Christians of Color

[paulpablo]

You could probably ask the same question about the rest of Europe while it was being conquered by the Roman empire which is pretty much credited for the spread of Christianity if I remember rightly.

Plus I don't see it as being Christianity that oppressed anyone, it just happened to be the religion of the people doing the oppression, a lot of the first abolitionists were Christian.  People of colour, like anyone else, are oppressed by people in a stronger position who want their resources.

It's a good question though, I did wonder while I was working with people from Africa in work why it is they have such an unquestioning belief in the bible and a pretty aggressive stance against homosexuality.

Just because some people were abolitionists it doesn't mean that they weren't just as racist as the slave owners were.  Some people wanted to abolish slavery because they saw that slavery deprived white people of jobs.  They had no intent on having the freed slaves as their neighbors and best buddies.  

Black Africans are generally insane with some being more bat shit crazy than the other ones.  But they are all nuts.  In comparison about half of the people in the rest of the world are nuts.  So if you are in a room with another person chances are one of you is crazy.

All these statements are incredibly vague and none of this really means anything with regarding Christianity.  If you're going to judge people back then by todays standards than the vast majority of them would be considered racist. 

Saying that it was a religion that oppressed black people would be like saying it was guns, chains and ocean faring that oppressed black people.