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Friday, April 16, 2010

At Thy Will South Africa: Episode 1 - Founding of A Nation

Source: www.youtube.com
An artistic rendition documenting South African History from 1652 -1910 http://AfrikanerBroadcasting.blogspot.com
The Bible and the Gun:
The Bible supports genocide!
European Supremacy/They colonized the Bible.

Intolerance in the Biblehttp://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/int/long.htmlBring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.--Lev.24:14

Whenever we read ... the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we call it the word of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind. And, for my own part, I sincerely detest it, as I detest everything that is cruel. -- Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

God gives Abraham and his descendants all of the land of Canaan 'forever'. This promise is still used to justify the unending battles over the land in the Middle East. 13:14-15, 17:8An uncircumcised boy is to be abandoned by his parents and community. 17:14God kills everyone (men, women, children, infants, newborns) in Sodom and Gomorrah by raining 'fire and brimstone from the Lord out of heaven.' Well, almost everyone -- he spares the 'just and righteous' Lot and his family.

John Henrik Clarke, (Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust: Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism ), looks at the issue from another perspective which defines the problem, but excludes the cause (people in power 'writing history' for their own imperialistic purposes):
'Europeans not only began to colonize most of the world, they also colonized information about the world.

They colonized the Bible. They colonized all complimentary images that non-European people held of themselves. The most effective of all of these colonized images was their colonization of the image of God. Through missionaries, adventurers, free-booters and slave traders they began to propagate the concept that God favored them over other people. They were saying, in essence, that all Europeans were the chosen people of God. [...]

Dr. Yosef A.A. ben-Jochannan ('Doc Ben') has already proven quite convincingly that 'Afrika is the origin of the world's major western religions' (1970). This beginning is key to the originality of Afrikan spirituality and it is this historical reality that European Supremacy seeks to deny or to assign to the Afrikan.
The fact of the matter is that there is a notion that has been bandied about that 'God could only exist among Muslims, Christians and Judaists.' However, these prejudices'could be easily attached to those (Euro) prejudices established by colonialism and racial discrimination.'


Wearing the mask of evangelism & the Bible as an instrument to deception,they ravaged our mother land beyond repair.Going by the present up roar and biased opinions about the cultural origin of Africans,it becomes pertinent to make it known to this world,Africa,one of the largest continents in the world,had & was practicing culture suitable to their earth mological Principles and ethics before the coming of white men.

Isaiah 4343:3-4)God makes Egypt, Ethiopia, and Seba pay for Israel's sins. He says that he likes Israel better than any other country so he's willing to sacrifice other countries for the Israel's sake.

43:3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

Deuteronomy 20:10-11 (The Message)10-15 When you come up against a city to attack it, call out, 'Peace?' If they answer, 'Yes, peace!' and open the city to you, then everyone found there will be conscripted as forced laborers and work for you. But if they don't settle for peace and insist on war, then go ahead and attack. God, your God, will give them to you. Kill all the men with your swords. But don't kill the women and children and animals. Everything inside the town you can take as plunder for you to use and eat—God, your God, gives it to you. This is the way you deal with the distant towns, the towns that don't belong to the nations at hand.


Leviticus 25:44-46 (King James Version)
44. Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.


45. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

46. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

Exodus 21:20-21 (The Message)20-21 'If a slave owner hits a slave, male or female, with a stick and the slave dies on the spot, the slave must be avenged. But if the slave survives a day or two, he's not to be avenged—the slave is the owner's property.

1 Peter 2:18 (The Message)The Kind of Life He Lived 18-20You who are servants, be good servants to your masters—not just to good masters, but also to bad ones. What counts is that you put up with it for God's sake when you're treated badly for no good reason. There's no particular virtue in accepting punishment that you well deserve. But if you're treated badly for good behavior and continue in spite of it to be a good servant, that is what counts with God.

1 Peter 2:18 (King James Version) 18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

Ephesians 6:5-6 (King James Version)5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

Luke 12:47 (King James Version)47And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

Racism and Slavery


Africa has had a long, troublesome history with European powers. The greatest calamity that Africans have faced is the Atlantic slave trade beginning around the 16th century. An estimated 15 million Africans were taken from their homes to serve as slaves to Europeans. Africa was looked to for slave labor for a few reasons. The first: Europeans were unwilling to have European slaves. They did not want to have their own people serving them. The second reason for African slavery: There were not enough people resources in the Americas. The major European powers in the Americas, Britain, France, and Spain, could not find enough labor there. The lack of great quantities of Native Americans forced Europeans to look for slaves elsewhere. This does not mean, however, that the Native Americans were not coerced into slavery. The third: Africans were convenient and inferior. The idea of an inferior race of humans suited slavery well. Europeans felt that they were helping a lower race become more civilized when they took African slaves. The Europeans removed tens of thousands of skilled African workers from their homes. The location of Africans did not stop Europe. Slave traders searched far inland for skilled slaves. They shipped slaves to coastal prisons. Davidson's video showed a church with a prison underneath. Many of the Africans were waiting in captive underneath the church in the prison. At any given time, there were up to ten thousand slaves there. Many clergymen knew of the slave warehouse beneath their place of worship. Some even participated in the trade. According to Basil Davidson, '... racism grew out of slavery.' The Europeans treated their slaves as subhuman. Other Europeans then assumed that slave, hence Africans, were an inferior race of people. Africans were almost a different species, somehow closer to apes than the fair skinned people of Europe.

The Explorers
After the initial atrocities of slavery, the European explorers arrived in Africa. They had the purpose of unblocking the rich geographical mysteries of the continent. Unlike previous Europeans, they wanted land, gold, and breathtaking view, not people for slave labor. One of the most famous explorers is David Livingston, an Englishman. He began his journey in Africa as a missionary, but had strong interests in exploring. His goal was to navigate and chart the Zambezi River. David Livingston was the first white man to set eyes on the beautiful Victoria Falls in 1855. He had heard of beautiful lakes and waterfalls back in England; it was one of the many goals of the explorers to find such waterfalls. Livingston heard of these specific waterfalls from some of the villagers nearby. He knew that the young men enjoyed the waterfalls, and had them take him to the falls. Upon seeing the waterfall, he named it Victoria Falls for his country. Basil Davidson makes a comment on the naming of the falls. There is even a statue near the falls in honor of David Livingston. Davidson brings up the point that whoever created the statue must have thought that the falls could only be named by a European.


The Missionaries


Waves of Christian missionaries came to Africa. Most missionaries felt that they were serving an elevated race, trying to help a downtrodden race. They came to Africa expecting to help horrible people. Most missionaries were biased and discriminatory before they left their homes. There were a few that disagreed. Bishop Toser of the University's mission questioned the idea that the differences between the European and African civilizations. He said that whether a culture is civilized or not is not dependent on their outward circumstance. The number of railroads and phonographs does not measure the superiority of a civilization, according to this Bishop.

The missionaries did not have easy acceptance in Africa. Many died of disease contrary to the popular belief that tribes boiled missionaries in large pots over fires. The practices of some missionaries, like their discrimination, is horrible. Some missionaries used force to get converts. Some had people flogged or threatened flogging in order to convert them. There were missionaries strongly for and against flogging is the conversion of Africans to the Christian beliefs. The missionaries saw that some spiritual beliefs had to be destroyed before the Africans would believe any of the Christian doctrines. Missionaries generalized this and thought that they had to destroy all African spiritual beliefs and culture. Missionaries insulted the African traditions frequently, in an effort to instill the Christian ideas in Africans. Davidson included a portion of a missionary video from the 1960's. The juju, a person who is looked to much like a priest, is openly insulted and humiliated is the video. This hostility is much like the original method of destroying the old culture to replace it with the new ideas of Europe. The reaction of Africans is that some rejoice in renouncing their beliefs and some question their identity. To many missionaries, this mission of converting an inferior race is the climax of all Christian missions. It is sad that these people believed that they were doing the right thing.


Methodist Training School


Basil Davidson paid a visit to a Methodist Training School. He spoke with a former graduate and observed the students. Many interesting points were brought up in a discussion between Davidson and the alumnus. They spoke about the link between Colonialism, which took over Africa, and Christianity, which brought the school. 'The contempt for African humanity outweighs Christian commitment to the brotherhood of man.' Many Christians, such as the founders of the school, had a distaste for the African people, contrary to their beliefs about equality. Christianity proceeded Colonialism, but now it is just as inseparable from the political and social structure. Missionaries journeyed to Africa before the Colonizing nations, but later, the missionaries became essential parts to the colonial power. They provided necessary education and medical treatment. After the discussion, Basil Davidson observed the children playing in the school. They were dressed just like private school students of America. A mixed group of children combined the old and new ways in a dance that they performed. The kids used traditional beats and movements with new words. A second group of children were more ritualistic. One girl acted out the trancelike state involved in many spiritual dances. Davidson admired their abilities to try both old and new things and not care about any historical implications. Despite some of the seemingly oppressive results of the mission school, nine out of ten leaders in Africa were educated at a mission school. This has its negative affect in sharpening the many contradictions in African society. Christianity brought its benefits, but took the high price of African tradition.


The British Conquest of Africa


The story that Davidson tells about the British conquest of Africa begins with southern Africa. In the 1870's, Europeans found the rich mineral deposits in southern Africa. There was a scramble for land near Kimberly, a town. This region had especially rich deposits of diamonds. At 17 years old, Cecil Rose tried to take advantage of this. When people were in trouble, he bought their land for a fair price. He sought after power by attaining great wealth. Cecil Rose's feelings of Africans is as follows: '... just fancy those parts of the world that are inhabited by the most despicable of humans. What an alteration there would be if they were brought under Anglo-Saxon influence.' The British had no trouble in conquering the area until they met the Zulu. The Zulu were an African warrior tribe with about 25,000 people. The Zulu king wanted to have peace with the British, but the British wanted war. They wanted to take land and destroy the former inhabitants, rather than be given land. War was unavoidable. The British press reported on the war as the public wanted it. The Zulu were depicted as brutal savages, who would kill Britons even in peacetime. In the first battle, the Zulu hit the British Army before it could react. An estimated 800 British were killed that day. After that battle, Britain sent in more modern ammunition, such as large guns and gatling guns. One regiment of British was recorded as killing over 5,000 Zulu. The Zulu were conquered.


An Englishman by the name of Cecil Rhodes had the idea of taking Africa 'from Cairo to Capetown.' Rhodes' first problem was an offshoot of the Zulu tribe, the Matabele. The Matabele were known to kill missionaries, as the missionaries encroached on their land. Over a period of time, Rhodes wore away at the Matabele power, which was also what the missionaries wanted. They 'needed' the Matabele way of life to be broken before they replaced it with European ideals. In 1890, Rhodes moved North through to the land of the Shona, avoiding the Matabele. He founded Fort Salisbury, which became Salisbury and is today Harani. Rhodes chose his friend, Dr. Starr Jameson, to administer the territory. In 1892, Jameson decided to finish the Matabele. His method of justification was that the Matabele were stealing from the Shona, who were under his jurisdiction. However, the Matabele had been stealing from the Shona since before the British arrived. The Matabele were shattered and Rhodes was congratulated by the London Missionary Society. Rhodes continued Northward. In 1896, a group of surviving Matabele attacked the British, killing farmers as well as the military. The Shona then revolted, starting a guerilla war. In 1897, both uprisings were suppressed. The rebels were jailed and many were hanged. Rhodes later died and was buried at a place called World's View. Concluding, Davidson remarks that the British brought material progress, such as technology, and deprived Africans of freedom.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O5EOvLNZfQ&feature=relate
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