‹ BackHN Continuity

Thread

The Escalation of War in Ethiopia

153 points · 167 comments · mooreds

  1. freeafrica4 · · focus · HN ↗

    [dead]

    1. yohannesk · · focus · HN ↗
      That’s a reductive take. It assumes African Christians only hold their faith because of colonizers and denies us our own agency. Ethiopia, for example, adopted Christianity as a state religion in the 4th century, long before European colonization. Millions of Africans choose their faith consciously
      1. password54321 · · focus · HN ↗
        >It assumes African Christians only hold their faith because of colonizers and denies us our own agency.

        And they would be correct. Most people never "chose" their beliefs. It was systematically embedded by people who have had power over them.

        1. lovich · · focus · HN ↗
          You choose your religion on a daily basis or we wouldn’t see anyone ever convert from one to the other.

          People have agency.

          1. password54321 · · focus · HN ↗
            Where you are born and your ethnicity largely determines your beliefs, conversion is rare. But agency over ones beliefs is becoming more prevalent as religion holds less influence as it once did (at least in some parts of the world).
Open on Hacker News to reply ↗

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.