2007-06-21 19:00:50 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Its incorrect to assume that Christianity is a white religion for two very important reasons. First, the religion started in the Middle East and many people do not consider Middle Easterners to be white, though they are genetically Caucasian. Secondly, the countries with the largest percentage of Christians are in Africa and South America. As a whole, Christianity is becoming less important in much of Europe and North America and is growing in Asia, South America and Africa. South Korea, for example, it the largest exporter of Christian missionaries after the U.C.
To assume that Christianity is a white religion is like assuming Islam is an Arab religion (only 20 percent of all Muslims are Arab). In academic studies, both religions are considered "World Religions" as they have spread beyond their geographic place of origin or original group of followers and have been embraced by a verity of different cultures and groups.
2007-06-21 19:27:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Out of the world's 6 billion people, roughly 2.1 billion of them are Christians. Christianity is found in every country on the planet and, in many cases, underground where Christianity is illegal (China, Turkey, etc.) and, by just celebrating a Catholic Mass one can incur the death penalty.
Christianity and Catholicism especially, are enormously popular in Central and South America. The May, 2007 issue of Catholic Digest is devoted to the impact Hispanics have had on the celebration of Catholic Masses and changing the face of Church cultural celebrations and traditions here in the U.S.
Christianity has traditionally been an "-ism" that is open and welcoming to all. Just because some dumb sheep in a nursery rhyme followed some girl around all day does not have any meaning whatsoever, no matter how latent you want it to sound.
Peace,
Ann
2007-06-22 02:19:19 · answer #2 · answered by ann81969 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Christianity is for humans of all colors. The nursery rhyme has nothing to do with theology, as a simple reading of the rest of the text will show.
"And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go. It followed her to school one day, tho t'was against the rules. It made the children laugh and play, to see a lamb at school."
Mary, Jesus' mother, did give birth to someone referred to as the "Lamb of God", but that is where the resemblence to the rhyme ends. She was a married woman at the time of Jesus' birth, and no longer a schoolgirl, assuming she was ever schooled in the first place!
2007-06-22 02:22:17 · answer #3 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. No, Chrisitanity is not a white religion.
2. Mary had a little lamb had nothing to do with Chrisitanity or religion at all. The poem was written in response to an actual event that occured.
2007-06-22 02:31:09 · answer #4 · answered by Miss B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mary had a little lamb is a nursery rhyme---it has nothing to do with the Christian faith. Perhaps it was written to describe the sinlessness of Christ, but it's still a nursery rhyme....and the fleece of the lamb has absolutely nothing to do with skin color...after all, Jesus wasn't white.
2007-06-22 02:05:45 · answer #5 · answered by jmeinada 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wow. This may top all...
Well I am no super religious zealot nor am I a theologian of any sort, but I am going to bet that Christianity is FAR from a Caucasian religion.
As for the comparison to "Mary had a little lamb..." - are we finding analogies between nursery rhymes and scripture now?
Does that seem like a bit of a stretch?
Like WHOA...
2007-06-22 02:06:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
That is symbolic of the spirit and soul, not the skin color. Mary's Lamb is Jesus, who was sinless (white as snow). You know that, silly.
Just reading some replies: The original poem certainly has nothing to do with religion, but there is another poem patterned after the first that is about the true Lamb of God. The words are different, of course, and that I assumed is the one you are referring to. I wish I could quote it here, but I don't have it to copy.
2007-06-22 02:04:06 · answer #7 · answered by Joyful Noise 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Christ was not born or raised in a European environment. He was very likly not 'white as snow'. The bible speaks of one of the apostles (also not likely white as snow) speaking with an Ethiopian who became a 'first generation' Christian. I think Christianity is no more a 'white religion' than Islam is a 'brown religion'.
2007-06-22 02:05:31 · answer #8 · answered by Julia M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is a nursery rymn nothing to do with Christianity. Jesus was seen to be clean and wash us from our sins making us wight as snow but Marys lamb if excited is noting
2007-06-22 02:07:39 · answer #9 · answered by Mim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HELLO!! Christianity is just having a relationship with Christ the Saviour of your life. It started with Jesus. JESUS WASN'T WHITE. yes many of those nativity scenes and the catholic crosses depict Jesus as this whiter-than-white guy with a halo. He had no halo otherwise everyone would have believed Him, There were no wise men until He was two years old, and He wasn't white. The nativity is misleading in it's representation.
2007-06-22 02:06:37 · answer #10 · answered by mexico13 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋