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guillaumeb

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Wed Apr 10, 2019, 10:14 AM Apr 2019

Comments about 'Whiteness' prompt controversy at Sparrow Women conference [View all]

From the article:

A Christian organization whose mission is to equip women to be peacemakers has been accused of trying to erase comments by a black Christian speaker about white supremacy.
During an onstage interview, Ekemini Uwan, a Nigerian-American public theologian, told an audience at the recent Sparrow Conference for Women in Dallas that their concept of race was incompatible with the Bible.
In response, several women walked out....

Uwan, a Westminster Theological Seminary alumna, was interviewed at the conference by Elizabeth Woodson, Sparrow Women’s resources coordinator.
“Race is not a category in the Bible. It did not exist because it is not something that will be redeemed — it was meant to hold and hoard power,” Uwan told Woodson, according to a transcript of the interview provided by conference attendee Carmen J. Caccavale.


To read more:

https://religionnews.com/2019/04/06/comments-about-whiteness-prompt-walkout-at-sparrow-women-conference/

Ms. Uwan speaks to the concept of race, and how that concept is used.
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"I'm just telling the truth, which in and of itself is controversial," she said. Kind of Blue Apr 2019 #1
And her comments made people uncomfortable. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #2
I'm just glad there were only about 5 to 10 people who left. Kind of Blue Apr 2019 #3
Very difficult to reconcile two different religious opinions. trotsky Apr 2019 #4
Well, that was pretty rude of those who walked out. MineralMan Apr 2019 #5
Each person finds a path. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #6
It's also one of the foundational ideas of European/American Christianity. trotsky Apr 2019 #7
Whiteness as a concept is relatively new in history. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #8
What you said has nothing to do with what I wrote. trotsky Apr 2019 #9
What you wrote has nothing to do with Christianity, guillaumeb Apr 2019 #10
Oh are we back to you defining Christianity now? trotsky Apr 2019 #11
You seem confused. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #12
Oh, no, he's not confused... MineralMan Apr 2019 #13
Sure..... guillaumeb Apr 2019 #15
I'm not. trotsky Apr 2019 #14
You wrote: guillaumeb Apr 2019 #16
No you didn't Lordquinton Apr 2019 #17
I did not define Chrstianity. The "charge", as it were. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #18
That is a historical fact Lordquinton Apr 2019 #19
It's a implicit definition. marylandblue Apr 2019 #20
We disagree. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #23
You said that racism had "nothing to with CHRISTIANITY" marylandblue Apr 2019 #25
What I said: guillaumeb Apr 2019 #28
I was quoting an earlier statement, which is where your implicit definition lay marylandblue Apr 2019 #29
Certainly. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #30
Is that one of your sarcastic non-answers, marylandblue Apr 2019 #31
Narrator: "Yes, it is." n/t trotsky Apr 2019 #32
It is a reply. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #34
No, 99.9999% of Christians believe that there is a definition of Christianity marylandblue Apr 2019 #35
An elaboration on a claim. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #36
I provided my evidence in summary in my previous post. marylandblue Apr 2019 #38
Yes, the evidence. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #39
Would you rather leave yourself as the only Christian in the world marylandblue Apr 2019 #40
"The only Christian in the world...etc" guillaumeb Apr 2019 #41
Okay welcome to your own religion with zero followers that marylandblue Apr 2019 #42
Define what you perceive to be "the essential Christian". guillaumeb Apr 2019 #43
You are the Christian, not me. You are apparently the only Christian in history marylandblue Apr 2019 #44
I think that I understand your question. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #46
So yes, racism can be part of Christianity for some Christians. trotsky Apr 2019 #47
That just supports my claim: You are the only Christian in the world who thinks that. marylandblue Apr 2019 #48
You're defining what Christianity is. (Or more specifically, what it isn't.) trotsky Apr 2019 #21
I defined where it started. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #22
Then why are you arguing with me? Of COURSE the Christianity of 100CE... trotsky Apr 2019 #24
Christianity today is not what it started as, any more than America today marylandblue Apr 2019 #26
It's funny you bring up the relationship between Maleness and Christianity Lordquinton Apr 2019 #27
Yeah kinda strange he would go there. trotsky Apr 2019 #33
It is a strange comment for you to make, guillaumeb Apr 2019 #37
You posted the article, but not to discuss racism in Christianity. n/t trotsky Apr 2019 #45
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