[Tyrian24938]

I’ve never heard of Christianity being forced on anyone besides the Vikings. It wasn’t as if the slaves were brought over and immediately forced into Christianity. They were slowly coerced, and many were coerced in Africa itself. There were a lot of reasons to become Christian. Generally, it involved trade, education, weapons, and power. Keep in mind that the African slave trade didn’t generally start with a European capturing an African. It more often than not began with an African enslaving an African, and trading him away as a hostage. Those reasons for Africans to flock to the missions were very compelling. Those reasons hadn’t changed much since the early Viking conversions(before St. Olaf brutally forced Christianity by outlawing Asatru). You know what you should really read? ‘Things Fall Apart’, by Chinua Achebe. His other books are terrible, but TFA is a brilliant insight into what really happened to religion in Africa. Also, slave religion cannibalized parts of Christianity to make it more palatable. This union more or less produced Voodoo. As for Islam, it was much of the same. People have this idea that religions of Abraham are somehow natural conclusions, so all people must eventually adhere to one of them. Hopefully, this belief will gradually die out.

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Name : Tyrian24938, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Asatru, Age : 18, City : Chicago, State : IL, Country : United States, Occupation : college student, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Upper class, 

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