Some strategies to spread Christianity as the dominant church.

Marcia Peterson Burkie wrote: American with Euro  *** Not to nitpick but "wind up " sounds a litle too serendipitous, like white folks just stumbled into it because the opportunity fell in their laps. ***  But the expansion of the western empire likely had a lot to do with it, along with the desire to spread Christianity as the dominant religion....  Some strategies included but are not limited to: 1) oppression, rape  2) violence,  3) imperialism,  4) a deliberate and intentional establishment of racial constructs and white supremacy,  5) tools of war,   6) legalized restriction from educational institutions,  7) propaganda , political and religious....The history of man is filled with people killing , exploiting and dominating so it's not the invention of " white people" but for centuries now , indeed, white people have expanded their power, and  those of us who fall under this category, our ancestors have blood on their hands.   {I am asking how old is the history of man, with killing as we see it since 509 B.C.?}    If not directly responsible, few did nothing to stop it.... So we find ours levels now in a modern world where intellectual, philosophical and spiritual work has lead many of us, white and nonwhite to say: yeah... This is not right....  I could tell you that as far back as I am aware of my biological heritage/ ancestry in the US, I have no slaveholder in my family tree. But I'm not being smug. Saying " we didn't own slaves" is a pretty low bar to set on terms of identity and responsibility.