Do any Black Christians feel weird knowing that Christianity was not your people's original religion?

Question

dont you feel kinda weird that this religion was forced on your ancestors as a way of conformation/de-africanization. What about last names?

ps. i am christian also and my last name is moody(dont laugh). i just thought about it. i not trying to convince anyone to convert.

Answer 1

No.It wasnt forced;the slaves also made the choice to accept or deny Christ.And I'm glad the made the choice to accept.

Answer 2

To properly answer your question, it is first necessary to provide some definitions for you. Firstly, Paganism itself is not a religion. "Pagan" is an umbrella term that defines a great number of religions. It is often difficult to define which qualities a religion must have in order to be classified as Pagan, but generally it is used to refer to either Earth/nature based religions or old polytheistic religions. Some modern examples would be Wicca and Druidism, while some older examples would be the religions of the ancient Greeks, Romans and Celts. However there are three religions which are definitely not Pagan and these are Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The umbrella term to refer to these religions is "Abrahamic Religions" as they are all based on the religious path that supposedly was founded by the mythical figure Abraham (though Islam was founded by Muhammad, it is an extension of the other two Abrahamic traditional beliefs). Now, Wicca: Wicca is an Earth-based Pagan mystery religion that worships a God and a Goddess. It is also a magical system of witchcraft and traditionally it is also a priesthood. Traditionally people would be initiated into Wicca and in so doing they become priests of Wicca and train as witches. The most notable thing in regards to your question is in what a Christian, Pagan and Wiccan are and whether or not these things can co-exist as a belief system. Wicca and Christianity really can't be joined from the Christian perspective. One of the chief reasons for this is because Wicca is a polytheistic religion (believes in multiple Gods) and Christianity is a monotheistic religion (believes that there is only one God). This means that the two religions are automatically at odds and cannot be unified. You cannot be a Christian and a Wicca. However, you CAN be Wiccan (or a Pagan in general) and still believe that the Christian God exists. The only difference is that in this way, you believe in the Christian God, but not that he is the only God. The Christian God would just be one among many and no better or worse than any other. If you choose this route, then don't expect Christians to look upon you too favourably - especially if you also begin to practice magic, which is frowned upon by the majority of Christians. Now, despite what some people may think, there is actually nothing to stop you being a witch (or any other kind of magic user) and also being Christian. It is true that most English Bibles say that a person must not practice witchcraft, however many scholars (and some Christians) see the use of the word "witchcraft" in Bibles as a mistranslation, misuse, or otherwise not applicable to modern positive uses of witchcraft. I myself know several Christians who also practice magic and it should be noted that the Jews themselves have their own magical systems and that there are some very prominent Christian magicians in history. But it should be noted that just because you are a witch, does not mean that you are a Wiccan. Witchcraft is merely a certain form of magic, while Wicca is a religion that incorporates witchcraft into its beliefs. There are a great many witches in the world today who are not Wiccan. I hope that helped in answering your question. But to summarise: You cannot be a "Christian-Wiccan". You can be a Pagan who believes in the Christian God as just one God among many. You can be a Christian and practice magic, though many Christians will look down on it.

Answer 3

Well that was part of the reason I left Christianity, Christianity is a Middle Eastern religion. Since I'm not Jewish, it always felt odd to me.

(And yes, I know I'm not Black, but Christianity wasn't my ancestors original religion either. In fact, Christianity was forced on many people against their will, that's how it spread in the past. It wasn't a peaceful conversion by any means.)

Answer 4

Christianity as a structure was also used to subdue slaves and create a mentality amongst blacks that their white Jesus was Lord and you should never lash out against the Lord...even in self defense.

I'm amazed that there are so many black Christians who are blind of this fact. If more of them did real research, we'd have millions of people walking in Malcolm X's footsteps, not thousands.

Answer 5

Since christianity was forced upon you - at least your ancestors - how do you feel about it. Your ancestors were told to genuflect to the lord god jesus or be slaughtered. It happened for centuries. How does it feel to be forced into a religion.

Answer 6

Over the course of history, this has happened to virtually all peoples. Conquests have brought new languauges (and thus new names) as well as new religions, to supplant the ones already existing among the conquered people.
That doesn't justify it, but I do mean to point out that the phenomenon is not unique to any one place, time, or people.

Answer 7

Christianity came to England about 1600 years ago while Africa 1700 year ago.

I don't feel anything about the pagans of my history.

Answer 8

It wasn't anyone but the Jews original religion.The Jews (Paul mainly, then others) took it to the Greeks and Europeans.The Europeans took it to Africa and China.Y'all can take it somewhere too.Join the crowd!

Answer 9

I don't think you should feel weird, I'm sure many chose to believe in God and his son with out it being forced on them after all he is the way, the truth, and the life.

Answer 10

actually did you know that in Africa one of the first religons were Islam? look at mansa musa, he was Muslim...im not trying to sound cocky or anything that im Muslim, but if you look it up, most slaves were Muslim and were forced to turn Christian or die(like Native Americans, only they werent Muslim)

Answer 11

since in the begining most christians were gentiles,we,re all adopted into the family of God.unless of course you are a messianic Jew.