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   On 2/18/2015 9:56 AM, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > Actually not even in South Africa. That honour perhaps belongsd to the   
   > Nederduitsh Hervormde Kerk, which included in its constitution the   
   > article that there should be no equality (between black and white) in   
   > church or state.   
   >   
   > They were theologically liberal, but politically conservative (very).   
      
   Considering Galatians 3:28, they'd have to be VERY theologically liberal   
   -- to the point of believing that they were free to completely ignore   
   the teaching of the Apostles and the Fathers of the Church when they   
   disapproved of it -- to take a position like that.   St. Paul   
   doesn't mention "black nor white" in his list, but if that distinction   
   had been a significant issue in the Roman Empire, I'm quite certain that   
   he would have:   
      
     27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on   
     Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave   
     nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one   
     in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are   
     Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.   
      
   Given the early history of Christianity, it's amazing how many parts of   
   it have accepted slavery and slaveholding within the Church. :/  Goes to   
   show just how easy people find it to ignore inconvenient teachings of   
   their religion when it interferes with their personal desires or comfort   
   levels.   
      
      
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