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Originally Posted by A.M Nafusi
@Ndigila2
Will I be right to say that in deciding to follow xtianity u excluded an evaluation of African religions?
A yes answer will put my disagreements with u to rest, for my point of issue is what its interpretation & effects are, while u seek to validate it historically.
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Will an answer of N/A suffice?
It begs the question, how much of pre-colonial Africa, outside Egypt and Ethiopia do we know?
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Originally Posted by A.M Nafusi
I happened during the 400 years of behaving badly, so both of u must excuse my desire to see an end to it. But then, what proof do we have that it will get better, perhaps it has hit its civilization niverna. Look at the growing dissatisfaction?
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Nafusi, if you focus on one shred of evidence instead of the whole picture, you risk coming to the wrong conclusion. It's like doctors ignoring all but one symptom in a differential diagnosis.
Justinian, a Byzantine Emperor in the 6th century is said to have founded the Diocese of Selefkia in Central Africa. This means that in the 500s there were enough Christians in Central Africa for them to achieve self-governing status. So did the looting and plundering of Central Africa begin in the 500s, or did it begin with King Leopold? Christianity has been in Ethiopia since the 1st century, yet Baptist missionaries from the west still treat them as Pagans and try to impose their version on them. So who's to blame? Their attitude, or what they profess?
The growing dissatisfaction with Christianity isn't unique to Africa, it's been rejected by Europe and America (the difference being America hasn't admitted it yet).
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Originally Posted by A.M Nafusi
My sentiments of not caring are not meant to poison the well, I suffer mental dettachment the minute such material comes in my view.
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Well then, perhaps you should cease diverting pretty much most of the debates on this forum to this line of discussion.