Okay first things first....I like the picture of you and Thomas that showcases your hair (one of the main purposes for this blog). The other 3 that showcases Tommy.....ummmm....I don't know. We'll just say that you were showing of his locs and that your nose is not wide open. :-P
I finally read your friend "True Wise's" position on religion. I don't know if you ever really knew my religious outlook or lack thereof. I have a methodist religious background because that is what I grew up in and forced to attend. Me and RayShawn had this discussion before (yes.....RayShawn McKinnon, DHS c/o 99). I understand completely what True Wise is saying. Organized religion may becoming a waste of time or at least hard for someone to determine which religion is best for them or what religious leaders are actually trustworthy or "God"worthy. At this time, I don't have any religious stance. Religion confuses me. I wanted to understand it more so I took a World Religions class a couple of semesters ago. That completely complicated the situation more for me. I don't feel that people have to go to church or be baptized for them to lead a blessed life. This became a even bigger issue for me after I had Kayleigh because some of my family members (I'll call them religious) made suggestions for me to have Kayleigh baptized. I haven't. Grandma brings it up every once in a while. It was an issue and I asked my grandma if Kayleigh wasn't baptized does that mean that her life is not going to be good or she was going to be full of sin. That's they way she made it seem. I have decided that it will be a choice that I will let Kayleigh make when she gets older. I don't feel that if I was more into religion that would change my current circumstances. I believe there is a higher being....whether you want him to be God or some statue, he exist for many. I can ask pray and I can read any religious book without going to a "church." I probably could go much more in depth with this subject, but this is a hot topic for me so I'm gonna go ahead and wind it on down.
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I appreciate the response. It was something that all really should think about. I don't know if you had time to look at the study he was referring to, but it was interesting to see the results of people's thought about religion on a national level. I think that organized religion is just ridiculous at this point. Especially now that I do more research about different religions, their development, political push, and its main purpose of population control. I think that if more Black people really understood where their common day religion came from, I think that more would reconsider and say 'no thanks'.
How can we really take the religion of our slave owners??? Really? Didn't we see how damn corrupt and evil they were under the 'cloak of God', what makes this something desirable that we want to adopt?
We got to use our brains a little more when it comes to these sorts of things, because they impact more than just our 'prayer or spiritual' life.
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