A Black freind told me when Blacks talk about the White Man, they mean bigoted Whites, so ...?

Question

...when people hate on Jesus, Muhammad, etc ...?
Aren't they really hating the persona of Christianity,
Islam, etc ..., created by self-righteous people who
"claim" to be Christian, Muslim, etc...?

Anthony Silva

Answer 1

Asking that question just plays into the whole white - black - asian - racist thing

Answer 2

Yes, I think you're absolutely right. The true hatefulness of religions is seldom in their theory, but in their practice.

There are, of course, many instructions and moral laws in most religions that are hateful in themselves: stoning to death people who work on holy days; castigating the *victims* of rape because they're no longer virgins, etc. For the most part, however, modern, moderate religionists tend to ignore these crazy rules in favour of more practical ones that accord to some extent with our moral instincts.

But there will often be fundamentalists who will specifically dig up the more barbaric religious laws and claim that they are all-important, as backup for their own barbarity. Thus the hatred of homosexuals justified by a few selected Biblical readings, while the equally strongly worded commands - in the same scripture - not to eat shellfish are ignored.

Moderates will always claim that fundamentalist extremists are rogue individuals, and not behaving according to the 'true' teachings of the religion. In recent times this has been uncovered for the cop-out it usually is: in fact, moderates are complicit in setting up the environment where extremism flourishes. Moderates who themselves live blameless and pragmatic lives will nevertheless frequently elect as their leaders people who claim, with utter conviction, to communicate directly with God, and to know His wishes and future intentions.

Above all, moderates will support, validate and defend the basic belief system and magical thinking on which their religion is based. This inevitably provides an environment in which the zealously devout (and even deranged) can slide into dangerous extremism. And there will always be Scriptural backing for their actions.

Is there any doubt that the 9/11 hijackers, the missionaries in Africa, or the Spanish Inquisitors knew their holy books in great detail? Or that they drew comfort, support and backing - however unwitting - from what they had read there and had learned from their religious authorities? The hatefulness of religions may end with murderous extremists, but it begins far earlier, among ordinary worshippers.

CD

Answer 3

Kinda true. But there are blacks who just talk about white people like that in general just because they too are bigots. Same thing w/ some people who talk about those who follow religion. They're not always referring to the bigoted ones, sometimes the ones who are talking are the prejudiced ones.

Answer 4

I wouldn't try to mix race and religion in a question. They are two separate subjects.

But your thought process is directly reversed. When people claim to hate Christians they are actually hating Christ. Christians are just th embodiment of the teachings of Jesus.

Answer 5

Yes that true. They use their idols as a target to not only offend one of these self - righteous religious nuts, but really to offend them all.

Answer 6

sounds like an excuse for generalizations... why don't we just learn to use the language appropriately instead of putting around the issue. Responsibility of language and communication is UBER IMPORTANTE

Answer 7

the 'white man' phrase comes from the time of slavery i believe?

and yes i can understand why!!

but to hold resentment's about cultures and religions for centuries is beyond me.