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treestar

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32. Europe is where it really took hold, though

Thu Jul 4, 2019, 05:28 PM

Jul 2019

In fact, my take on modern right-wing "Christians" is that they are identifying with its European roots rather than really believing in the doctrines.

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Why are so many black Americans Christians? [View all] Nuggets Jul 2019 OP

Slavery. Iliyah Jul 2019 #1

I'll make 2 guesses DBoon Jul 2019 #2

I get the social cohesion. Nuggets Jul 2019 #6

"let my people go" rampartc Jul 2019 #33

This was alerted treestar Jul 2019 #3

True. Nuggets Jul 2019 #9

So you think Obama was a victim of Stockholm Syndrome? Martin Luther King Jr. too? onenote Jul 2019 #20

No Nuggets Jul 2019 #28

You might believe it, because you'd be, as a slave, cut off from African traditions treestar Jul 2019 #30

All good points Nuggets Jul 2019 #42

Back when I was in grad school studying Hindu Mythology, someone asked how anyone with such... Hekate Jul 2019 #10

Loved my class in college... safeinOhio Jul 2019 #19

Religions and cultures always do evolve with one another, in my observation. Japanese Zen Buddhism Hekate Jul 2019 #37

Back in the early 80s I use to get up late at night to hear safeinOhio Jul 2019 #43

I think so too. The Dalai Lama in exile has done so as well... Hekate Jul 2019 #45

Good point about the oppressed treestar Jul 2019 #31

during the slavery era, they used a syncretic form to still worship native African deities and Celerity Jul 2019 #4

What an insulting question. former9thward Jul 2019 #5

I'm not certain... Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #7

Jesus, that's insulting. GulfCoast66 Jul 2019 #8

Thank you for saying this much better than I was about to. The OP is pursuing an arrogant... Hekate Jul 2019 #15

How is directly asking a question so insulting? Nuggets Jul 2019 #18

If you have to ask, you'll never know... First Speaker Jul 2019 #39

You know. You could try google. I mean for real ismnotwasm Jul 2019 #47

+1 onenote Jul 2019 #21

+1 (totally obvious, to boot) demmiblue Jul 2019 #26

Why would a conquered people accept the religion of their foes? NightWatcher Jul 2019 #11

Missionaries. Doodley Jul 2019 #53

You should be asking why so many white people are Christians. underthematrix Jul 2019 #12

Well that's also a good question except that Nuggets Jul 2019 #24

We still enslave people in the South? LuvNewcastle Jul 2019 #60

Europe is where it really took hold, though treestar Jul 2019 #32

That is incorrect. The Middle East and North Africa was all Christian. GulfCoast66 Jul 2019 #48

The racial categories you think are somehow permanent-- Igel Jul 2019 #54

That I generally agree with. GulfCoast66 Jul 2019 #57

I didn't mean the origins were European treestar Jul 2019 #67

It did dominate before Islam took over. GulfCoast66 Jul 2019 #68

I encourage you to study further, because you've a lot to learn muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 #35

I don't know, yortsed snacilbuper Jul 2019 #13

Most of the time, Christianity is the result Mariana Jul 2019 #14

Because there in nothing wrong with following Jesus. Everyman Jackal Jul 2019 #16

I don't know but may I say Skittles Jul 2019 #17

+1 safeinOhio Jul 2019 #23

The main reason that any individual follows a certain religion.. aidbo Jul 2019 #22

many reasons but churches are places for the community to gather JI7 Jul 2019 #25

religion is cultural. it is learned behavior. if the behavior serves a positive purpose it continues msongs Jul 2019 #27

Download a Bible or New Testament.. MicaelS Jul 2019 #29

It's what they had. gibraltar72 Jul 2019 #34

There is always more than one way to understand struggle4progress Jul 2019 #36

For the same reason just about everyone else adheres to their religion. GoCubsGo Jul 2019 #38

Why are so many white Americans Christians? cwydro Jul 2019 #40

it has nothing to do with White Americans... stillcool Jul 2019 #41

Why are so many people still Christians? doc03 Jul 2019 #44

Why are so many people still PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #46

Same reason we invented it in the first place. GulfCoast66 Jul 2019 #50

We need to change our perception of death as scary True Dough Jul 2019 #63

Good luck with that. GulfCoast66 Jul 2019 #64

When you put it that way True Dough Jul 2019 #65

Amen brother. Or sister! GulfCoast66 Jul 2019 #66

Not merely religion. nationalism, politics, and economics as well. LanternWaste Jul 2019 #70

There are many flavors of Christianity. hunter Jul 2019 #49

There are also many flavors of politics. LanternWaste Jul 2019 #71

The White Abolitionist Movement to end slavery Locutusofborg Jul 2019 #51

I went to the William LLoyd Garrison Elementary School in Roxbury MA Everyman Jackal Jul 2019 #52

Why are some people talking about so many White Christians. Everyman Jackal Jul 2019 #55

You are so right. padah513 Jul 2019 #59

Consolation, meaning, beauty BeyondGeography Jul 2019 #56

because people are smart enough to recognize the bastardization of true Christianity for themselves Takket Jul 2019 #58

"I like your Christ, but not your Christianity." Ghandi mountain grammy Jul 2019 #61

It makes life easy, yortsed snacilbuper Jul 2019 #62

I don't find it odd at all. ooky Jul 2019 #69