Black People Are the Most Religious People In America, But What Are They Getting Out Of It?

This is such a nonsense argument against being religious. I do understand the historic and cultural observations being made and its fine to do so. It's even helpful given the context but the underlying problem here is it makes religion into a cultural issue and not one of divinity.

If I were stranded on an island and I was brought there by a person who tortured me but I overpowered them and now had the opportunity to escape, would I use the boat that brought me there or even avoid boats altogether because they remind me of my aggressor? The boat itself is a simple vessel and is independent of my aggressor. If it is my only way off of the island, the other stuff is irrelevant and it would make sense to use the boat.

Regardless of what American blacks have historically gone through, it is nonsensical to attach Christianity to white oppression because it is independent of it.

In the end, it is either true or not. If it isn't not true, then it is irrelevant to its white connection because it is fiction and may be dismissed. If it is true, they must follow the laws of God because he doesn't care what happened, his words still remain and on the day of judgment, it won't matter if they were oppressed. They must either accept Jesus or fall.

This argument makes religion into a simple cultural mechanism of comfort, guidance, and tradition... Which incidentally I think it is. But I think that because I am atheist. If you are a believer, there is no black or white version of Christianity. It simply is. What you get out of it is salvation and if you do not believe that is true, you begin to cease being Christian in the first place.

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