Everything bad in the world is because of Christianity, according to Paul Kivel, a lecturer at the 2016 White Privilege Conference, in Philadelphia. He made the preposterous statement that every dysfunction found in society, from sexism to racism, a weak economy and global warming is all because of what he labels as “Christian hegemony”.
Kivel’s book and website define Christian hegemony as “a system of domination is complex, shifting, and operates through the agency of individuals, families, church communities, denominations, parachurch organizations, civil institutions, and through decisions made by members of the ruling class and power elite.”
Kivel ignores the truth found throughout history that women, slaves, children, and gladiators were consistently viewed as property and without value in most cultures. However, Jesus changed the message in first century Rome, putting into place the idea that equality and human rights are from God and come by virtue of being made in the image of God. Without this “evil” biblical principle, Kivel seems to believe that society would be better.
Read more is Kivels ludicrous propaganda that he spewed at the White Privilege Conference on the next page.
iT IS THE CAUSE OF EVERYTHING good.
Satanists are gaining power every day look out for more of the same from evil agenda
Most people don’t need a bible to tell them that rape and murder is wrong.
I don’t think that was even english
America has no official religion, ma’am. Freedom OF religion is also our freedom FROM religion. Do you even know why white Christians came here in the first place? It was to escape religious prosecution. In case you don’t know what that means, it means they came here to escape being punished by their country for now following a religion their rulers wanted everyone to follow. The right wing Christians who want everything in this country to be Christian are more than a little hypocritical.
PAUL Kivel is a slug which who is consumed in his own self-asorbed ignorance, and doesn’t have a clue the very thing he is talking about allows his WHITE self able to express freedom of speech giving him the right to get the hell out of here anytime the ignorant self absorbed have$#%&!@*wants to PAUL GO TO HELL
Sir, nobody in America is persecuting Christians.
I’m so glad people like Jon are here to make sure nobody forgets how awful some of you Christ fanatics are. Also, I like how none of you responded to the ‘tell that to the heathens they slaughtered, tell it to all the priest rape victims, tell it to all those who you say are going to hell if they don’t follow your ways’
Scott Anthony…pick up a Bible and read it. God is just. God provided the perfect sacrifice in Jesus Christ. If you deny Jesus sacrifice and refuse to turn from wickedness then you will be judged accordingly.
Jean F Marin…the KJV is no more the word of God than the Geneva Bible or many other translations.
Ellen Ariban…Judaism was the first religion. Christianity came out of Judaism, Catholicism came out of Christianity.
Rosa Bishop…Christian churches did not condone killing the savage native americans. Roman Catholics are the ones that condoned forced cinversion…Christians never have.
David Manfield…I believe she is referring to the Roman Catholics coming up from south anerica…the conquistadors that did force religion on natives and did breed the natives into catholicism…this is historically accurate.
Emily Sapphire Ruiz , the witch trials of Salem, the inquisition and so on are buried in the past, people often choose to forget those they conquered through atrocity.