17May
The Bible Was Used To Justify Slavery! ”Whites” think “Blacks” are Lesser Beings
Many Africans reject Christianity on the premise that it’s a white man’s religion or it was a religion that was used to enslave their ancestors. Their assumptions are neither true nor false. First, it is important to state boldy that the slavery of “black” people by “white” people in the 16th to 19th centuries (and probably longer) was hyper-harshly unjust. For those who understand the Bible, this is a far cry from what is discussed in Moses’ writings because such evil slavery was forbidden in Hebrew culture. A good premise to support this is Apostle Paul’s words in Romans 1:30 that people are capable of innovating new ways…