How do Black Christians rationalize the history of why they are Christian?

[Dave24]

I come from two different worlds. I have the point of view of a man born and raised in the African tradition. I also have intimate knowledge on the perspective of the more advanced parts of the world. What I will say is this. There is a God. And yes he does have favorites. Nobody knows how or why he determines who he’s going to favor but he definitely cares more about some than others.

Black people in general, especially the Africans have taken religion as the end all be all. People really go through life believing if u just pray enough times , god will give u want you want. But obviously the rest of the advanced world, by and large, don’t think this way. That is why they’re advanced.

I will not disrespect any religion because it is my fervent belief that they are all of divine origin. Whether it be the doctrines of Krishna, the teachings of Islam and the Revelation of the Jewish/Christian God.

It is my hope that one day Africans will learn to stop the heavy reliance on the hopeful intervention of a supernatural being. And instead focus on making a solemn decision to be the driver of their own destinies.

@TRUEST how can one find out if they are one of God's favorites?

@Mowgli

@Rhakim

@MMS

 

[BaggerofTea]

They will justify the enslavement, the torture and abuse just for the sake of worshipping fake entity

 

[Sleepy Floyd]

And no - im not an atheist at all. I fully believe and talk to God/The Creator/higher power daily, just make my own rules of life with him, and do my best to be a kind person to everyone.

I don’t subscribe to any man-delivered religions or messages.

But how does everyone (my family, your family, etc) just gloss over the only reason we as Black folks follow the Christian religion is due to being beaten into it through Slavery and Colonialism. (Talking about the majority of us Americans, Caribbeans, Africans, not any ancient Ethiopians or whatnot with their own form of Christianity)

do we all just ignore/not even look at history?

African Christians have existed since Biblical times, Africans are even mentioned right in the Bible (Cush)

Not everything centers around what white people did. Most of my family practiced either Ifa or Voodoo until two generations ago, now most are Christian by their own choice not because of what some white man said

 

[Mowgli]

@TRUEST how can one find out if they are one of God's favorites?

@Mowgli

@Rhakim

@MMS

The white man didn't teach Christianity he taught white supremecy to people that were illerate. We had to find Christianity after learning how to read. Perverted teachings black people created for his benefit and now we know the truth.

It's interesting people try to discredit Christianity like this but have no issue justifying why they follow the same white man's culture of hedonism. When it comes to losing your morals with selfish pleasure the white mans right but when it comes to having morals in scripture it's but that came from slavery.

Just say you want to be a piece of shyt.

If you want to go back to practicing the culture of your ancestors you can easily trace your DNA to a region and study the system of worship practiced out by your ancestors but you, as an atheist may find yourself to be to white in the brain for that so you'll just keep following the oppresors religion of do what they wilt.

Depending on where you're from, your ancestors may have been Christians.
Christianity was in Egypt in the first century, and was in the Sudan in the 6th century

 

[Duke Wy Lin]

This is a very lazy line of thinking. You judge a religion by its tenants and claims about the divine and the authenticity of its scripture. That's it. How do you know that whatever ancestral religion our forefathers believed in wasn't also forced upon them by a conquering tribe? You don't.

 

[Duke Wy Lin]

The white man didn't teach Christianity he taught white supremecy to people that were illerate. We had to find Christianity after learning how to read. Perverted teachings black people created for his benefit and now we know the truth.

It's interesting people try to discredit Christianity like this but have no issue justifying why they follow the same white man's culture of hedonism. When it comes to losing your morals with selfish pleasure the white mans right but when it comes to having morals in scripture it's but that came from slavery.

Just say you want to be a piece of shyt.

Ppl will gloss over this, but you are making a very important point here. These atheist/pseudo spiritual types act as if their current beliefs weren't impressed upon them by the dominant cac civilization.

Naturalism/Materialism (the metaphysical foundations of atheism) and cynicism towards religion were not indigenous to Africa either

 

[MMS]

@TRUEST how can one find out if they are one of God's favorites?

@Mowgli

@Rhakim

@MMS

God loves everybody as far as I'm concerned

once you say stuff like that you're ultimately coveting. Don't underestimate God's plan for you.

 

[Mowgli]

Ppl will gloss over this, but you are making a very important point here. These atheist/pseudo spiritual types act as if their current beliefs weren't impressed upon them by the dominant cac civilization.

Naturalism/Materialism (the metaphysical foundations of atheism) and cynicism towards religion were not indigenous to Africa either

That's a tough mountain the climb over if you really sit and think about it. They go harder on scripture then they do anything else they've picked up in this society. Some of those values, outside of religion, they'd die to protect.


Ah ah ah ah just know sky daddy isn't real.

 

[Fill Collins]

The "christians" who were flinging playground insults with any rationalization

I was Pentecostal most of my life, because yes, my Granny indeed does believe it, tried Islam, and generally just reads religious texts for fun but none of that means Black folk all over shouldn't be following any Abrahamic religion + follow distorted eurocentric history

All this bs about West and Central Africans and their descendants "being" this and "doing" that is straight up uneducated, embarrassing, and unintentionally eurocentric.

Africa is big continent, very big, and generally besides the occasional ethnic fighting, was content and are collectively very bright and resilient people..we have true history worth acknowledging

 

[skylove4]

Nobody beat Christianity into me.

Its what my Granny believed, and her Granny before her, so it’s what I believe too.

It’s not the religion, it’s how you use it to better your own life.

You’d know that if you actually had someone that loved you that wasn’t devilish.

This is how most “religious” folks think. They believe in their religion solely because they were indoctrinated, nothing else. They’ don’t even try to live their lives by their holy books.

 

[Fill Collins]

Atheist here, I actually agree 100% on something with practicing Christians, especially as a former Pentecostal such as:

• Islam/Arab Paganism + Messianic Judaism is barbaric and not for Black people
• By definition, yes Egypt/Kemet was overall Black
• Thor, Ra, Vishnu, anything "pagan" is not real

We agree, but you believe in Jesus, but I don't, that is the only different

 

[Dave24]

It wasn’t forced on me because I don’t believe in anything blindly. Religion is just a tool. You can use it to justify good or bad.

And religion isn’t the end all be all when it comes to belief in a higher power. Religion is literally just mankind’s flawed attempts to chronicle little nuggets of knowledge we’ve learned from glimpses of the divine. It was NEVER meant to be abused the way it is. When you put religion into perspective you realize it’s not religion that’s important at all. It’s the inspiration of God that’s important.
Now as to why I choose to follow God as outlined by tenants of Christianity, it’s because I tried God and God works. With very minimal sacrifice or requirement. And that manifestation was what was closest to me growing up. I believe there are other manifestations of God. I just happened to grow up in an environment of Christianity. After formally studying religions comparatively, my own was the best fit due to its easiness.

I don’t have to kill a goat. No blood sacrifices. No chants or spells. No sigils. No potentially dangerous bargains with scary looking entities. No real crazy shyt in the fine print.
The entity I find solace in wants me to realize my own divine potential, walk a balanced path. Quite literally sacrificed itself and his glory to take up the mantle of imperfection to demonstrate a path to that glory. Talks to hoes and lepers instead of judging them and acting hypocritical. And is omnipotent. Doesn’t need anything from me. Watches me fukk up time and time again and always hands me a cup of tea and listens and helps when I come back into the fold.

After trying God vs other traditions…(one day I’ll make a post about some shyt I’ve explored and the weird consequences) it’s the thing that works the most consistently. I mean I’ve had crazy breakthroughs that are too uncanny to just be mere coincidences.

Otherwise, my own personal spiritual experiences are the only justification I have or need for my beliefs.

@Booksnrain what are all the steps you took and things you did to discover God works? How long did it take for manifestation to happen in your life?

 

[Uitomy]

The more and more I observe this Christian bashing phenomena, the more I understand all the heat is on black people practicing a faith (albeit being entirely too aggressive pushing it on other people instead of just preaching and leaving it at that)

But NEVER NEVER questioning the Roman Catholic Church being a pagan institution with extremely ancient beliefs that are entirely non Christian and have fooled many of you into thinking Christian’s run and destroyed this country. It’s almost like a psyop.

 

[Child_Of_God]

Praying to a white man on a cross

Jesus wasn’t White.

 

[Ziggiy]

Jesus wasn’t White.

Correct


Because he didn’t EXIST