RE: Perhaps African Americans Are Finally Catching On
October 17, 2018 at 6:40 am
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2018 at 6:49 am by The Grand Nudger.)
And was owned by rome, at the the time of christianization, who would later export christianity to the aksuma empire in the 4th century.
It's pointless to contend that christianity spread into africa by anything other than missionary means. Its spread would be curtailed shortly after since rome cracked down on christians then the islamic conquest swept north africa. Those taken in by the islamic slave trade in west africa for use in the euro and then transantlantic would have been, in the vast majority, pagans. Their european interlocuters their first introduction to christianity (as it had become) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Leading to the host of carribbean religious traditions we now see. Their later exploitation by continentals with a different christianity had a similar effect.
These are historical facts. It's pointless to argue against them or claim that moses has some shit to tell us about any of it (and you butchered that anyway, lol).
Not that it matters..since..in the end, pagan slave populations built their own syncretic christianity, distinct from those of their socio-economic betters, and so it remains to this very day...with churches being among the most segregated places on earth. Is the christianity practised by black americans, today..the religion of their past (or present) oppressors? Yes and no. Demonstrably yes in the sense that you are arguing against (and thus it has always been..from it's inception). Demonstrably no in a sense that you would probably reject for syncretism, lol.
Christianity is not from africa, and the introduction of christianity to africa was largely the work of later europeans, before that it was the work of the roman empire - but by all means, carry on. Neither group had immense amounts of success in their own time. It was only recently that africa became a majority abrahamic continent.
It's pointless to contend that christianity spread into africa by anything other than missionary means. Its spread would be curtailed shortly after since rome cracked down on christians then the islamic conquest swept north africa. Those taken in by the islamic slave trade in west africa for use in the euro and then transantlantic would have been, in the vast majority, pagans. Their european interlocuters their first introduction to christianity (as it had become) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Leading to the host of carribbean religious traditions we now see. Their later exploitation by continentals with a different christianity had a similar effect.
These are historical facts. It's pointless to argue against them or claim that moses has some shit to tell us about any of it (and you butchered that anyway, lol).
Not that it matters..since..in the end, pagan slave populations built their own syncretic christianity, distinct from those of their socio-economic betters, and so it remains to this very day...with churches being among the most segregated places on earth. Is the christianity practised by black americans, today..the religion of their past (or present) oppressors? Yes and no. Demonstrably yes in the sense that you are arguing against (and thus it has always been..from it's inception). Demonstrably no in a sense that you would probably reject for syncretism, lol.
Christianity is not from africa, and the introduction of christianity to africa was largely the work of later europeans, before that it was the work of the roman empire - but by all means, carry on. Neither group had immense amounts of success in their own time. It was only recently that africa became a majority abrahamic continent.
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