Posted on 03/25/2007 5:18:59 AM PDT by Flavius
sorry about the double post.
Why is aboriginal and Australia in the keyword place? Obviously, you didn't necessarily put it in there--it isn't directed only at you.
Wait till the Imans start demanding equal time on TV. There will be mass conversions by the secular left. At last a religion they can embrace!
Furthermore, American slaveowners almost unanimously identified themselves as "Christian."
Is American of African descent turning from Christianity unfounded?
Yes.
Can it be seen where it comes from?
Yes.
Pretty harsh, especially since vetsvette is all but agreeing with you.
I would totally suport your suggestion.
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Amen!
Question: Given the above re: slavery, has anybody ever heard an explaination -- by a black -- explaining why American blacks are converting? To defy the white man? But Arabs are white...
Relax, that wasn't a slam against you -- but the public schoolm system.
Look at the vast majority of environmentalists and non-Muslim anti-war activists: they are predominantly of European descent. Are these people representative of all Americans of European descent? Definitely not.
So, are Americans of African descent who are Democrats or have become Muslims representative of all Americans of African descent? Definitely not.
Furthermore, some of the condescending attitudes which could be asserting itself on this thread could drive away Americans of African descent from the Republicans.
Did you know that the NORTHERN State of New Jersey did NOT outlaw slavery until 1846? Did you know that even after that date, a provision was passed that allowed the remaining slaves to be retained as slaves and even sold as personal property. The hypocrisy of the North is evident in redacted and rewritten history.
http://www.slavenorth.com/newjersey.htm
"In 1830, of the 3,568 Northern blacks who remained slaves, more than two-thirds were in New Jersey. The institution was rapidly declining in the 1830s, but not until 1846 was slavery permanently abolished. At the start of the Civil War, New Jersey citizens owned 18 "apprentices for life" (the federal census listed them as "slaves") -- legal slaves by any name.
"New Jersey's emancipation law carefully protected existing property rights. No one lost a single slave, and the right to the services of young Negroes was fully protected. Moreover, the courts ruled that the right was a 'species of property,' transferable 'from one citizen to another like other personal property.'
Thus "New Jersey retained slaveholding without technically remaining a slave state."
Sounds to me like a clintoon wrote that law!
LLS
There were more converting in prison way before 9/11 when I worked at the Metropolitan Opera in the early 90's.
There were what was called 5 Percenters, they were polite young men who mama's rasied them as Chirstians and some how they got involved in this group.
The prisons are filled with 5 percenters and the schools also got to these black children.
Absolutely. The GOP was formed by religious people who were against slavery while the dims fought to continue slavery.
Same here, until it was correctly observed that islam is the religion of revenge.
Of course, that would imply that any pre-existing discussions around guilt, reparations and the long term effects of slavery on blacks in America had anything to do with logic. They are all emotionally based, and as such appear puzzling to anyone who views them rationally, as you apparently do.
Thomas Sowell is brilliant in his analysis of this issue in his excellent book "Black Rednecks and White Liberals".
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