tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767816867480783958.post4577497956456033607..comments2024-02-29T23:54:20.606-08:00Comments on What had happen' was.....: Responding to Ames Tribune > Archives > Ames Tribune > Opinion > Douglass a secular humanist?mmcelhaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567242628894011776noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767816867480783958.post-43322069404926820402011-02-08T10:27:11.264-08:002011-02-08T10:27:11.264-08:00I did focus on what's written. He suggested th...I did focus on what's written. He suggested that Frederick Douglass rejected religion and Douglass did not. <br /><br />As for attacking Avalos...where? I said I disagreed with him and why I disagree with him and I think he has the bias of trying to claim Frederick Douglass for his side because "secularist" is a term that would have meant nothing in the context of America in late 19th century. It's like claiming Jesus was a Calvinist.mmcelhaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567242628894011776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767816867480783958.post-88968923560412589472011-02-08T03:00:34.819-08:002011-02-08T03:00:34.819-08:00So Avalos doesn't claim that Douglass was an a...So Avalos doesn't claim that Douglass was an atheist... and that's correct. Avalos doesn't claim that secularism and atheism are the same thing... and that's correct. Your "disagreement" with Avalos isn't with anything he wrote, it's with some view that you're just positive he holds, but never actually expresses.<br /><br />Because he just couldn't be possible that you're reading things that aren't there.<br /><br />Would it really be so difficult to focus on what's written and admit that what's written is correct? Or do you feel compelled to attack Avalos because he doesn't share your religion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com