find this ironic?

Question

the places in the states that have the problems with race, are also the states that tend to be the more religious ones?

the south has a problem between races, and yet is considered the bible belt...

a link between being a bible thumper and being a hater ? why do you think this is?

Answer 1

Christianity teaches judgment - it teaches that some are more worthy than others. What do you expect to get from teachings like that?

But actually, I'd say that the extensive interest in religion in that region is caused by the same traits that cause people to be racist, rather than religion itself causing people to be racist. People who are likely to be racist are drawn to religion for the excuse to judge others, among other factors.

Answer 2

Uh, no.

You are taking a very, very small minority and applying their attributes to a very, very large group. Don't you see the error in that logic?

How do define "religious"? Do you realize that "Bible thumpers" are notoriously anti-religion? And where does the term "Bible belt" come from? It was coined in reference to the Southern Baptist Convention, not in reference to the most religious parts of the United States. And I'm sure you realize that the Bible Belt represents approximately 2% of the Christian population as a whole. American Christianity only comprises around 10% of all Christians. And we haven't even looked at what percentage of the population engages in this "problem between the races."

Answer 3

tsk, tsk, tsk
there you go lumping a region by a few..........
I'm from the south and will admit there is racism here but not nearly to the extent that people want to make it out to be. It's seems it's just more noteworthy if something racial happens in the south due to it's history. I've lived in other parts of the country and have found there to be many racial issues it's just that it's not blamed on race as much as it is gangs, cultural differences etc..... but it usually boils down to what race the gang is or where these cultural differences originate.
I don't have a problem with race, nor do the people in my church home (it's a very mixed group of people). This goes for the vast majority of the people (religious and non-religious) that I know.

Answer 4

There are a lot of racists in the Southern U.S.
There are a lot of Bible-believing people in the Southern U.S.
Some Bible-believers are racist.
Some racists are not Bible-believers.

You're the logic guy, how did you get "All Bible-believers are racist" out of that??!

Seriously, supposed "God-fearing" white men have abused every race, gender, belief, whatever, different from them for as long as they have been around. Not saying that is right, but that there is precedent. I don't think a correlation between modern Christians and racists exists, although I'm sure there are many individual examples.

Answer 5

I live in the south and I am white, but I think the problem is that the slaves were in the south, so therefore blacks being the slaves were not thought of as equal to whites, unfortunately. Since the blacks were slaves and were normally known as being poorer, I think that's another reason a lot of people here having prejudice issues. The Bible doesn't say anything about whites being superior (that I can remember) and the Bible doesn't say anything about blacks and whites not being able to marry either. I was not raised in the south but my parents were and they told me a lot of reasons when I was a child why they thought blacks weren't equal, but I personally do not agree at all. So no link between being a "Christian" and being prejudice.

Answer 6

Racial tensions are more economy driven than religious driven. When slaves were freed in the south, many slave owners lost a fortune. You now have whites who's ancestors lost a family fortune due to it, and you have blacks who's ancestors were once owned by whites. Obviously there's going to be tension there.

Those that feel supreme to the other, those are the racists.

Religious follow some similar trends, but their judgements are based on teachings.

I think the intolerance of both is representative of a character flaw, as both stem from completely different causes.

Answer 7

I think you're generalizing a bit. Boston has had a lot of racial problems, as has Los Angeles ... neither is in the so-called Bible Belt.

But as for your main contention: yes, I think sometimes people who claim to be Christian feel superior to others, and look upon others as being worthy of contempt--not just other races but gays and lesbians, other religions, other cultures. And it's a short trip from contempt to hatred.

Notice I said "claim to be Christian." True followers of Jesus Christ are filled with the love of God, and do not hate.

Answer 8

Religious people are very easy to persuade into thinking certain things, and when you get that idea in their head they run with it. They don't question anything. They believe blindly what they are told and as long as the guy telling them the bull **** is holding the book their religion believes in they'll fall for it.
Racism is very prominent in religion. I know that in the LDS religion, African Americans can go to heaven but it's a lower level. I think it's sad a quite pathetic that anyone would believe this crap. Everyone should be judged on who they are not what they are, how good of a heart they have and not their skin color.

Answer 9

During the time of slavery, the slave owners would bend what was said in the bible to say it was good to own slaves. Th Ku Klux Klan also use the bible to back their beliefs. The bible belt is usually filled with black christians, not red necks who are scared of their own shadow.

Answer 10

Please give an example. It's hard to answer without some kind of example.

as far as "a link between being a bible thumper and being a hater."?

Well let me ask you this, if you loved someone and you knew they were in danger, wouldn't you try to help them?

If your child, friend or neighbour was going to take his/her own life, would you not try stop them, or would you accept the reasoning "it's my life, it's none of your business" and walk away?

I get called a bible thumping hate monger all the time because I oppose gay marriage, abortion....Some call it hate, I call it love.