AllahweeningMutant

Voddie was wonderful, and he is currently in the presence of our Lord. And yet, on this particular topic, Voddie was simply wrong. I long held, by default, the exact position on race that Voddie (at least by way of implication) is articulating here. I believed that race doesn’t even exist. And if some category like race does exist, there are no “meaningful” distinctions between these “races”. But over time, I came to realize not only that I was wrong, but that I was in sin. Yes, sin. If no meaningful distinctions exist between peoples, why do we see such disparities? In the end, Christian faith, intellectual honesty, and natural affections forced me to embrace the reality of race. I simply cannot believe that the Christian gospel, which provided Europeans with over a millennium of Christendom, produced a people more morally wicked than the surrounding pagan nations. Europeans, despite how far they may have spiritually fallen over the past couple centuries, represent the descendants of Christendom, as well as my own kin. As someone who is both Christian and White, I cannot refuse to believe in race without minimizing the gospel and demonizing my fathers. And yes, I believe all peoples descended from Adam and are made in the image of God. Furthermore, I believe Christians are called to love all peoples, while possessing a particular affection for their own peoples (both spiritually and naturally). The ordo amoris can be challenging to triage at times, but the principle is thoroughly biblical and worthy of our earnest efforts.