Is your church racist? Why is Sunday the most segregated day in America?

Answer 1

I am going to give you a serious answer not some silly waste of time. My personal church is not racist. All are welcome regardless of color or socio-economic standing. Unfortunately some churches are not like that. As to it being the most segregated day there are many styles of worship and some races are more open & exzuberant in their worship style. People go where they are most comfortable. You won't find Tammy Fay Bakker in a pentecostal church who thinks it is a sin to wear makeup.

Answer 2

God commands us to keep holy His Sabbath—the seventh day of the week, not the first.
But does it really matter which day we keep?
Did it matter that Uzzah touched the ark? Did it matter that Samson’s hair was cut? Did it matter that the man of God disobeyed God’s seemingly “minor” instructions?
If the Ten Commandments are in force today, then yes—it matters!
But, some will argue, we really cannot know for sure which day is the seventh day Sabbath, because the weekly cycle, which began at Creation, has been changed and time has been lost.
Has Time Been Lost?
Actually, time has not been lost. God has provided a way whereby we can know for sure we are keeping the day He blessed and sanctified. Consider the following:
The Jews have always observed the seventh day Sabbath. When they returned from Babylonian captivity, there was no question as to which day was the Sabbath. They were still observing the same day when Jesus came on the scene. In fact, Jesus observed the day the Pharisees and other Jews observed.
From their dispersion in the first and second centuries until the present, the Jews have observed the seventh day of the week, the same day Jesus observed. There have been no breaks in the weekly cycle, no change from the seventh to another day of the week. Since the advent of global telecommunication methods, Jews all over the world have been found observing the same weekly cycle, the same Sabbath.

Answer 3

No we have a black Priest from India and a white priest form Westphalia. They get along perfectly well. We have a varied congregation. Especially a lot of Latino Americans.

I think to each his own. There are different traditions of worship that people are comfortable with. For instance in our parish the old people like the traditional music and go to a service that accommodates that.

Many young people want a more contemporary service and go to one that has that. Many African Americans would not enjoy our services because they would find them too boring. Many of the Caucasian Americans would enjoy an African American church but would not feel comfortable every Sunday. Does that sound like hatred or segregation or just personal preference?

Answer 4

Because a church does not have a lot of representatives of other races does not make it racist. My church is Lutheran....historically most Lutherans were descended from people from Germany and northern Europe. These people tended to settle in certain parts of the United States...Places where there were not many other races besides whites, such as Minnesota, north Dakota etc etc. If there are no other races how can you call a church or organization racist? I think your definition of racism is very broad almost to the point that everyone would be considered racist which is what I think you would like. To answer your question, most people go to church where their parents went to church consequently there is not a lot of movement of people between church's.

Answer 5

1) Churches are racist.

2) How can a day be segregated? Does it get less food than its fellow days? Does it have only 23 hours? Do Monday and Tuesday laugh behind its back?

Answer 6

By law technically Sunday is a holiday, derived from the word Holy-day. Segregated is the wrong word. Their are all kinds of days set aside for special practices and observences. You have foolish anger. Dont hate what you dont know.

Answer 7

I believe what the man is saying ... is that churches and religious groups are often very isolated along racial lines. Blacks tend to go to black churches ... whites to white churches, hispanics to hispanic churches.

While I've not seen or heard of a church turning people away based on their race, in a very real sense there is a de facto standard of discrimination widely in effect.

Answer 8

I don`t go to church, all the people act like they are special, I`m poor , can`t wear a suit, blue jeans and a t-shirt, i get looked down on in church fot that, like they worship God more them me because they try to outdo each other

Answer 9

If I have to hear one more self-righteous racist snot proclaim that white people can't sing, I'm going to be sick.

Some of the best singers in the world are white.

Geez, I'm sick of racist garbage being acceptable just because it hides under the veil of religion.

Answer 10

I attend an integrated church.
True Christians are not segregated.
You will see segregation everywhere, still.
Take off the skin and we are all the same.
Take off the bias and bigotry and we are all christian.