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Are Black Americans the Most Religious -- and Virtuous -- of All? Posted: 02/27/2015 12:32 pm EST
In a nation where rising numbers of people are dropping out of organized religion, one dynamic religious movement continues to display remarkable strength.
The black church.
Several studies and surveys reveal black Americans retain remarkably strong levels of religious beliefs and practices. And that spiritual core is having an impact on community life in areas from health to economic empowerment. Just how much of a difference was illustrated in a study measuring racial differences on moral behaviors. Researchers found that blacks scored higher than whites on seven of nine virtues. The results indicated that, compared to whites, blacks were more humble, more grateful to God, felt more compassion for strangers and were likelier to provide emotional support and tangible help to people they do not know.
The only virtues in which race differences were not observed involved compassion and emotional support shown to family members and friends. The study analyzed data from a 2013 national survey of 1,535 adults ages 50 or older. The black church is not without its concerns. Many black churches are struggling to attract younger generations. Issues such as the role of women and the rise of suburban megachurches siphoning members from smaller inner-city congregations also demand new responses in a new age.
Yet while many predominantly white mainstream churches suffer severe membership losses, black Americans appear to be keeping the faith. Compare the religious lives of black and white Americans: Seven in 10 black Americans read the Bible outside of worship; just 44 percent of white Americans open Scripture on their own, the Bible in American Life study showed. The 2012 General Social Survey found nearly half of blacks reported praying several times a day; just 27 percent of whites prayed with the same frequency. Fifty-one percent of blacks, compared to 37 percent of whites, strongly agree that they have a personally meaningful relationship with God, according to the Portraits of American Life Study.
Fifty-nine percent of members of historically black churches reported attending services at least once a week; nationally 39 percent of Americans reported attending with similar frequency, according to the 2007 Pew U.S. Religious Landscape Survey. The percentage of white religious "nones" -- individuals with no religious affiliation -- rose from 15 percent in 2007 to 20 percent in 2012, while there was no statistically significant change among black Americans, Pew religion surveys found.
That high degree of personal faith matters in maintaining vital religious communities. A study analyzing data from the National Survey of American Life found that non-Hispanic whites are significantly more likely than African Americans to never attend services and to not have a denominational home. A major reason: Individuals who are not involved in religion are less likely than others to engage in activities such as reading religious texts, prayer and looking to God for strength, the study finding suggested. A strong faith also leads to other positive outcomes, research indicates.
For example, the study on moral behavior revealed that "blacks are likely to have higher virtue scores than whites because they are more committed to their faith than whites." In a separate study, researchers found that blacks who were more frequent churchgoers and religious volunteers were more likely to have greater self-confidence and less likely to feel overwhelmed by personal challenges. The findings can encourage health care providers to work together with faith communities to take advantage of "the inoculative potential of black churches," sociologist Gary Oates of Bowling Green State University reported. Another area where research suggests black churches are taking a leading role is in economic empowerment. Forty-two percent of black Protestants said their place of worship encouraged them to start a business.
That percentage is nearly three times as high as the 15 percent of evangelical and mainline Protestants who reported hearing similar encouragement, according to the 2010 Baylor Religion Survey. In one sense, the research findings should not be too surprising. Study after study finds a relation between vibrant religious communities and places where individuals have a strong faith and feel their spiritual needs are being met. What is more surprising is that so many predominantly white churches have not made spiritual growth a priority.
In particular, it seems a missed opportunity that the spiritual gifts of black Americans and the black church are often hidden or ignored. Or buried under stereotypes that focus disproportionately on political activism or emotional worship. In the latest issue of the journal Sociology of Religion, sociologist Sandra Barnes of Vanderbilt University advocates for greater, more nuanced research on the evolving role of religion in the lives of African Americans and the relevance of the black church in contemporary America. "The Black Church has always been complicated, the black community more heterogeneous than described in academic and mainstream sources, and its prophetic witness more dynamic than not," Barnes noted.
It also has a lot to offer the larger religious landscape -- and the nation -- if we choose to pay attention.
Sh1t, them Niggers believe in our White god even more than we do! Maybe we got them wrong, ya, they probably know about what we did, but it looks like they don't care! They're just praying for the strength to survive us, not to overcome us.
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Negroes pray to survive, while Albinos pray for victory.
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
"Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" is an American patriotic song written by Frank Loesser and published as sheet music in 1942 by Famous Music Corp. The song was a response to the attack on Pearl Harbor that marked United States involvement in World War II.
The song describes a chaplain ("sky pilot") being with some fighting men who are under attack from an enemy. He is asked to say a prayer for the men who were engaged in firing at the oncoming planes. The chaplain puts down his Bible, mans one of the ship's gun turrets and begins firing back, saying, "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition".
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Africans suffer from this excessive false belief in White religion as well...
"the latest statistics from the Vatican, there are now 1.229 billion baptized people in the world, a ten percent increase since 2005. The Church has grown the fastest in Africa, where the number of Catholics increased by 29 percent."
Researchers found that blacks scored higher than whites on seven of nine virtues. The results indicated that, compared to whites, blacks were more humble, more grateful to God, felt more compassion for strangers and were likelier to provide emotional support and tangible help to people they do not know.
The only virtues in which race differences were not observed involved compassion and emotional support shown to family members and friends. The study analyzed data from a 2013 national survey of 1,535 adults ages 50 or older.
I would like to know what the source of these nine virtues is
and how they test it
and the original reasearch link
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Africans suffer from this excessive false belief in White religion as well...
"the latest statistics from the Vatican, there are now 1.229 billion baptized people in the world, a ten percent increase since 2005. The Church has grown the fastest in Africa, where the number of Catholics increased by 29 percent."
I know, but I didn't want to say anything, else I be accused of picking on the Africans.
The Cathedral of Saint Augustine is the principal place of worship and seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Yamoussoukro (Ivory Coast). Guinness World Records lists it as the largest church in the world, having surpassed the previous record holder, St. Peter's Basilica, upon completion.
The basilica was constructed between 1985 and 1989 at a cost of US $300 million.
Ivory Coast GDP per capita $1,938 (PPP) (2014 est.) It ranks 142 of 195 (Congo, Dem. Rep.) is the worst.
You know what they say about the Monkey.
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Anecdotally, level of religious excitement/involvement seems to be adversely proportional to level of societal/personal advancement.
Interestingly, mans technological advancement seems to have been prompted (in large part) to a desire to more perfectly please the gods with better structures (temples, monuments, etc).
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: Mike, isn't Black Jesus the solution?
Even a Black Personified Sun God will not be the solution. Why must the solution be from someone wHo came and went some time in sources limited to Bible.
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quote:Originally posted by Mike111: Anecdotally, level of religious excitement/involvement seems to be adversely proportional to level of societal/personal advancement.
Interestingly, mans technological advancement seems to have been prompted (in large part) to a desire to more perfectly please the gods with better structures (temples, monuments, etc).
We in Africa have always known the Sun was the center of the solar system, with or without gigantic structures.
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: Mike, isn't Black Jesus the solution?
Actually, Blacks should should start with the Torah and rewrite it with all black characters. They should show how child molesting baby penis sucking Khazars, like Josephus migrated into the fold and sabotaged the whole religion from within.
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^ Ask the Ashkenazi Jews who control the Torah which characters are albino white or black. Then you will see what's really what since those same Jews own/control Hollywood, CNN Disney, the bible printing company and movies like, Exodus: Gods & Kings.
Same goes for the Bible, but that didn't stop the US black Baptists from rewriting the bible with all black characters in 1886. It's pretty obvious to me that Jews have the better grasp of translation, language and implication then niggas.
I'm not at all surprised by your answer since Negros haven't built a new Black college or university since reconstruction.
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Noah is described as having skin as "white as snow" in the book of Enoch, and red hair in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: Mike, isn't Black Jesus the solution?
Actually, Blacks should should start with the Torah and rewrite it with all black characters.
They should show how child molesting baby penis sucking Khazars, like Josephus migrated into the fold and sabotaged the whole religion from within.
The Kazars formed their nation in the 7th century and the earliest mention of them is in the 5th century.
at some point between 740 CE and 920 CE, the Khazar royalty and nobility appear to have converted to Judaism, in part, it is argued, perhaps to deflect competing pressures from Arabs and Byzantines to accept either Islam or Orthodoxy.
You don't have any evidence Jospephus who was born in the first century was not an ethnic Hebrew.
Secondly how did Josephus sabotage Christianlty?
Third, prove Jospehus wasn't black
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quote:Originally posted by kdolo: "Actually, Black should start with the Torah and rewrite.it with all black characters"
Would you mind identifying which characters of the TORAH are NOT Black ???
silly boy
Adam, Eve, Noah, Moses, Zipporah, etc.....are all BLACK ???
Where did you get the idea that they were any other than that ???
Let me guess ....Hollywood movies made by fake Jew Turks and Albino propaganda....
I was going to let this go, because certainly you know that Narmer is no Albino lackey, and certainly he must know the same of you.
I have always brought attention to how the Albinos us their control of media to control how non-Albino people think: and certainly that is what temporarily happened to Narmer with the Torah comments.
But in commenting on Tukuler thread: When did 'SW Asia" become W EURasia.
I was still amazed at the Albinos brazenness.
The degenerate lioness, posted that South West Asia was the Levant area. And just as I was going to lambast her for her ignorance, something told me to check it first:
Lo and behold, this is what the Albinos have decided is South West Asia:
(some maps also include Egypt).
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So no longer is it the "Near East" or even the "Middle East":
Nope, the Albinos have decided that it is "South West Asia".
Only one problem though:
Like many Albino lies, it's not even close to the truth. South West Asia is actually India, and that is a long way due south.
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: Mike, isn't Black Jesus the solution?
Actually, Blacks should should start with the Torah and rewrite it with all black characters.
They should show how child molesting baby penis sucking Khazars, like Josephus migrated into the fold and sabotaged the whole religion from within.
The Kazars formed their nation in the 7th century and the earliest mention of them is in the 5th century.
at some point between 740 CE and 920 CE, the Khazar royalty and nobility appear to have converted to Judaism, in part, it is argued, perhaps to deflect competing pressures from Arabs and Byzantines to accept either Islam or Orthodoxy.
You don't have any evidence Jospephus who was born in the first century was not an ethnic Hebrew.
Secondly how did Josephus sabotage Christianlty?
Third, prove Jospehus wasn't black
I never said or even implied that Josephus was either ethnic Hebrew or black. I did say that he was a two-faced saboteur and his history proves that statement..
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: [qb] Mike, isn't Black Jesus the solution?
Actually, Blacks should should start with the Torah and rewrite it with all black characters.
They should show how child molesting baby penis sucking Khazars, like Josephus migrated into the fold and sabotaged the whole religion from within.
The Kazars formed their nation in the 7th century and the earliest mention of them is in the 5th century.
at some point between 740 CE and 920 CE, the Khazar royalty and nobility appear to have converted to Judaism, in part, it is argued, perhaps to deflect competing pressures from Arabs and Byzantines to accept either Islam or Orthodoxy.
You don't have any evidence Jospephus who was born in the first century was not an ethnic Hebrew.
Secondly how did Josephus sabotage Christianlty?
Third, prove Jospehus wasn't black
I never said or even implied that Josephus was either ethnic Hebrew or black.
That is why I said " You don't have any evidence Jospephus who was born in the first century was NOT an ethnic Hebrew."
Again you said " They should show how child molesting baby penis sucking Khazars, like Josephus"
^^^ So prove Josephus was a Khazar and not an ethnic Hebrew
quote:Originally posted by Narmerthoth:
I did say that he was a two-faced saboteur and his history proves that statement..
You said " Josephus migrated into the fold and sabotaged the whole religion from within."
So how did Josephus sabotage the whole religion from within" What was sabotaged about it and how was Josephus responsible for it?
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