RE: black people and god
October 31, 2011 at 10:51 am
(This post was last modified: October 31, 2011 at 10:55 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Depends on whose beliefs you want to look at, mormons decided to develop that concept beyond the original narrative in their own scriptures.
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I don't have any idea if the same can be said around the globe, but here in the US christianity has a decidely ethnic flavor. The narratives that are emphasized and taken as core to the functional side of belief are largely different for minorities than us palefaces. A prophetic cycle of escapes or deliverance from slavery and oppression have featured heavily in what you might call "predominantly african american services" for some time in the U.S. "Let my people go" isn't Charleton Heston speaking on behalf of the whiteys and their spiritual descendants just as one example.
"White and delight-some" ftw!
I don't have any idea if the same can be said around the globe, but here in the US christianity has a decidely ethnic flavor. The narratives that are emphasized and taken as core to the functional side of belief are largely different for minorities than us palefaces. A prophetic cycle of escapes or deliverance from slavery and oppression have featured heavily in what you might call "predominantly african american services" for some time in the U.S. "Let my people go" isn't Charleton Heston speaking on behalf of the whiteys and their spiritual descendants just as one example.
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