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To believe Christianity stands in opposition to slavery is at best to think anachronistically and at worst to not understand Christianity.

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Derrick Jensen
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: December 19
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Stand with me. Stand and fight. I am one, and we would be two. Two more might join and we would be four. When four more join we will be eight. We will be eight people fighting whom others will join. And then more people. And more. Stand and fight.
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