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History
The American Past: False religious motives and Slavery
Following the European imperialist exploration, the history of the United States becomes a timeline of political reformation, national unification and economic and industrial growth. The Declaration of Independence that was adopted on July 4th, 1776 , gave the United States a sense of freedom, introducing new operations of government, unifying the states as one, and distinguishing the country from any other nation in the world. The form of government and the geopolitical shape that the United States is taking today is the result of the same series of legal doctrine and conventional events that formulated the U.S. constitution in the past.
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According to “Genesis: The Christian Origin Narrative,” it states: “ Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” (Page 7). The latter is subject to various interpretations. For example, Leena Vincenz-Gavin interprets the text as follows : “After seeing His children created so perfectly and so much like Him, He blessed them by saying unto them: Be fruitful; grow in your relationship with Me, Multiply; create a beautiful family, And have dominion over all creation by taking care of it the way I will always take care of you.” In my opinion, this interpretation is as peaceful as it gets. I believe that God has made us men and women to reproduce and multiply through generations. However, the same text could be interpreted in a way that would encourage the spread of Christianity and Christians across the world though converting other non-Christians. At least, this is what the Catholic church applied through the Doctrine of Discovery, in which non-Christians were seen as uncivilized and “need to be enlightened.”
The doctrine of discovery has subsequently led to the spread of missionaries over Africa and the New world. The doctrine has been …show more content…
natural slaves main features include being pieces of property, tools for actions, and belonging to others.
Aristotle addresses the questions of whether slavery can be natural or whether all slavery is contrary to nature and whether it is better for some people to be slaves.
Aristotle's’ ideas strongly influenced medieval Christianity and were widely scattered by the church at that time. Aristotle's’ ideas on masters and slaves were considered by Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries as common
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History
The American Past: False religious motives and Slavery
Following the European imperialist exploration, the history of the United States becomes a timeline of political reformation, national unification and economic and industrial growth. The Declaration of Independence that was adopted on July 4th, 1776 , gave the United States a sense of freedom, introducing new operations of government, unifying the states as one, and distinguishing the country from any other nation in the world. The form of government and the geopolitical shape that the United States is taking today is the result of the same series of legal doctrine and conventional events that formulated the U.S. constitution in the past.
The history of the …show more content…
According to “Genesis: The Christian Origin Narrative,” it states: “ Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” (Page 7). The latter is subject to various interpretations. For example, Leena Vincenz-Gavin interprets the text as follows : “After seeing His children created so perfectly and so much like Him, He blessed them by saying unto them: Be fruitful; grow in your relationship with Me, Multiply; create a beautiful family, And have dominion over all creation by taking care of it the way I will always take care of you.” In my opinion, this interpretation is as peaceful as it gets. I believe that God has made us men and women to reproduce and multiply through generations. However, the same text could be interpreted in a way that would encourage the spread of Christianity and Christians across the world though converting other non-Christians. At least, this is what the Catholic church applied through the Doctrine of Discovery, in which non-Christians were seen as uncivilized and “need to be enlightened.”
The doctrine of discovery has subsequently led to the spread of missionaries over Africa and the New world. The doctrine has been …show more content…
natural slaves main features include being pieces of property, tools for actions, and belonging to others.
Aristotle addresses the questions of whether slavery can be natural or whether all slavery is contrary to nature and whether it is better for some people to be slaves.
Aristotle's’ ideas strongly influenced medieval Christianity and were widely scattered by the church at that time. Aristotle's’ ideas on masters and slaves were considered by Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries as common