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Christians can't be racist

Crusader13

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As a Christian, I need to speak out against all these modern day attacks on Christian bigots. Yes - Christians can say and indeed even do bad things, but on the world stage they are collectively the most oppressed group in history and even today. Thousands of them are killed, sold as sex slaves, or simply politically marginalized everyday, particularly in the Middle East.

Christians are the most oppressed group in history and today, therefore like the liberal argument support reverse black racism goes, Christians cannot be bigots, racists, or hateful. Their actions can be such, but they themselves don't have the institutional power around the world to stand up against everyday oppression.
 
As a Christian, I need to speak out against all these modern day attacks on Christian bigots. Yes - Christians can say and indeed even do bad things, but on the world stage they are collectively the most oppressed group in history and even today. Thousands of them are killed, sold as sex slaves, or simply politically marginalized everyday, particularly in the Middle East.

Christians are the most oppressed group in history and today, therefore like the liberal argument support reverse black racism goes, Christians cannot be bigots, racists, or hateful. Their actions can be such, but they themselves don't have the institutional power around the world to stand up against everyday oppression.

Christians make up over 70% of religion in the US, how are they the most oppressed group? They are a majority.

Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics | Pew Research Center
 
As a Christian, I need to speak out against all these modern day attacks on Christian bigots. Yes - Christians can say and indeed even do bad things, but on the world stage they are collectively the most oppressed group in history and even today. Thousands of them are killed, sold as sex slaves, or simply politically marginalized everyday, particularly in the Middle East.

Christians are the most oppressed group in history and today, therefore like the liberal argument support reverse black racism goes, Christians cannot be bigots, racists, or hateful. Their actions can be such, but they themselves don't have the institutional power around the world to stand up against everyday oppression.

Everyone can be a racist and everyone is a bigot, to some extent.
 
Christians can't be racist.......

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As a Christian, I need to speak out against all these modern day attacks on Christian bigots. Yes - Christians can say and indeed even do bad things, but on the world stage they are collectively the most oppressed group in history and even today. Thousands of them are killed, sold as sex slaves, or simply politically marginalized everyday, particularly in the Middle East.

Christians are the most oppressed group in history and today, therefore like the liberal argument support reverse black racism goes, Christians cannot be bigots, racists, or hateful. Their actions can be such, but they themselves don't have the institutional power around the world to stand up against everyday oppression.

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Christians are a majority power and, as such, benefit from majority privilege.
 
As a Christian, I need to speak out against all these modern day attacks on Christian bigots. Yes - Christians can say and indeed even do bad things, but on the world stage they are collectively the most oppressed group in history and even today. Thousands of them are killed, sold as sex slaves, or simply politically marginalized everyday, particularly in the Middle East.

Christians are the most oppressed group in history and today, therefore like the liberal argument support reverse black racism goes, Christians cannot be bigots, racists, or hateful. Their actions can be such, but they themselves don't have the institutional power around the world to stand up against everyday oppression.

As far as a collective group being historically oppressed, I think Jews have just about everyone beat both past and present.
 
As a Christian, I need to speak out against all these modern day attacks on Christian bigots. Yes - Christians can say and indeed even do bad things, but on the world stage they are collectively the most oppressed group in history and even today. Thousands of them are killed, sold as sex slaves, or simply politically marginalized everyday, particularly in the Middle East.

Christians are the most oppressed group in history and today, therefore like the liberal argument support reverse black racism goes, Christians cannot be bigots, racists, or hateful. Their actions can be such, but they themselves don't have the institutional power around the world to stand up against everyday oppression.

So, IOW, Christians can most definitely be racist, bigots and hateful and they aren't the most oppressed group in history.

Thanks for clearly that up!
 
Christians are a majority power and, as such, benefit from majority privilege.

Well if population numbers alone determine privilege and power, then that would mean White people are not privileged either. Whites are not a majority of the world's population. There are likely more Black people on earth than Whites. So does that mean Blacks or Asians have privilege for making up so much of the world?
 
Christians can't be racist.......

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Ah see this is a typical misconception. Like I said - Christians can indeed do racist things. Their acts can be racist, but they themselves are not racist since, just like the Blacks in America who shout racist slurs against Whites, they have a deep history of oppression and cannot stand up for themselves in most countries around the world. Remember, racism is power + privilege. Christians have very little of both on a worldwide scale.
 
As it is written: there is no one righteous - not even one. - Romans 3:10

Christians have been guilty of wallowing and reveling in every sin known to man, as much or more than unbelievers. That includes racism.

As for racism in the institution of Christianity? Take a look at its involvement in propagating the slave trade, and not just in America.
Take a look at the anti-Semitism that was tolerated and outright promoted through the centuries.

It's foolish, even in jest, to suggest Christians are incapable of racism.
 
Ah see this is a typical misconception. Like I said - Christians can indeed do racist things. Their acts can be racist, but they themselves are not racist since, just like the Blacks in America who shout racist slurs against Whites, they have a deep history of oppression and cannot stand up for themselves in most countries around the world. Remember, racism is power + privilege. Christians have very little of both on a worldwide scale.

To the bolded - that's absolute horse ****.
 
Their actions can be such, but they themselves don't have the institutional power around the world to stand up against everyday oppression.

As a Christian, I have to point out that you have a serious conceptual error running here, as I am sure many others have pointed out (haven't read other responses yet). Whether or not one is oppresses has nothing to do with whether one is racist or bigoted, or sexist, or whatever. A white Christian can believe that whites are the superior race, and thus they are racist even while being Christian. A black Christian can believe blacks are the superior race and thus they too are racist despite being Christian. Your religion or being discriminated against have nothing to do with what you feel towards a group when dealing with any type of -ism.

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They were oppressed in Rome in 100 A.D.

I presume by "world-wide" Crusader13 is referring to the Middle East, where Arab Christians are indeed horribly oppressed by Muslim-majority governments.
 
Christians are a majority power and, as such, benefit from majority privilege.

Would you concede that is not the case everywhere, ecofarm? Just because Christians are in the majority in the Western Hemisphere does not somehow mean Christians in, say, Egypt or Iraq benefit from that majority privilege.
 
Would you concede that is not the case everywhere, ecofarm? Just because Christians are in the majority in the Western Hemisphere does not somehow mean Christians in, say, Egypt or Iraq benefit from that majority privilege.

Christian majority (power) countries have a majority of the global power. Context of majority power is always global.
 
Remember, racism is power + privilege.

And here is the heart of your conceptual error. Racism is the belief that a given race is the superior one (you don't necessarily have to be part of that race, but such is usually the case) or that a given race is inferior to all others. Power and privilege have nothing to do with racism or any other -ism. Those things might make.it easier to open in your -ism, but they are not required for it.

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As a Christian, I have to point out that you have a serious conceptual error running here, as I am sure many others have pointed out (haven't read other responses yet). Whether or not one is oppresses has nothing to do with whether one is racist or bigoted, or sexist, or whatever. A white Christian can believe that whites are the superior race, and thus they are racist even while being Christian. A black Christian can believe blacks are the superior race and thus they too are racist despite being Christian. Your religion or being discriminated against have nothing to do with what you feel towards a group when dealing with any type of -ism.

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Dude, you kind of missed the point of this thread. My tongue was planted firmly in my cheek in the OP. This reasoning that Christians can't be racist because [insert any stupid reason to excuse racism] is indeed ludicrous, just like the reasoning that Blacks can't be racist because [insert any stupid reason to excuse racism]. It was a parody to highlight the idiocy of the typical leftist position.

Here's my real position (if it wasn't obvious already). Christians can indeed be, and indeed are, racist at times. Just like Black people in America or anywhere else can indeed be, and indeed are, racist at times. History, privilege, power, or any other nonsense do not excuse racism. If you say or do racist things, you're a racist. If you say or do ****ty things, you're a ****ty person, no matter what your skin colour, gender, cissnism, religion, or race is.
 
Christian majority countries have a majority of the global power. Context of majority power is always global.

So do individual people and their particular situations and oppression that they face matter in your worldview, ecofarm? Or is everyone just a corpuscle of some greater mass-entity vying for power over others?
 
So do individual people and their particular situations and oppression that they face matter in your worldview, ecofarm? Or is everyone just a corpuscle of some greater mass-entity vying for power over others?

Majority power is a sociological concept, not psychological. It's about group dynamics and social constructs. Don't you understand what sociology and anthropology are about?

You're blaming geometry for not solving calculus. Wrong tool, guy.
 
Your error is in assuming that he is limiting the scope to the US. In fact he specifically mentions world wide.

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His error was in addressing a silly OP.
 
Majority power is a sociological concept, not psychological. It's about group dynamics and social constructs. Don't you understand what sociology and anthropology are about?

You're blaming geometry for not solving calculus. Wrong tool, guy.

I am not going to pretend to understand sociology as a whole, or do shallow internet research. Especially when it sounds like religious belief. I do not understand how this "majority power" manifests itself in any way that is either provable or useful beyond simple numbers. The plurality religion of the globe is Christian (of various sects). Granted. How does that majority power manifest for the benefit or privilege of individuals in non-Christian majority countries?
 
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