant passage covers both the laws for a militia and for waging warfare, all found […]

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States’ rights: how they were once free

Sep 2, 2016 by Dr. Joel McDurmon 94 Comments

Restoring America One County at a Time Chapter 4: State’s Rights 4.1 Freedom and State’s Rights: How it used to be The last chapter dealt with the primary issue of decentralizing government. The goal is to decentralize as much as possible, ultimately leaving individuals as free as possible and dealing only with local units of […]

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Deliverance from our Stockholm’s Syndrome

Aug 17, 2016 by Trevaris Tutt 17 Comments

We may feel proactive and involved in change, especially by figuring out whom to vote for in this upcoming election, but the truth is we are complacent and comfortable. We think progress is the State changing abortion laws from it being illegal at nine months to it being illegal at only three months. We think […]

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