Rossikk:
Indians were conquered..but they still practise Hinduism. You cannot remain "the conquered" forever. You have to move on from that..

mmsen:


Christianity is not 'indigenous' to Europe. Christianity is based on texts written by authors in the Middle East, in Middle Eastern languages.

The Catholic Church is a branch of Christianity based in Rome, just as RCCG is based in Lagos - that does not change the facts that the religion is rooted in Middle Eastern folklore. Why do you say 'Amen' after prayer? Amen is neither Latin, nor Greek. What language did the mythical Jesus speak? Does anyone even allege that he set foot in Europe? How about Abraham, David, Noah, Moses? Which of them visited Europe?

Brazil is the biggest Catholic nation on the earth (where coincidentally many of the people there adhere to Yoruba traditional religion), followed by other Latin American nations such as Mexico. Those nations are not in Africa.

Islam is not indigenous to Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh or the majority of Muslim nations. Those nations have far more than 2% of Muslim practitioners. Again, Mohammed did not step foot in any of these nations.

Buddhism is indigenous to India yet the nation with the largest number of Buddhists is Japan, followed by Thailand. Far more than 2% Japanese and Thais are Buddhists.

Religions are spread by force and cultural peer pressure. Very few nations have a majority population that adhere to 'traditional religions'. Your initial premise is based on a falsehood.

Rossikk:
You're just blowing unnecessary grammar, and basing your argument on what individual countries are doing, when the title of this thread clearly states 'races'. Asians are into ASIAN religion, whether it is Buddhism moving around India and China, or Bangladesh. They are all brothers. Africa doesn't have that. Europeans are into EUROPEAN religion.

Christianity is a European religion. The very contents of the bible - what would go in and what wouldn't - were decided by the Council of Nicaea, under the auspices of Emperor Constantine of Rome. The middle eastern backdrop to the religion was invented. There is no proof that any of those people you mentioned - David, Noah, Moses, etc, actually ever existed.

mmsen:


The Bible had to be translated from non-European languages into Latin. From there to the various European languages. The characters of the Bible may be entirely fictional but the arena in which they lived is the Middle East, not Europe.

We've just seen with with the EU that the Europeans are not 'brothers' - there is deep animosity and has been for millennia.

Besides, the first Christian nation was either Armenia or Ethiopia - neither of which is in Europe.

There is nothing 'brotherly' about interactions between Arabs and Pakistanis/Indians - this much is clear when you go to the GCC.

Indians and Chinese are culturally and ethnically different and have been fighting over their borders since Indian independence.

Rossikk:
The arena in which WHO lived?

The fictional characters?

Thanks for admitting Christianity is a European fairytale. Question is, WHY should Africans be taking part in that fairytale?

Sure. Go and attack one of them and see how the rest will react. That day you will know they're brothers.

Keep deceiving yourself.

Asians practise Asian religions. Africans practise European and Middle Eastern religions.

mmsen:


Christianity is a fairytale based upon older fairytales that was eventually imposed/adopted by Europeans.

Pakistanis are Asians. Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia are Asian countries - they are all Muslim nations. The largest Muslim nation in the world is not in the Middle East but in Asia.

Mexico is not in Europe, likewise Brazil - those are the two biggest Catholic nations.

Please stop repeating lies.

Avoidhellfire:

If as you allege, Britain attacked Africa and preached Christianity to Africa then who did the disciples of Jesus Christ attack before they preached Christianity to the world?

Baaballiyo:



You need to research more about most African native religions, bc for most of them Human and blood sacrifices are found. So I think they dont fare any better than what you termed " Imported white Gods".

Rossikk:
You are wrong. In terms of scale of atrocities, African religion "fares better". A community might sacrifice a virgin or two a year to implore the gods for a good harvest, but you never saw wholesale massacres of other groups in order to force them to join one religion or the other, as was practiced by Christianity and Islam. You never saw religious wars like the Biafran war fought between christians and muslims, with millions of people slaughtered. Or terrorist groups killing those of different beliefs. So abandoning African religion to join those faiths is like jumping from frying pan to fire, with various terrible consequences arising, as we've seen in Africa. Much better to reform, and build on what we had earlier, just like others did with theirs.

horlarwhalhe:


Have you don research you will not say what you said because civilization started from Africa including language, spirituality, Until Caucasian invade Africa and stole our history and use it against us, what did your Bible told you about foreign god, are you serving foreign god or god of your land. I want you to do more research,
Before Adam and eve we exist

Baaballiyo:


The Kano Kingdom, Oyo Empire, Kanem Empire, Ashanti empire, Mali empire, Aksumite empire, the Zulu kingdom among other ancient African empires/kingdoms were all created through conquest, blood shed and massacres when all of them pratice African religions at a time they were not influenced by any "white religion".


America is the most blood thirsty entity in the entire history of the world, they killed the highest number of people in world history; is it for religion ?

So blood thirsty~ness is the general nature of most human beings when they want to achieve a political or economic goal some are able to restraint it while others tend to succumb to it. So blame the people not the RELIGION.

Rossikk:
This topic is about African adoption of foreign religions, not about how empires and kingdoms were founded using violence. The point is, Now that we are no longer "conquered'', and the conquerors have left, why are we still into their religion? Especially when less than 1% of us has ever bothered to research the roots, validity, and authenticity of that belief system. It's like we're a bunch of feckless, thoughtless dummies led by the nose.

And worst of all, the conquerors had their "holy books" peppered with enough threats of damnation and eternal suffering to ensure that adherents remain adherents.. And we fell for that too. Most followers are scared shiitless of questioning anything in the bible, or its integrity. Same as the koran for our muslims. It's like the world came to Africa, and tied the African's hands behind his back with a rope, and left.

When will you untie yours?

Baaballiyo:



LOL, my hands aren't tied by anyone, and besides my tribe don't know anyform of worship except the one we have been practicing throughout our history. To you it's foreign and white but to us its native and black.

horlarwhalhe:


Are you saying you have been practicing Christianity throughout your history?

Baaballiyo:


Yes, but Islam not Christianity.

AnonyNymous:
African religions even believe in reincarnation. . . its another interesting topic I've been researching. Christianity says it doesnt exist, even though there are documented, valid cases, that scientists/meta-physicists are still trying to explain. Or they say its 'demon'. In Christianity, anything you don't understand is 'demon' and it should 'die by fire'