I am, because he is. This is uncontroversial in my branch of Christianity. John Brown was the bloody right hand of god, sent to bring the sword to a land that had fallen short of its promise.
Except, no. If he'd gone after the people responsible or even attacked their town in return it would be justified or understandable respectively, but what he did was wrong.
He didn't go around murdering plantation owners and freeing slaves, he attacked people who hadn't provoked anything.
I am, because he is. This is uncontroversial in my branch of Christianity. John Brown was the bloody right hand of god, sent to bring the sword to a land that had fallen short of its promise.
Except, no. If he'd gone after the people responsible or even attacked their town in return it would be justified or understandable respectively, but what he did was wrong.
He didn't go around murdering plantation owners and freeing slaves, he attacked people who hadn't provoked anything.