But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- If God is black, how would white people who treated black people as inferior react in heaven?
- In plain terms
- What if God is black? Would you accept him?
- What can you take from it?
- Confront your biases about race and divinity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are your views on God racial?
- How do you treat others?
Another view
Hypothetical religious questions may not resonate with everyone.
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