"African Bible" Discourages "White" Christianity.

EWTN ^ | 4/3/02

[marshmallow]

NAIROBI, (CWNews.com) -- Christians in Kenya have been cautioned against an "African Bible" that is being offered as an alternative to approved editions of the Scriptures.

Speaking to thousands of Christians on Easter Sunday in Nairobi, Archbishop Ndingi Mwana A’ Nzeki said Catholic faithful were not forbidden from reading the African Bible, but that they should be swayed by the book.

The archbishop's remarks were the first serious response by a Catholic leader to the African Bible, which is now circulating in manuscript form. The volume-- written by the prominent author David Mailu with the assistance of several African scholars-- is a controversial text, based on the premise that Africans need their own Bible in order to build up their own religion.

The authors of the African Bible complain that the Scriptures recognized by Christians are inappropriate for African readers. The Bible as a whole is written only for white men, they argue. And the Old Testament, the continue, is only for Jews.

Archbishop Ndingi rejected those claims, stressing that Christianity does not belong to any race or nation. He observed that there are 10 million Kenyan Catholics, who represent all of the country's tribes.

"Christianity is the religion founded by Christ, and its message is universal-- whether we are Europeans, Africans, or Asians," the archbishop said. "It is the religion of the followers of Christ."

[AmericaUnited]

Galatians 3:27 "For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

I guess these verses need to be purged...

[nopardons]

It would seem that the Ethipoian Jews , who's form of Judaism is closer to that of the Patriarchs' , are all wrong as well. Accordig to racists and nut jobs, that is.

This is just SOOOOOO wrong !

[ladtx]

Like everything about religion, it is all made up by mankind. Not to be taken seriously by intelligent people.

There are a couple of erroneous comments in your statement. Not everything is made up by mankind. There is historical proof of many of the events and people mentioned in the bible. As far as it not being taken seriously by intelligent people, that statement is so far over the top as to be ridiculous. Examples of intelligent people who took the bible seriously: Abraham Lincoln - President, Martin Luther King - Civil Rights Leader, Blaise Pascal - Mathematician, the list can go on, but you get my point.