Originally Posted by antlers
Originally Posted by DBT
Something is true regardless of who happens to believe this or that. The world is what it regardless of how you see it or believe about it. If there is a contradiction between view, one is wrong and the other is right, or both are wrong. Opposing views can't all be right. Somebody has to be wrong.
Tell ‘that’ to the passionate Confederate and the passionate Yankee who both read the same history book about the Civil War...and come up with two entirely different perspectives on the matter.



That's the point. neither side looks at it objectively. Both sides see the world through the filter of their own faith. Neither side sees the bible for what it is, a document of the beliefs of ancient people. Plus the Civil War was fought for many reasons, some economic, some ideological, others religious.