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		By: ken		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/11/09/does-critical-race-theory-threaten-the-gospel/#comment-113620&quot;&gt;donjonesmd&lt;/a&gt;.

&quot;Teach truth that all human beings are created in the image of God. All people, regardless of race have equal value.&quot;




this is not a realistic solution and wouldn&#039;t work (as it hasn&#039;t worked yet).  


the whole &quot;everyone should just be nice to each other&quot; isn&#039;t a solution for anything, it is just wishful thinking that won&#039;t accomplish much. 




&quot;I watched this summer as a number of children with different skin color met in a park and just started playing with each other. They hadn&#039;t met before and they hadn&#039;t been indoctrinated  about racism.&quot;


Except eventually children will start self-segregating as they get older (usually about 3rd grade).


&quot;therefore should be treated with dignity regardless of race or skin color.&quot;


&quot;should be&quot; is not the same as &quot;&lt;em&gt; will be&lt;/em&gt;&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/11/09/does-critical-race-theory-threaten-the-gospel/#comment-113620">donjonesmd</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Teach truth that all human beings are created in the image of God. All people, regardless of race have equal value.&#8221;</p>
<p>this is not a realistic solution and wouldn&#8217;t work (as it hasn&#8217;t worked yet).  </p>
<p>the whole &#8220;everyone should just be nice to each other&#8221; isn&#8217;t a solution for anything, it is just wishful thinking that won&#8217;t accomplish much. </p>
<p>&#8220;I watched this summer as a number of children with different skin color met in a park and just started playing with each other. They hadn&#8217;t met before and they hadn&#8217;t been indoctrinated  about racism.&#8221;</p>
<p>Except eventually children will start self-segregating as they get older (usually about 3rd grade).</p>
<p>&#8220;therefore should be treated with dignity regardless of race or skin color.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;should be&#8221; is not the same as &#8220;<em> will be</em>&#8220;</p>
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		By: donjonesmd		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 19:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/11/09/does-critical-race-theory-threaten-the-gospel/#comment-113598&quot;&gt;ken&lt;/a&gt;.

The solution is simple, the application is hard. Teach truth that all human beings are created in the image of God. All people, regardless of race have equal value. Promote MLK JRs teaching where an individual is not judged on the basis of their skin color, but their character (loose translation). In fact, immerse yourself in some of Thomas Sowell&#039;s writing on racism and race relations.


It certainly appears to me that what we are doing isn&#039;t working but only creating more racism. I watched this summer as a number of children with different skin color met in a park and just started playing with each other. They hadn&#039;t met before and they hadn&#039;t been indoctrinated  about racism. So they just played together and had an enjoyable time before it was time for each to go their own way. They didn&#039;t know any better so they just enjoyed playing together. 



Sure, we need to teach history and the evils of what racism has caused so that we don&#039;t repeat the evils of previous generations. We also need to make sure that we teach that every single race has the ability to be racist. An honest study of history will certainly show that. 


So back to the original statement of teaching and modeling the basic presupposition that every human being is of equal value and worth and therefore should be treated with dignity regardless of race or skin color.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/11/09/does-critical-race-theory-threaten-the-gospel/#comment-113598">ken</a>.</p>
<p>The solution is simple, the application is hard. Teach truth that all human beings are created in the image of God. All people, regardless of race have equal value. Promote MLK JRs teaching where an individual is not judged on the basis of their skin color, but their character (loose translation). In fact, immerse yourself in some of Thomas Sowell&#8217;s writing on racism and race relations.</p>
<p>It certainly appears to me that what we are doing isn&#8217;t working but only creating more racism. I watched this summer as a number of children with different skin color met in a park and just started playing with each other. They hadn&#8217;t met before and they hadn&#8217;t been indoctrinated  about racism. So they just played together and had an enjoyable time before it was time for each to go their own way. They didn&#8217;t know any better so they just enjoyed playing together. </p>
<p>Sure, we need to teach history and the evils of what racism has caused so that we don&#8217;t repeat the evils of previous generations. We also need to make sure that we teach that every single race has the ability to be racist. An honest study of history will certainly show that. </p>
<p>So back to the original statement of teaching and modeling the basic presupposition that every human being is of equal value and worth and therefore should be treated with dignity regardless of race or skin color.</p>
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		By: Neil Rickert		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Rickert]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 13:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/11/09/does-critical-race-theory-threaten-the-gospel/#comment-113602&quot;&gt;Anthony Costello&lt;/a&gt;.

&lt;blockquote&gt;But that is because Christianity in America has devolved into Pragmatism.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

As a pragmatist, I must disagree with that.

Yes American Christianity has evolved into something that is not at all close to what Jesus taught.  But it isn&#039;t pragmatism.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/11/09/does-critical-race-theory-threaten-the-gospel/#comment-113602">Anthony Costello</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>But that is because Christianity in America has devolved into Pragmatism.</p></blockquote>
<p>As a pragmatist, I must disagree with that.</p>
<p>Yes American Christianity has evolved into something that is not at all close to what Jesus taught.  But it isn&#8217;t pragmatism.</p>
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		By: ken		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/11/09/does-critical-race-theory-threaten-the-gospel/#comment-113601&quot;&gt;Anthony Costello&lt;/a&gt;.

&quot;professional academics in legal studies that is not value-neutral but that explicitly takes sides.&quot;


And that is not even &lt;strong&gt;close&lt;/strong&gt; to saying: 


&quot;that impartiality before the Law is a bad concept&quot;


She never said that.   The paper you reference (and other articles in that same issue) is discussing a specific topic, violence towards women of color, and how the existing laws and policies are not helping those women.  So she is &lt;em&gt;suggesting&lt;/em&gt; an alternative to deal &lt;strong&gt;with that specific case&lt;/strong&gt; (and possibly others that she mentioned.) 



&lt;strong&gt;You&lt;/strong&gt; re-interpreted her words and attributed claims to her that she never said.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/11/09/does-critical-race-theory-threaten-the-gospel/#comment-113601">Anthony Costello</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;professional academics in legal studies that is not value-neutral but that explicitly takes sides.&#8221;</p>
<p>And that is not even <strong>close</strong> to saying: </p>
<p>&#8220;that impartiality before the Law is a bad concept&#8221;</p>
<p>She never said that.   The paper you reference (and other articles in that same issue) is discussing a specific topic, violence towards women of color, and how the existing laws and policies are not helping those women.  So she is <em>suggesting</em> an alternative to deal <strong>with that specific case</strong> (and possibly others that she mentioned.) </p>
<p><strong>You</strong> re-interpreted her words and attributed claims to her that she never said.</p>
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		By: ken		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/11/09/does-critical-race-theory-threaten-the-gospel/#comment-113601&quot;&gt;Anthony Costello&lt;/a&gt;.

&quot;my fascist ideologies, like wanting the law to remain neutral.&quot;


I didn&#039;t claim you were fascist.  I said you were the one portraying people who you disagree with as fascists.  



You seem to have some reading comprehension issues.  Would explain a lot about your comments.]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;my fascist ideologies, like wanting the law to remain neutral.&#8221;</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t claim you were fascist.  I said you were the one portraying people who you disagree with as fascists.  </p>
<p>You seem to have some reading comprehension issues.  Would explain a lot about your comments.</p>
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