I’ve never understood why a large portion of the community follows something that was forced upon them by slave owners and has been used as justification for the murder rape and enslavement of our people.
Also the Bible has been edited so many times why would one trust what it’s saying

You can say this about a lot of things. Let people believe what they want. Also Aren’t you Muslim? That’s a pretty hypocritical way to look at Christianity when others look at your religion the same way

I’m not talking about Ethiopia

-wasnt allowed to read or write
-christianty was forced on them

Pick one

Why does anyone? This question shouldnt just be directed towards black people.

I understand your point but I don’t understand why people would follow Christianity given these circumstances

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Y'all really believe those ignorant colonizers could write the wisdom found in proverbs and Ecclesiastes

Christianity came from an old sumarian religion

If Christianity gave black ppl the hope they needed to cope with whites beating, murdering, raping, breeding, etc them then more power to Christianity

We just gotta get rid of this white Jesus fella

Real recognize real and white Jesus is hella unfamiliar

“When enslaved Africans first arrived in America, some brought religious traditions with them. But the pain of slavery drove many to look for meaning and hope in a new place - the Bible. Although most slaves could not read, biblical stories of salvation and retribution spread like fire.”

Christianity wasn’t “forced” on slaves. It was just taught to them. It was hope

Who does anyone still follow any religion

Did they tell them believe in this or we’ll kill you? Having no other option is different in a sense than being “forced”

That’s because they believed voodoo to be devil type things

justification for the murder rape and enslavement of our people

I got bad news if you want them to practice Islam, bud

Tradition. Also we're in deaths waiting room pick up a magazine and cope.

You could really pick on any religion and ask why do people follow. In the end the morals and motivation to live your life in a positive light is why people still do imo

christianity has a massive history of forced conversion not many people wants to talk about. it's not just black people; tons of europeans, asians/indians, and obviously south americans were forced to convert too. christianity is probably undeniably the most imperialistic religion because of the way it developed; you can argue it's not a core facet of the religion in theory but it has been in practice of the practictioners. this isn't to say forced conversion didn't happen elsewhere...but i mean the like 50 years it happened in a random part of the middle east in a jewish tribe isn't really comparable to the majority of modern classical history.
also a lot of groups advocating forced conversion were reactionary to conversions to begin with; like, modern Hindu Extremism was largely a reaction to forced conversions in India, specifically christianity (although to be fair it also happened separately with Islam in like the 14-15th century).

Separaretly, as I understand @Ari, "forced conversion"/"religious compulsion" is banned by Quranic law right? (see below) do you know why this hasn't been the case historically? this is a genuine question i don't know the answer to, not trying to be a smartass or anything

لاَ إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِن بِاللّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَىَ لاَ انفِصَامَ لَهَا وَاللّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Well most muslims think the Quran was written by Mohammed rven though he didnt. Yet they still believe.

Let everybody believe what they want. Thats the beauty in humans

You’re out to lunch op, this some space cadet s***

Because most religions were forced onto someone throughout history.

I meqn what did the ottomans do fam

The Prophet (PBUH) didn’t write the Quran it was revealed to him by god