(October 23, 2015 at 9:10 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote:(October 23, 2015 at 9:07 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: It's not just African Americans. How about indigenous people in the Caribbean and Pacific islands who's ancestors suffered unspeakable atrocities at the hands of European conquistadors? They're die-hard Catholics now - the religion of the monsters that occupied the homes of their ancestors.I meant it to be inclusive of all us brown people
Well, I'm a proud member of Hitler's race (sarcasm) and I'm an atheist so I don't have any personal insight to give. I think it's safe to say though that an emotional attachment developed somewhere along the way. At some point, the oppressed rallied around the religion of their oppressors but with themselves as the "chosen" people. Think about it. Is it any more ridiculous than Europeans rallying around a Caucasian Jesus born in the middle east? Hell, what was the point of crucifying him? It wouldn't have been long before he died of melanoma.
Religious belief is emotional, often planted by indoctrination. It doesn't make sense.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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