(December 7, 2016 at 3:26 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I won't offer commentary on any doctrine/theology, but just to the demographic question,
http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landsc...mposition/
Blacks are more religious overall than other races/ethnicities.
That's interesting but to me has nothing to do with the conversation. I don't think that black people being 'more religious' means a whole lot. Christians still cherry pick the bible. Christians still choose what parts of the philosophy to apply to whatever areas of their life they do, or don't, see fit. And I know from one girl I dated that her family attended a baptist church for strictly social reasons. Like many other Christian families.
While anecdotal evidence doesn't necessarily mean anything, I highly doubt that a black Christian knows much more, or less about the bible than any other Christian.
When reading what the bible has to say about slavery a black christian will dismiss that part of the book just like any other christian would. So the fact that blacks may be more religious really tells us nothing in relation to the bibles words concerning slavery. You might be able to explore the indoctrination of African American slaves into Christian thought with statistics like that and I'm sure there is some relationship there. But as far as why blacks take no issue with these verses... It's the same reason any other christian doesn't take issue with those very same verses.
“Love is the only bow on Life’s dark cloud. It is the morning and the evening star. It shines upon the babe, and sheds its radiance on the quiet tomb. It is the mother of art, inspirer of poet, patriot and philosopher.
It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
