When, in 1992, some people wanted to celebrate the 500th year of the 1492 discovery of America by Columbus, the U.S. National Council of Churches responded by condemning the arrival of whites in America as “an invasion and colonization with legalized occupation, genocide, economic exploitation and … racism”, and some church leaders called for “a year of repentance and reflection rather than a year of celebration.” In stark contrast, the Christian’s holy writ, the bible, is embarrassingly blunt In its support of colonialism and expropriation. It makes rash promises “to drive out nations, mightier than you, and to give you their land as an inheritance” (Deut 4:38). It also condones slavery and admonishes slaves to “count their own masters worthy of all honor” (1 Tim 6:1). The bible then goes on to assure its adherents that “those who trust in Christ will never be put to shame” (Rom 9:22), and that Christian believers “will refute every tongue that accuses them” (Isa 54:17). Refute every accusation? It’s got to be kidding right? All the way from the National Council of Churches on down, not only Christians but the entire Western world is beset on every side with unanswerable accusations of having plundered the planet. The Third World lets us know in no uncertain terms that the very reason we are rich is because they are poor. We moved in uninvited, and raped continents, stole their assets and impoverished the legal inhabitants, denying them of their sacred right to prosper on their own. What can we say? It's all true; we did colonize the world and we did place millions in slavery, which anyone will tell you is a defacto no no right? Never be put to shame? Isn’t the truth so very different. We sit with our mouths full of teeth, and shift our weight from one foot to the other as we buckle under the barrage of accusations declaring our guilt. We squirm at being caught with both hands still in the cookie jar. So just what was it those bible writers were smoking? How do we reconcile patent biblical arrogance on the one hand, with present day naked facts on the other? Do we just try to ignore and gloss over the incriminatingly rash remarks, or do we face up to them bravely and confess that quite obviously “mistakes were made” with the script, and are simply a product of the culture of that ancient time and hence best disregarded. But if this is so, what about the idea that the bible does not contain mistakes, and is good for application to all cultures at all times? It’s a nettle that has stared us in the face for hundreds of years, and it has been too prickly to grasp or explain away in all that time. How do you feel about being Christian and white and rich and guilty? Would you like to have the answers to this dilemma so as to be able to feel proud about being a Christian and proud of the bible you believe in? Wouldn’t it be nice to heave a sigh of relief and be able to say “Ahah! At last. The answer. At last, a logical and rational explanation that reconciles two deeply antithethical issues. Finally, an end to the loose ends, an end to the pieces that simply don’t fit, and at last an end to the knot in my gut.” And even better, the solution gives no cause for offence to the have-nots. There is no arrogant suppression of the facts that disregards the interests of any party. There is no racism. Read this book. In plain and simple language, it will put all the answers in your hands. The Politically Incorrect Guide to White Guilt: A biblical guide to White Guilt, political correctness, the search for Truth, and the reasons underlying the development of nations
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