Black Americans: Most Religious Ethnic Group

Humble_Disciple said:

Before I started attending a black church, I was into Buddhism and all sorts of new age garbage. It was by attending a black church that I realized there is something special about Jesus, and that I needed to forsake my old ways.

I came to the realization that if a people was enslaved and oppressed by those who claimed to be Christian, and yet decided to love Jesus anyway despite their Christian oppressors, then there must be something special about Jesus.

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Humble_Disciple said:

I don't understand what you mean. What specific part of the statistics do you find questionable?

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• The imprisonment rate for black females (88 per 100,000 black female residents) was 1.8 times as high as for white females (49 per 100,000 white female residents),
• The imprisonment rate for black males (2,272 per 100,000 black male residents) was 5.8 times as high as for white males (392 per 100,000 white male residents).
• Out of all ethnic groups, African Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, and Native Americans have some of the highest rates of incarceration.[82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90] Though, of these groups, the black population is the largest, and therefore make up a large portion of those incarcerated in US prisons and jails.

Humble_Disciple said:

Black people are the most religious ethnic group in the United States, yet news reporters would rather run a story on a black man robbing a liquor store than a black church feeding the homeless. May God have mercy on our suffering and divided nation. #blacklivesmatter

Roughly eight-in-ten (79%) African Americans self-identify as Christian, as do seven-in-ten whites and 77% of Latinos, according to Pew Research Center’s 2014 Religious Landscape Study...

African Americans are more religious than whites and Latinos by many measures of religious commitment. For instance, three-quarters of black Americans say religion is very important in their lives, compared with smaller shares of whites (49%) and Hispanics (59%); African Americans also are more likely to attend services at least once a week and to pray regularly. Black Americans (83%) are more likely to say they believe in God with absolute certainty than whites (61%) and Latinos (59%).
5 facts about blacks and religion in America

Fully three-quarters of African Americans say religion is very important compared to 59 percent among Hispanics and 49 percent of whites. That statement is lived out by nearly half (47 percent) attending religious services at least once a week.

Seventy-three percent of black Americans pray daily while 58 percent of Hispanics and 52 percent of whites say they did so. In addition, 83 percent of African Americans say they believe in God “with absolute certainty.”
Studies reveal five facts about African Americans and religion - The Christian Index

Indeed, more than half of black people in the U.S. (54%) – both Christian and non-Christian – say they read the Bible or other holy scripture at least once a week outside of religious services, compared with 32% of whites and 38% of Hispanics, according to data from the 2014 Religious Landscape Study. Indeed, relatively few black people (24%) say they seldom or never read the Bible, compared with 50% of whites and 40% of Hispanics.
Black Americans and the Bible: Key findings

The researchers found that a higher percentage of black and Latino Americans— 58% and 57%, respectively — supported teaching creationism in the classroom instead of, but not alongside, evolution. Only 44% of whites and 42% of other races felt this way.
https://news.rice.edu/2019/10/31/ri...-than-whites-to-support-teaching-creationism/

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Tinker Grey said:

I did not ask how much it cost. I asked you to explain your post about sending a novice. If your epigram about asking the cost has something to do with sending a novice, you are still failing to communicate. Are you here to provoke or are you here to have open honest discussion?

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FireDragon76 said:

Not necessarily true. Incarceration rates do not necessarily reflect crime rates, since many crimes are unreported, and there is more policing of black neighborhoods. Blacks are also more likely to be convicted of crimes if they are arrested.

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setst777 said:

All of it. While I am very happy about those Black Americans who have put a Gospel Faith in Lord Jesus, and are now living a new life in Him, I do not see this taking place for most Black Americans who claim faith, as seen by the statistics.

Regarding the population of Black Americans in the US and the statistics about their faith, I do not see that translated into a real life saving experience as the Scriptures teach, as understood by comparing those religion statistics with the huge incarceration rate, crime, and violent crimes, single parent homes, and jobless rate among many Black Americans.

non-Hispanic whites in US:
197.2 Million, 62.8% of the total U.S. population.
List of U.S. states by non-Hispanic white population - Wikipedia

Black Population in US:
48.2 million, 14.7% of total U.S. population
Black Population in US | BlackDemographics.com

Black American jobless rate:
11.4% in 2020.
U.S. unemployment rate, by ethnicity 2020 | Statista

66% of Black American homes with children are single parent homes.
Children in single-parent families by race | KIDS COUNT Data Center

• The imprisonment rate for black females (88 per 100,000 black female residents) was 1.8 times as high as for white females (49 per 100,000 white female residents),
• The imprisonment rate for black males (2,272 per 100,000 black male residents) was 5.8 times as high as for white males (392 per 100,000 white male residents).
• Out of all ethnic groups, African Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, and Native Americans have some of the highest rates of incarceration.[82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90] Though, of these groups, the black population is the largest, and therefore make up a large portion of those incarcerated in US prisons and jails.

Incarceration in the United States - Wikipedia

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FireDragon76 said:

It's simply not intellectually honest to conclude that black people are particularly bad or faithless. Crime and poverty are more complicated than that. There are structural problems in society beyond the individual's control, for instance, many of them not reflecting on the character of black people at all.

If you think religion and faith insulates people from misfortune and troubles, you are likely in for a rude surprise at some point in your life's journey.

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Strathos said:

If we're going to talk about crime rates, it should be mentioned that they're correlated with poverty and aesthetically unpleasant neighborhoods, which many blacks are forced to live in due to structural socioeconomic circumstances.

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setst777 said:

Why are the neighborhoods unpleasant?

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Strathos said:

Because they don't have money or political influence to get governments to invest in them.

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setst777 said:

Because their faith was not genuine.

You are the problem, putting the blame on everything else but on the responsibility of each person for their own actions.

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Strathos said:

Are you saying that poor and disadvantaged people are that way because they lack faith?

Then how do you explain all of the filthy rich atheists and Muslims?

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SummerMadness said:

I do not see faith translating into a New Life in Christ Jesus when someone ignores most of a population and then judges the broader population as somehow lesser or unworthy.

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SummerMadness said:

Those that who stand in judgment and make pronouncements about a group of people based on their inherent traits do not demonstrate the teachings in the New Testament.

Matthew 7:1-6
Romans 2:1
Romans 14:4

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Humble_Disciple said:

Black people are the most religious ethnic group in the United States, yet news reporters would rather run a story on a black man robbing a liquor store than a black church feeding the homeless. May God have mercy on our suffering and divided nation. #blacklivesmatter

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Taisho said:

LOL

Don't believe the lies.

Blacks are historically more indoctrinated because that facet of spirituality helps/helped the US get to where it is.

Imagine hundreds of spiritually-aware slaves who weren't scared of dying or torture because they knew where they came from... it didn't happen because it failed the interest of pre-Antebellum America. That is why slave owners "briefed" black pastors on what to tell their laypersons.

The god of America isn't the god of blacks, latinos, asians or any other group that was subjugated in the States. It should be clear based on the history of treatment.

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setst777 said:

Sounds like fake hate propaganda to me.

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Taisho said:

Of course it does. I wouldn't expect anything less than to hear this knee-jerk reaction.

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setst777 said:

Perhaps I am misunderstanding what you wrote.

What is meant by:
"Blacks are historically more indoctrinated "?

How do you define, or what is meant by:
"spiritually-aware slaves"?

What is meant by:
"slave owners "briefed" black pastors on what to tell their laypersons"?

What did the slave owners brief the black pastors about? And do you have evidence of this?

I notice that "god" is with a small "g" in the following:

"The god of America isn't the god of blacks, latinos, asians"

Please explain what you mean by the difference in "god" between American and blacks, latinos, asians, and evidence for this.

How do you define "god" in that context?

Blessings

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setst777 said:

Some people want to continue portraying Black Americans as victims, and so unable to have a true faith in Lord Jesus. That is a myth is being continually brainwashed into Black Americans to make them believe they cannot change because of past or present conditions. I know from experience that true faith in Lord Jesus is a new life despite circumstance.

What could possibly be the reasons for a person to continue to portray Black Americans as victims, unless their purpose is to keep the Black American from being successful. Such people who continually portray Black Americans as victims appear to want them to continue living defeated lives.

God is more powerful in those who believe than the tribulations, sufferings, temptations of this world. If one's faith is genuine, there are no worldly disturbances that can destroy ones faith.

History also bears this out. In the first century, the true believers in Lord Jesus were persecuted, beaten, thrown to lions, burned at the state, and so much more, but their faith just increased all the more. We did not see these faithful Christians turn to crime, and leave their children and families, just because life was difficult for them.

The Black American is the only ethnicity that is constantly being portrayed as a victim of circumstances, and so is unable come to a true faith. That has got to stop. IF this continues, many Black Americans will continue to live defeated lives.

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