the markers seem to be there when we examine historical events
2007-06-13 03:38:46 · 23 answers · asked by brassmunkiee 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No your thinking of the Los Angeles Police Department.
2007-06-13 03:45:19 · answer #1 · answered by ringo 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
While Christians have historically been racist, I don't think it's a fair correlation to say that Christianity spawned racism. Racism is present in almost every culture, even those devoid of organized Christian religion. It's a human, not a Christian thing.
2007-06-13 03:41:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well I think you need too examine your historical events a little deeper, not just the basic high school lesson's.
Most racism and harship were caused by human beings exploiting a religion....
2007-06-13 03:43:20 · answer #3 · answered by chersa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, our brains did. it is natural for animals to group as similar and distrust different. it is a survival technique.
Also the brain really wants to name and categorize everything. it has a hard time handling thinks that don't fit neatly into neat descriptions. We have the brain power to think past this but our primitive brains still send us messages to distrust different things and to simplify that different thing into either trust or fear. Exposure and increased familiarity are the solution. The more you know about anything the more you can detect subtle differences and stop seeing things in a simple (in this case racist) way.
it's like the old story about Eskimos have so many names for snow. They are so familiar with it that they recognize subtle differences. Racist people view other races from the outside and have very little contact with them on a personal level so they don't or won't see the differences.
2007-06-13 03:46:24 · answer #4 · answered by jautomatic 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your talking about catholics then mabe... But other churchs No.
Oh and If your looking at history to see were Racism came from Try Evolution. Darwin's original book was call The Origin of Species of the African Natives. He was a Major Racist.
2007-06-13 03:46:30 · answer #5 · answered by nhprodigio 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course they did. Followers of a given religion considered themselves enlightened and superior to others: The indigenous people in the new world were considered hethans to Columbus; the Crusaders waged war against the muslims, then against pagans (considered them heretics); the Catholic church funded slave ships; and then there's the Holocaust. I'm sure I've missed a few.
2007-06-13 03:52:46 · answer #6 · answered by Pask 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There's always been racism but Christianity and other organised religions cetainly didn't do anything to stop it, and indeed spread it further by little things like calling other cultures 'savages' and 'heathens' and such.
2007-06-13 03:42:56 · answer #7 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No way-racism has occured since the dawn of time. Check out the Romans, the Mongols, the Chinese, the vikings. etc. etc.
2007-06-13 03:41:55 · answer #8 · answered by chickey_soup 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
racism has always existed, but religion offers some of these racists a shield to hide behind and false justification.
2007-06-13 04:20:36 · answer #9 · answered by tandypants 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With the birth of Christianity, people were taught that everyone, everyone, was equal in the eyes of God and we were to love one another the same.
2007-06-13 03:51:06 · answer #10 · answered by Lady G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋