American Christianity lacks legitimacy because it was never about spiritual truth so much as political control. From the colonial era onward, it merged faith with racial hierarchy, transforming Christianity from a message of liberation into a tool of subjugation. The figure of the white missionary or pastor became a cultural weapon—someone claiming divine authority to “civilize” the very peoples whose lands and ideas formed the early spiritual map of humanity. Jesus himself was a Middle Eastern man under occupation, yet in American hands he became a blond emblem of empire, used to justify slavery, conquest, and moral exceptionalism.
This distortion makes the notion of an “American pope” or a moral spokesman from within that tradition difficult to accept. The institution that baptized genocide, segregation, and systemic exclusion cannot convincingly preach universal love. Personal experiences of professional racism only confirm that the theology remains tied to its social order—it has not repented, only rebranded.
A faith born from empire cannot represent God; it represents power. Until American Christianity confronts its complicity in racial and colonial systems, its moral authority remains counterfeit. Authentic spirituality must arise from truth, humility, and justice—not from the illusion of divine entitlement.
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