Soooo, he let your ancestors get enslaved, sold, beaten, tortured, and shipped around the world by assholes…

The traditional argument I've heard boils down to Satan being the tyrannical enslaver and God being the liberator. They were freed from bondage in the same way that the Jews were freed from Pharaoh's Egypt. Emancipation is a Christian victory in a holy war.

All of this, so he could someday help you throw that pigskin for 2 touchdowns…

This is where Old Testament Theology intersects with modern Evangelicalism.

A bunch of the early books talk about various Jewish prophets and preachers climbing their way into positions of influence or rule, by demonstrating commitment to the Covenant. Victory is a demonstration of your piety, not your physical aptitude. If you are the Most Faithful then you will lead armies to victory and stand at the right hand of the powerful and claim/reclaim your old Kingdom of Israel.

Evangelicals are less invested in Israel as a state than in the general idea of theocracy and of a "Godly Country". You achieve greatness by advocating for Godliness. You find yourself in this privileged position not because God wanted you to win the game, but because God wanted you to testify to his greatness. Winning is simply an opportunity to evangelize. Whether you're the King of England or the Winningest College Football Player, your status only persists so long as you evangelize in God's name.

You won the football game in order to gather a crowd. You got that crowd in order to deliver this message. If you stop delivering the Good News, or you deviate from God's Plan, you'll stop winning the football games.

Victory is a Mandate From Heaven to follow your lead. Except when its victory by a heretic, in which case it was Satan's plan. So don't just follow anyone who wins. Take the victories of your ingroup as proof of your righteousness. And assume any defeats involved Satanic Cheating.

black slave owners were also plentiful. still exist today even.

Hey that's the guy who wrote Le Petit Prince isn't it

For some it was punishment. Like “these people were bad so they are all dark skinned now.”

They think skin color was the mark Asshole put on Cain for being a jealous ~~farmer~~ murderer.

Edit to add some context- Cain was a farmer and gave a sacrifice of grain. Abel was a shepherd and gave a sacrifice of sheep. Asshole likes the smell of fried mutton, rejects Cains offering (even if it was just as or more work…)

Obviously it’s just a myth; though it’s one used to establish Israelites as being superior to Canaanites and the other semites in the area.

It’s only with the meeting of people who weren’t brown that the mark became assumed as skin color.

Depends on who you ask, christians and jews and i think islam saw black people as punishment from god. Whoch is super cool, obviously

Most Christians accept the reality of the evolution, you know. Most of them aren't literalists who believe that Adam and Eve actually existed.

And for the ones delusional enough to believe that, they generally believe that God decided everything, so I guess he could have decided that some people kind of evolved, but under the direct control of God, and not by natural selection.

Tower of Babylon seems as far as that thought goes.

Most believe in micro evolution but not macro evolution

Weird how only the most resource-rich countries in africa are the ones going through so much shit, and it’s weird how they’re all ruled by dictators, I wonder how those positions.

This book explains why: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Nations_Fail, and it's very easy and fun to read.

Dictatorship is still better than war zones. Having a dictatorship means the area is stable, and hence good enough for business.

And was built in a factory staffed by 7-10 year olds.

And not a single one has "Made in Africa".