lomprico:
it was used as a weapon

Authority1o1:
When People Say That The Bible Was A Weapon In The Hands Of Colonialists, what do they mean?
You may have made the assertion that Christianity is/was a religion used by the Whites, the imperial Europe in this regard, to abbett colonialism in Africa.
I have a lot in view, but what does that mean to You?

DappaD:


Jesus prophesied that after the death of his apostles, impostors would overrun the congregation and they wouldn’t treat the flock kindly(which indeed occurred after the first century) Matthew 13:24-30, see also Acts 20:29-30, 2Peter 2:1
These set of persons brought in all sorts of apostate teachings and practices of demons (1Timothy 4:1) e.g. Trinity, Christmas, hellfire and so on.

In the hands of the weeds(these false Christians), the Bible was used as a tool for domination and colonialism. In the hands of the wheats(true Christians), the Bible today is being used properly as a tool for building up a person’s life! Hebrews 4:12, 2Timothy 3:16-17

lomprico:
it was used as a weapon

lomprico:
it was used as a weapon

Dtruthspeaker:


Everything was used as a weapon by those Invading Sons of evil.

paltielx:
It wasn't, to me fulfillment in Bible prophecies and it's accuracy when in touches scientific matters even science didn't discover them proves it that the Bible was and is never a weapon

ikechukz:
If not for the "sons of evil", you might still be running around in sack clothes today.

lomprico:


Read or research about the history of spread of christianity, you will see.

I'm not saying the bible is evil, it's that some people used/use it for committing evil.

paltielx:
If the European can overcome the so call weapon of the Bible and enjoys technological advancements, what prevents the African from doing the same. To me the problem with us is that, illiteracy and greed prevent us from speaking the truth in the Bible

lomprico:


No, it's not like that. they know that they were using it to conquer, enslave and brainwash and they achieved that.
the case of Africa is inferiority complex and greed.

Authority1o1:

I deduce that you refer to an already-written bible of an already-established religion. At least, if I'm correct, you understand that in contrast to what many believe, neither Christianity nor the Bible were formulated by Whites to help them subdue Africa.
It's very sickening to keep on coming across the "White-man-religion" and "Bible-was-written-by-Whites-for-the-purpose-of-mental-subduction-of-their-colonies" mantras. Or do you align with the thought?

paltielx:
Well whatever I don't see the Bible as a weapon, the truth in it as mentioned in John 8:32 set people like me from enslavement of demonic believe and culture, deceptions by religious leaders, and even the knowledge as to what we are doing in the earth today

DappaD:


Christianity was established by Jesus Christ in the first century(Matthew 28:19-20) and after the first century C.E., Christianity lost its meaning throughout the Dark Ages when Catholicism and Protestantism became the order not until the last days in which we find ourselves that true Christianity has again come to the fore as the wheats have been separated from the weeds. Matthew 13:30

The point of my previous post was to let you understand that those white men who used force to spread their teachings in Africa were not Christians but were the ravenous wolves who would infiltrate the Christian congregation, the ones that the apostles Paul and Peter talked about. Acts 20:29-30, 2Peter 2:1

Authority1o1:
I admire the turn this is taking. But of a truth, I know part of what your point is before now. I believe any true christian who have made a contact with the Spiritual would be convinced that it's beyond politics or scheme.

Nevertheless, I'm quite ruffled by this: ...those white men who used force to spread their teachings in Africa were not Christians but were the ravenous wolves who would infiltrate the Christian congregation...

By 'those', do you make a reference to a particular set, or all?

lomprico:


you don't get the point OP was saying. the bible was used as a weapon in the hands of some people!

paltielx:
abeg help me explain weapon as in how

lomprico:

I give up.

paltielx:
It wasn't, to me fulfillment in Bible prophecies and it's accuracy when in touches scientific matters even science didn't discover them proves it that the Bible was and is never a weapon

paltielx:
something i'm asking of your help. Am serious o

lomprico:


if a clergy does something bad or wrong and you point out what he did wrong, and he goes on to tell you 'judge not' he is using the bible as a weapon to defend his bad ways.
the Europeans used bible passages to justify the slave trades. thus using it as a weapon.
the crusaders spread the Gospel through wars and invasion, justifying their acts with bible passages.

that's what weaponising the bible is like according to what OP is asking.

Also, spiritually it's also used as a weapon against forces of evil. which is a good thing.

DappaD:



ALL. As long as force was used, we can’t say that it was Christianity that was being propagated. Need reasons why?

Authority1o1:


Intriguing.

Even the missionaries among them who came for evangelical purposes?

DappaD:


I didn’t stutter in what I said.

Authority1o1:


Did the colonialists have Christianity as their religion before their various invasions, or did they find themselves lucky to have a new book which they might have looked upon in glee, knowing that such discovery can propel their expeditions?

If you answer in the negative, did they use those passages that seemingly support slavery because of what they wanted to achieve?

And again, must they have sincerely thought that those passages actually supported slavery, or did they make their colonies understand it to be so? If they had wanted their colonies to accept slavery as permissible, don't you think other means other than the bible could have been used?

If not, were they simply ignorant in all sincerity to these things?

Authority1o1:

Intriguing.
Even the missionaries among them who came for evangelical purposes?
And by force, do you hint that not all of them who came made use of force? Does that singular attribute differentiate a percentage from all, or all as you highlighted.

Authority1o1:

Intriguing.
Even the missionaries among them who came for evangelical purposes?
And by force, do you hint that not all of them who came made use of force? Does that singular attribute differentiate a percentage from all, or all as you highlighted.

lomprico:


if a clergy does something bad or wrong and you point out what he did wrong, and he goes on to tell you 'judge not' he is using the bible as a weapon to defend his bad ways.
the Europeans used bible passages to justify the slave trades. thus using it as a weapon.
the crusaders spread the Gospel through wars and invasion, justifying their acts with bible passages. The Bible does not justify any act of violence, those crusaders used it execute their wicked aims. Also Bible doesn't has spiritual powers as portrayed in movies today, knowledge of what the Bible is can free one From such enslavement.

that's what weaponising the bible is like according to what OP is asking.

Also, spiritually it's also used as a weapon against forces of evil. which is a good thing.

Authority1o1:



It's very sickening to keep on coming across the "White-man-religion" and "Bible-was-written-by-Whites-for-the-purpose-of-mental-subduction-of-their-colonies" mantras.

Joshthefirst:


Sickening indeed, considering Jesus according to the flesh was Jewish, not British or white.

The true story of Christian mission work from Europe to Africa is an incredible story of love and sacrifice.