Betwixt Between

"Tafadhali, repeat ony in whispers."

"Why are blacks Christians or Muslims? --the people who enslaved them and tried to dehumanize them?" the white man asked the black man sitting next to him at the bar.  They were both drinking beer.
"I don't know any blacks who are Christians or Muslims," the black man said.
"They're all over the place, screwing up their faces and singing gospels or kneeling on prayer rugs."
"I consider Christianity to be a religion of Europeans -- whites -- it's totally white-oriented."
"And Islam?"
"It's an Arab religion. Muslims take Arab identities.  Arabs don't identify as blacks.  But let me ask you a couple of questions.  Did blacks ever enslave blacks or sell blacks to Muslims and Christians?"
"Today, in parts of Afrika, they're still selling each other to Arab Muslims."
"Why?"
"Why?  For money."
"No.  They do it because their culture makes them stronger than those they capture and sell."
"I can't argue with that.  Next question."
"What's your religion -- Christianity or Islam?"
"I wouldn't be a Christian or Muslim on my death bed -- they've been slaughtering each other for centuries."
"And what would you replace Christianity or Islam with in those billions of Christians and Muslims to help them hold their savagery somewhat in check?"
"Well, uh . . . m-m-m . . . uh . . . I see what you mean."