It appears that some scenes of the movie (remember the dialogue with that black priest) suggest that "Black Christianity" is there to make n*gers accept thier missery and not rebell against their white abusers as Jesus didn't rebelled against his Roman/Jewish abusers.
shareIt's all about interpretation. There are now and have always been religious people who interpret their religious texts in such ways that they use it to justify activities that they feel in their hearts are unacceptable. Like using religion to "wash" behaviors that they are not comfortable with. Many people can be comfortable with such controversial activities without religion-based reasoning.
Like it or not, religion is a big part of what has shaped morality in our world, so it becomes the basis many people use to justify things like terrorism, murder, racism, sexism, and slavery. The people who then fight against these things are the godless ones.
In this way, religion can be used to exploit the fears of people. Some (myself included) argue that this is very prevalent with politicians in the Southeastern U.S., who often throw around religious faith at every single interval to prove how much more religious they are than the people they are running against, because obviously, the most religious person is the best one to be holding public office.
So, no, I don't think "black Christianity" is any more of a religion for 'suckers' than any other religion-- it's just used the way the priest in this film states in a way other religions are used. One could argue that white Christians try to exploit one another, as I've explained in the previous paragraph.
Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment. -Michael Corleone
Indeed religion has been used by the oppressor to make blacks more accepting of their fate. There is no denying it. Unfortunately for the white status quo, many blacks have found their true calling and liberation in Islam. And no, I don't mean the Nation of Islam of Louis Farakhan and company. There is no time like the present to educate ourselves and learn about the truth.
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For what it's worth I find the whole idea of a black african christian or muslim incredibly stupid.
I mean, why are so many black africans christians? Because the european slave traders forced them to convert. Ditto the muslim slave traders.
The whole idea of following a religion just because your family/ancestors did itself shows a lack of inteligence and reason. To follow one that was forced upon them is just dumb.
"I think you're a load of old crap too, Mr Mulligan."
Just to point this out, Ethiopia adopted Christianity before Europe did.
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