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Post by cupcakes on Feb 19, 2018 15:46:19 GMT
tpfkar At this point, it's just a more universal and diverse religion compared to others. Go to churches in Florida, California, Virginia and New Jersey and you'll see more ethnicities and races represented than your average mosque, synagogue or hindu temple. There are more colorblind churches than tribal ones in the USA. America has changed. Those who hate on Christianity because they were the brat who was forced to go to church as a child are stuck in a jaded philosophy. Move on with your life. Promote dialectic, not schisms. More rambling mess than other religions. Pick and choose whatever. For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God. No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed; no man with a crippled foot or hand, or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles. No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God. He may eat the most holy food of his God, as well as the holy food; yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.
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Post by captainbryce on Feb 19, 2018 15:48:08 GMT
At this point, it's just a more universal and diverse religion compared to others. Go to churches in Florida, California, Virginia and New Jersey and you'll see more ethnicities and races represented than your average mosque, synagogue or hindu temple. There are more colorblind churches than tribal ones in the USA. America has changed. Those who hate on Christianity because they were the brat who was forced to go to church as a child are stuck in a jaded philosophy. Move on with your life. Promote dialectic, not schisms.CaptainBryce would like to get rid of religion completely. Other than that he doesn't have a problem with Christianity...honest... Why would I have a problem with it? I don’t practice that bullshit anymore; I’m free of it. It’s literally not my problem anymore. I just want to know why black people choose to still make it theirs.
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Post by captainbryce on Feb 19, 2018 15:49:24 GMT
It’s funny that you thought this opinion was compelling enough to post it twice in one post. I had already answered the question and copy/pasting is easier than retyping considering you must not have read it the first time. You don’t need to copy and paste yourself narcissist. People can read! If you don’t have anything new to add then you’re just wasting time and space.
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Post by captainbryce on Feb 19, 2018 15:51:44 GMT
Well, yeah, we shouldn't think that they're all Christian or that they all practice Christianity in a particular way or anything like that, but re why some blacks are Christians, I think that the historical question is interesting. Because it's very doubtful that any blacks would have historically been Christians. But crusaders, slavery and missionaries either brought them into other cultures or brought other cultures to them and socially pressured them to adapt (at least publicly--people often publicly say stuff that they don't privately believe). So that's how Christianity spread to some blacks. It's basically the result of an ideological war, of social pressure to "believe my shit instead of the shit you were believing." What about the three Wisemen? Also, don't forget the Ethiopian Eunuch. What about them? Most African Americans are descendants of West Africans, not Ethiopians.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 15:55:45 GMT
What about the three Wisemen? Also, don't forget the Ethiopian Eunuch. What about them? Most African Americans are descendants of West Africans, not Ethiopians. Then change your thread title and OP to "African Americans" instead of "black." Besides, I was addressing the comment Terrapin made about how Christianity spread to blacks in general and so I feel it is noteworthy to point out that, in the two instances of black people being mentioned in the New Testament, neither one was in Africa and neither was proselytized. Both came willingly and both sought the way.
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Post by goz on Feb 19, 2018 20:48:29 GMT
What about them? Most African Americans are descendants of West Africans, not Ethiopians. Then change your thread title and OP to "African Americans" instead of "black." Besides, I was addressing the comment Terrapin made about how Christianity spread to blacks in general and so I feel it is noteworthy to point out that, in the two instances of black people being mentioned in the New Testament, neither one was in Africa and neither was proselytized. Both came willingly and both sought the way. For most black people it was not a willing choice.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Feb 19, 2018 20:51:11 GMT
Then change your thread title and OP to "African Americans" instead of "black." Besides, I was addressing the comment Terrapin made about how Christianity spread to blacks in general and so I feel it is noteworthy to point out that, in the two instances of black people being mentioned in the New Testament, neither one was in Africa and neither was proselytized. Both came willingly and both sought the way. For most black people it was not a willing choice. Please tell us more about black people!
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Post by goz on Feb 19, 2018 20:53:46 GMT
For most black people it was not a willing choice. Please tell us more about black people! OK. They were forced to Christianity by missionaries and slave owners... butt you already knew that because I wrote it above...oh wait you like things written twice for emphasis!
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Feb 19, 2018 20:54:49 GMT
Please tell us more about black people! OK. They were forced to Christianity by missionaries and slave owners... butt you already knew that because I wrote it above...oh wait you like things written twice for emphasis! Am I misunderstanding the timeframe. Are you saying I was forced by a slave owner to be Christian? What else?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 21:03:53 GMT
Then change your thread title and OP to "African Americans" instead of "black." Besides, I was addressing the comment Terrapin made about how Christianity spread to blacks in general and so I feel it is noteworthy to point out that, in the two instances of black people being mentioned in the New Testament, neither one was in Africa and neither was proselytized. Both came willingly and both sought the way. For most black people it was not a willing choice. I've said it before, but it was to a different poster: I don't ever judge the heart; I only judge the fruit.
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Post by captainbryce on Feb 19, 2018 21:05:02 GMT
What about them? Most African Americans are descendants of West Africans, not Ethiopians. Then change your thread title and OP to "African Americans" instead of "black." Nah, I’m good. There are no “black people” mentioned in the New Testament. Race identified by color is a social construct (a relatively recent one) that was invented long after the Bible was written.
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Post by deembastille on Feb 19, 2018 21:05:23 GMT
laughing... cause jesus 'was black'.
but interestingly.... other races are other religions and they don't bring their race into that religion and pin it on the religion. there are quite a few Asian people in my catholic church and not one of them insists that jesus was Asian.
i think they like saying amen and praise jesus. most of these are lovely people.
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Post by captainbryce on Feb 19, 2018 21:05:49 GMT
Then change your thread title and OP to "African Americans" instead of "black." Besides, I was addressing the comment Terrapin made about how Christianity spread to blacks in general and so I feel it is noteworthy to point out that, in the two instances of black people being mentioned in the New Testament, neither one was in Africa and neither was proselytized. Both came willingly and both sought the way. For most black people it was not a willing choice. Specifically for the ones relevant to this discussion.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Feb 19, 2018 21:06:14 GMT
Then change your thread title and OP to "African Americans" instead of "black." Nah, I’m good. There are no “black people” mentioned in the New Testament. Race identified by color is a social construct (a relatively recent one) that was invented long after the Bible was written. And yet the Bible has something against black people...
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Post by captainbryce on Feb 19, 2018 21:08:01 GMT
Nah, I’m good. There are no “black people” mentioned in the New Testament. Race identified by color is a social construct (a relatively recent one) that was invented long after the Bible was written. And yet the Bible has something against black people... Nice straw man bub! A for effort.
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Post by captainbryce on Feb 19, 2018 21:09:22 GMT
For most black people it was not a willing choice. Please tell us more about black people! Oh, I think she’s doing a much better job of it than you are.
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Post by deembastille on Feb 19, 2018 21:10:06 GMT
Please tell us more about black people! OK. They were forced to Christianity by missionaries and slave owners... butt you already knew that because I wrote it above...oh wait you like things written twice for emphasis! that was how long ago? don't they have enough sense to figure out who/what they want to follow by now?
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Post by captainbryce on Feb 19, 2018 21:11:58 GMT
laughing... cause jesus 'was black'. but interestingly.... other races are other religions and they don't bring their race into that religion and pin it on the religion. there are quite a few Asian people in my catholic church and not one of them insists that jesus was Asian. i think they like saying amen and praise jesus. most of these are lovely people. Sorry, did you wander onto the wrong thread by accident? This one is about why black people are Christians, not what color “Jesus” supposedly was.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 21:12:11 GMT
Then change your thread title and OP to "African Americans" instead of "black." Nah, I’m good. There are no “black people” mentioned in the New Testament. Race identified by color is a social construct (a relatively recent one) that was invented long after the Bible was written. ORLY? You think that Ethiopian was white, eh?
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Post by captainbryce on Feb 19, 2018 21:14:21 GMT
OK. They were forced to Christianity by missionaries and slave owners... butt you already knew that because I wrote it above...oh wait you like things written twice for emphasis! that was how long ago? don't they have enough sense to figure out who/what they want to follow by now? Evidently not since many of them are still following the religion used to enslave their ancestors.
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