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minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoSeen as a European (and although I’m not christian), US evangelicals have nothing in common with christianity. Except maybe the symbolism.
minus-squareInvertedParallax@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-25 days agohttps://www.thearda.com/us-religion/history/timelines/entry?etype=1&eid=18 It’s because they schismed specifically to redefine Christianity in terms of pro-slavery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham was part of it too, as proof that God wanted only White people to dominate all others who were cursed by him forever. It’s literally where the nazis got a lot of their stuff from, Hitler mentioned Jim Crow as the model Germany needed to follow in Mein Kampf.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoThe more I find out about religion in the US, the more insane it is.
Seen as a European (and although I’m not christian), US evangelicals have nothing in common with christianity. Except maybe the symbolism.
https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/history/timelines/entry?etype=1&eid=18
It’s because they schismed specifically to redefine Christianity in terms of pro-slavery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham was part of it too, as proof that God wanted only White people to dominate all others who were cursed by him forever.
It’s literally where the nazis got a lot of their stuff from, Hitler mentioned Jim Crow as the model Germany needed to follow in Mein Kampf.
The more I find out about religion in the US, the more insane it is.