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In reply to the discussion: Blacks Are The Most Religious Americans [View all]Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Black people go to church, and the preacher says, "You're a bad, flawed person because you're a sinner." This is basic foundational Christian doctrine, original sin and substitutionary atonement.
Now if a white person, outside that black church, says, "You're a bad person because you're black and I'm white and superior to you" the white person can use the curse of Ham (again Biblical doctrine) or just believe that because of racism. And then the black people are offended and up in arms. But if they hear a preacher tell them they're bad in a black church, that is culturally acceptable.
Why is this acceptable in the black church context but not in the white racist context?
I am white and used to belong to a Missionary Baptist church. I walked out and left because I couldn't take it. I had to get the strength to leave, because I got sick of EVERYBODY being told that we were horrible sinners, no matter what color we were. In fact, I had a hissy fit at the preachers one day after church and told the preachers that their sermons made me want to crawl in a hole and die. Whereupon a lady grabbed me by the hand and told me there were two parts to the bible and explained something or other that was supposed to make me feel better. It didn't. I left. It was either stay there depressed or leave. I voted with my feet.