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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Fantastic!,
This review is from: Great Civil War Debate: Rev. Peter Marshall vs. Rev. Steve Wilkins [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This was a fantastic debate which really went to the core issues of the War Between the States, and beyond. After a rousing debate, Steve Wilkens went on to warn the American people of the liberties that we have lost, and exposing the myths that I grew up with, as a result of government schooling in the North. I do feel sorry for his opponent...he looked frustrated and was caught in some serious illogic...even refusing to answer a question at one point, but, because he took the stands he did, he needed to be answered. Steve Wilkens showed that Christians who believe the bible need not be ashamed by the moralists who condemn slavery outright, rather than man's ill treatment of fellowman. I also thought that Marshall was shown to have some serious disbelief of Scripture by refusing to yield his intellect. Both men were well prepared and I think tha this is one of the most important tools of learning that you can give someone who is a product of government schools, especially here in the North. Great job, by the way, with the scenes, mikes, and other logistics.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Setting the Standard!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Great Civil War Debate: Rev. Peter Marshall vs. Rev. Steve Wilkins [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This is without a doubt the best modern debate on the American Civil War I have ever seen! Both sides are well prepared and versed in their subject areas. Rev. Wilkins presents an outstanding defense of the Southern position and destroys many of the myths that fill the 21st century mind about this terrible period in our national history. Rev. Marshall seeks to defend the Union position. However, to this reviewer, he seeks only to support the position of the victor. Wilkins uses many documented and little known historical facts which are seldom mentioned or taught in the public arena of present day education. I highly endorse this video as necessary to any course in America History! This work sets the standard is historical debate and education!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very important debate,
By Christopher Schwinger (Kansas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Great Civil War Debate: Rev. Peter Marshall vs. Rev. Steve Wilkins [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This was a delight to watch, and I only wish more events like this could be held to deal with the growing Civil War revisionism. It is an issue I have spent many hours studying, and so it was a pleasure to see Peter Marshall so clearly articulate what I'd learned through many hours of reading. The Civil War was, as Marshall said, not about economics or preserving states' rights, but about the slave issue. His opponent had the more persuasive rhetoric, but his limited historical proofs were nearly always half-truths, and Marshall took him to task for that. Marshall was clearly superior in historical knowledge, and it beats me how anyone could come away thinking his opponent was still right. His opponent used a logical fallacy called a false dilemma, claiming that if you don't like today's big government "nanny state", you are agreeing that the Confederacy is right. Just because the Civil War resulted in a necessary expansion of government on the part of the Union does not make the South's cause right! I also highly recommend the book Vindicating Lincoln by Thomas Kranawitter, but it is a lot more tedious to work through than this. I only wish Peter Marshall had gotten another chance to rebut his opponent, who claimed last thing that Lincoln didn't care about his own troops because he didn't send medical aid to Union POWs at Andersonville prison in Georgia. Lincoln stopped negotiating with the South about prisoners because a Confederate general massacred a Union army of blacks instead of taking them prisoner. This debate should ease your mind if you, like I, have been exposed to wild accusations that Lincoln was a wanna-be tyrant.
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