Black people and christianity

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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.

What?  The religiosity of black people in America is entirely germane to the OP. 

 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.

Nobody (here) is claiming that black Christians know more or less about the bible.  Not sure what this is in response to. That's not what I was linking.  Just that blacks are more religious.  That's it.

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 already said this.

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. 

I was literally only responding to your implied question about the religiosity of blacks compared to whites, that's all.  I'm not here to comment on doctrine or theology, really only providing some information related to the OP.