Defending my beliefs

The scientists tell us that man as he is in his present shape and form goes back approximately 6000 years but man appeared on the earth some millions of years ago.

The argument that the Bible is a book that was concocted by Europeans to keep Africans in slavery or that the Bible was written by Europeans is a lie that is perpetuated by those who chose to deliberately deceive, are ignorant or those who chose to reject the truth.

Those persons who insist that Europeans used the Bible to justify enslaving Africans should also present proof that the missionaries that left Europe and came to the West Indies and defied the estate owners, sacrificed their lives in the name of Christianity, in order to teach the slaves to read and write must prove that this is a lie. It must also be proved that the slave trade came to an end not because of the war wage in the parliaments of Europe but because of the efforts of the slaves themselves.

I love when I encounter persons who have read, understand and are critical of the Bible. Persons who make comments such as, the Bible was written by Europeans to Keep Africans in slavery are not deserving of an answer.

It is okay to ridicule fellow descendants of former slaves as being stupid and accepting the Christian religion but should you really be critical of us. In the article I wrote, “Even if I am wrong I remain a happy fool”,  I pointed out that as Christians you will find us among the most elite groups in this world and you will also find us among those living in alms houses. The common thread to all Christians is that we believe that the Bible is the inerrant word of God.

In her latest book The Servant Queen and the King She Serves, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II acknowledges that she is a servant of Jesus Christ. In South Africa this weekend https://www.goodthingsguy.com/people/millions-south-africans-pray/ millions are gathering to pray for their country. The uniting force between Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, the millions gathering to pray in South Africa, billions worldwide and myself is that we believe that Jesus Christ is Lord and we are privileged to be his servants. We also believe that the Bible which you reject and ridicule and claim is full of bs and lies is the inerrant word of God.

We fully respect your right to ridicule and reject the Bible but are you sure that you are in a position to tell kings, queens, presidents, prime ministers, politicians, celebrities, judges, lawyers, doctors, PhD’s, professors, teachers, paupers that what they believe is wrong. The same Bible that is read by her majesty the Queen of England is the same Bible that is read by the pauper. When you ridicule the beliefs of the descendants former slaves you are ridiculing the belief of those listed above because we all believe the same thing.

In light of this I take the opportunity to congratulate you because you are so smart that you look on us all as idiots.

(I wrote this in response to a friend in a different social media setting challenging what is written in the Bible in particular his saying that the Bible is full of lies and bs. The question that he wanted Christians to answer I did not attempt to answer because he did not really desire answers but thinks that Christians cannot defend what they believe. The passages that he selected had nothing to do with the question he asked. )