Artfuldodger
Senior Member
I was reading about Jerry Falwell and Bob Jones University, in relation to their stance on race and segregation. What I'm wondering is what was it within Scripture were they using for a justification?
I can see them justifying abortion and anti-homosexuality with scripture but the Bible isn't very clear when it comes to segregation or interracial dating.
It was not until 2000 that Bob Jones University, in the midst of a great uproar, reversed its policy on interracial dating.
Not to just pick on Bob Jones University as it's views were a part of Christianity's views in America for as long time. Bob Jones Sr., the university’s founding president, had famously said, “White folks and colored folks, you listen to me. You cannot run over God’s plan and God’s established order without having trouble. God never meant to have one race. It was not His purpose at all. God has a purpose for each race.”
So where, within scripture, were these Evangelical leaders gathering this message?
Now it's got me wondering that if Scripture never changes, how do we know, as individuals, what else we may have missed? What else has society forced on us to overlook?
I'm not talking about insight from some weirdos. These were God fearing, educated men. They knew the Word. They got so many other things right. How did they miss it on race?
I can see them justifying abortion and anti-homosexuality with scripture but the Bible isn't very clear when it comes to segregation or interracial dating.
It was not until 2000 that Bob Jones University, in the midst of a great uproar, reversed its policy on interracial dating.
Not to just pick on Bob Jones University as it's views were a part of Christianity's views in America for as long time. Bob Jones Sr., the university’s founding president, had famously said, “White folks and colored folks, you listen to me. You cannot run over God’s plan and God’s established order without having trouble. God never meant to have one race. It was not His purpose at all. God has a purpose for each race.”
So where, within scripture, were these Evangelical leaders gathering this message?
Now it's got me wondering that if Scripture never changes, how do we know, as individuals, what else we may have missed? What else has society forced on us to overlook?
I'm not talking about insight from some weirdos. These were God fearing, educated men. They knew the Word. They got so many other things right. How did they miss it on race?