Black Spirituality Religion : does the bible disarm black people?

[jamesfrmphilly]

time and again i hear black people forgiving whites who do terrible things to them.
has the bible been used to make black people acept any kind of mis treatment from whites?

is there any part in the bible that would allow black people to strike back against whites who kill us?

 

[Angela22]

is there any part in the bible that would allow black people to strike back against whites who kill us?

No, truthfully, but that's for anyone who wrongs you, regardless of skin color. Taking your own vengeance is not a thing taught, though I've seen many who professed themselves Christian say they believe otherwise, and they certainly do otherwise.

"Eye for an eye" they teach, thus, they act upon it, likewise.

 

[jamesfrmphilly]

No, truthfully, but that's for anyone who wrongs you, regardless of skin color.
Taking your own vengeance is not a thing taught, though I've seen many who professed themselves Christian say they believe otherwise, and they certainly do otherwise.

"Eye for an eye" they teach, thus, they act upon it, likewise.

so black Christians are always victims to who ever wants to attack them?

 

[Angela22]

so black Christians are always victims to who ever wants to attack them?

No, not always. Like I said, many who say they are Christians don't really believe in turning the other cheek, but acting upon someone else, as they've been acted upon by them.

I know many in my own family who say how "devoted [they] are to the Lord", but will and have royally f***ed white people up for calling them "n****rs".

Have you never seen this?

 

[cherryblossom]

time and again i hear black people forgiving whites who do terrible things to them.
has the bible been used to make black people acept any kind of mis treatment from whites?

is there any part in the bible that would allow black people to strike back against whites who kill us?

Is there any part in the Bible that would allow Black people to strike back against other Blacks who kill us?

The Bible doesn't say, "Forgive only those who look like you."

The Bible doesn't say, "Vengeance is the Lord's....but you can have it too if it's white people."

Do you also hear of Black people forgiving other Blacks who have done terrible things to them?

Rae Carruth’s son and an incredible story of forgiveness

Posted by Michael David Smith on September 14, 2012
At age 12, Chancellor Lee Adams can barely speak, is mostly confined to a wheelchair and can’t feed himself. He’ll always be severely disabled because before he was born his father, then-Panthers receiver Rae Carruth, hired two people to murder the unborn Chancellor and his mother, Cherica Adams, so that Carruth wouldn’t have to pay child support.

It’s a horrifying story, except that as the story is told in this week’s Sports Illustrated, it’s actually a touching story about the loving way Chancellor has been raised by his grandmother, and the forgiveness that Chancellor’s grandmother has shown toward Carruth, who is in prison for conspiracy to commit murder and is expected to be released in about six years.

“He is the happiest person I’ve ever met,” Lake writes. “There’s a light inside him that I’ve never seen anywhere else. I’ve talked to several other people about his effect on me, and they say it happened to them too. Wherever he goes — to church, to physical therapy, to the Special Olympics — he makes people feel better by his mere presence. When he looks into your eyes and says hello, the whole thing feels almost spiritual. And then, of course, you have to ask yourself: If a kid like this can be so happy, what right do I have to complain?”

Saundra thought her days of raising babies were over, and she certainly never thought she’d be feeding and changing a severely disabled boy for years, but instead of seeing Chancellor as a burden, she has seen him as a blessing. Instead of being angry that Carruth murdered her daughter in an attempt to ensure Chancellor would never be born, she says she is genuinely grateful for Carruth, because without Carruth there would be no Chancellor.

“I’m not gonna have anything negative to say about him,” Saundra says of Carruth. “I thank him for my grandson. I thank him for my grandson. . . . Like I say, you can focus on what you’ve lost or what you have left. So I didn’t lose. I have my grandson. I have my daughter with me in my heart, always.”

Chancellor’s grandma doesn’t want to burden him with hatred of his father, so she avoids explaining to him exactly what caused his disabilities, and why he has never had a mother.

“Well, he knows that Mommy was killed, and that Daddy did, you know, Daddy did a baaad thing. And he’s in jail right now paying for the bad thing that he did. And we just say that he, you know, he made a mistake,” Saundra says.
....complete here: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/14/rae-carruths-son-and-an-incredible-story-of-forgiveness/