[happygrl]

A pretty racist and stupid idea that was really mooted during the Reformation.

And very silly considering that the negroid Ethiopians had been Christian centuries before the Celtic and GErmanic peoples.

Oh, I completely agree.

I've often made the point that Ethiopians were Christians while my own British Isles ancestors were still practicing human sacrifice.

If you've ever been on the African/Zimbabwean thread, you'll know the kind of vitriol directed at Africans of which I speak (or write).

[Cronos]

If you've ever been on the African/Zimbabwean thread, you'll know the kind of vitriol directed at Africans of which I speak (or write).

True -- and that's so ignorant considering that Africa is not one mono-entity but consists of the North Africans who have mostly been associated with Europe for Millenia, and the east Africans like Ethiopia etc. who have had culture way before Europeans did. OF course, west and Southern Africa did lag behind a bit in civilisation, but just because someone's ancestors were great or not doesn't reflect on the descendents -- as Mussolini found out!