
Book Discussion - The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman
Not Overthinking
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Slavery Is Good
In Father William McCuskell's book, What We Are The Future, he talks about the idea of slavery. He argues that abolition of slavery was not necessarily a moral inevitability. And actually, if you go back 500 years, you can somewhat trace the individuals who started movements. This guy in the 17th century would lie down on his doorstep and people would walk over him to get into Quaker meetings. But 50 years later, something else happened; then this other thing happens: All of a sudden, it's like, "Oh, yeah, slavery's bad"
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