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Below is an interesting link asking the same question? I too have often wondered why Black people were and are so gullible to embrace a religion which was imposed upon them by slavery.
Even today, it saddens me to see Christian Missionaries and Evangelists going into Africa recruiting black Africans to become Christians.
Acts 8:27-40
[27] And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
[28] Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. [29] Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
[30] And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
[31] And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
[32] The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
[33] In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
[34] And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
[35] Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
[36] And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
[37] And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. [38] And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. [39] And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
[40] But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
What an excellent insight you've shared....Christians are always quick to judge and lambaste Muslims for their treatment of women....yet they neglect to mention or choose to ignore that their religion does not have a very high regard for women either. Although most completely ignore and do not follow that aspect of their religion...it is taught that they are to be in complete submission to their men, cannot teach men, be keepers at home, keep their mouths shut in church, are not supposed to wear makeup and jewelry, etc.
Really? I have been to Lutheran, Catholic, Church of God,
Baptist, Church of Christ, Methodist, Protestent, Southern
Baptist, and a couple others. That's all news to me.
Really? I have been to Lutheran, Catholic, Church of God,
Baptist, Church of Christ, Methodist, Protestent, Southern
Baptist, and a couple others. That's all news to me.
Your reading comprehension skills are lacking...read the sentence just before the bolded part...which says these bolded items are IGNORED but definitely in your bible.
No. I would prefer that African people and people of all other races worship the God or Gods which were originally a part of their continents. Prior to the introduction of Christianity to Africa, the African people had their own tribal religions. Just as in Asia, South America, etc., they practiced their own ancient religions prior to the introduction of the Roman Catholic Church or Christianity.
Christianity originated in the Middle East and spread into Europe just as Christianity later spread from Europe into Africa and the Americas. Are you also advocating that descendants of the ancient Greeks and Romans revert to polytheism, since that was their original religion before Christianity? Should the rest of Europe revert to Pagan rituals? All of these places had ancient religions that existed prior to Christianity and Islam.. Even before Islam the Middle East had Zoroastrianism, which was similar in many ways to both Christianity and Islam. There were also polytheistic religions in the Middle East..
All of these ancient religions influenced modern religion. Perhaps a little less so for African religions outside of Northern Africa where there was more interaction with early Christians and Muslims alike. In some places tribal spiritual rituals are incorporated into Christian practices. In the Southern US you can witness a mild mix of Christianity with African spirituality in black churches.
I would think Christianity would have originally been the "brown" man's religion.
Yup! According to BBC, Jesus looked more like the guy on the right than on the left. Try getting people in the West to pray to a brown dude - it will be a marketing nigtmare. The marketing department had to bleach his skin, comb his hair, had to take off the carpenter garb and replace it with a white ironed silken gown, etc etc. I bet in the movies he does not have that arab accent either. It takes a lot of work to look "good" - even if you are the son of god and likely blessed with divine genes.
Your reading comprehension skills are lacking...read the sentence just before the bolded part...which says these bolded items are IGNORED but definitely in your bible.
Old Testament.
The New Testament is more relevant to Christians.
To get back to the original post;
Jesus was a Jew, and his color was 'the color of the sands of the Earth'
That is how it was described to me.
Radical Islam thrives in lawless countries where the majority of the population is uneducated/illiterate. This is a recipe for disaster. Somalia is a perfect example. So, are only Christian mothers stay at home moms? I enjoyed not being a latchkey kid growing up. It kept me out of trouble and on the right path. There are no women priests because it is against Catholic church doctrine. As far as female pastors, while it is mostly a male profession, they do exist. I have been to several churches where a female led the congregation.
The overall point that you should be taking away from this is that fundamentalist religion, regardless of its name, thrives where the majority of the population is uneducated and even better when they are illiterate. Were you under the assumption that this was a trait unique to Islam, radical or otherwise?
You secured my point regarding the non-existent female priests.
As for occasional female pastors, we both know that this has been a recent revelation within the church and even still, they remain few and far between.
How about the fact that in a Christian society such as ours, a woman receives more than 30 cents less on the dollar for the exact same work/load as their male counterpart?
Dude...I think you are confusing my post with someone elses....I was discussing the NT treatment of women...not what color Jesus was.
Oh, I am sorry, I thought I was responding to the Opening Post.
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Ethiopians love Jesus Christ the Son of God.
Try getting people in the West to pray to a brown dude - it will be a marketing nigtmare. The marketing department had to bleach his skin, comb his hair, had to take off the carpenter garb and replace it with a white ironed silken gown, etc etc. I bet in the movies he does not have that arab accent either. It takes a lot of work to look "good" - even if you are the son of god and likely blessed with divine genes.
Is Christianity A White Man's Religion?
