Has religion helped you lately????

"what would jesus do"

to tell you the truth i have no fcuking idea. never met the man...i've heard the wonderful testiments of those faithful believers..i've listened to the know it all pastors of the world..i've even studied, read the bible..back to front...but never have i met the man.

as a young child i would get up each sunday morning rushing to get ready for sunday school....i'd throw tantrums because i just didn't overstand the purpose of church. what i did overstand was if i didn't attend there'd be no privileges the coming week. i knew that if i didn't get my ass up & out on time there was no phone or nothing...so what do you think happened? i got that ass up & out...lol. the problem i see with this is...i was never told the importance of why i was there to begin with...it was always understood that on sundays this is what niggas do. the go to church pray to that false white replica jesus that's featured on your church walls.
personally, i'd sit through service honing my writing skills and eating mad pieces of grandma's candy! that was ideal for me. i never could follow what my pastor was talking on. went in one ear out the other. the longer i sat in church i'd lose more of my attention that was to be on the sermon..i'd focus on other things...mentally. wasn't until i became a member of the choir did i respect or know what church was about. i still didn't overstand why we were there...it was solely about the....what?? music. music is my life no matter the genre. god speaks to me through song.

at age 18...what i respectfully call my "rebel gal" stage...i rebelled, said fcuk church! i didn't see how it helped me to become a better person...besides all this time i'd attended this black christian southern baptist church...not once did this church teach me the important things...for instance..egypt was in africa. i knew nothing of the sort....once i found out...i was extremely pissed that no real teaching existed in my church. so i took matters into my own hands....started becoming inquisitive about life and religion..i would frequent the masjid and temples in search of.......self. i'd read taoist scriptures, bhagavad-gita and others also in search of..something. i'd always been told that i shouldn't seek out these other schools of thought. why so? i'd ask..do they know something the christian schools don't? if so, i want to know what those thoughts are..
for me, religion is a tool used to enslave and it's been proven. look at the mass numbers of black and brown folk who BELIEVE. believe in this mystical being that's going to come save them all....but the same BELIEVERS have bouts with trusting the likes of real deities that actually lived.... Ra,Amun,Amon,Petro, Rada,Amen, Imhotep, Anubis, Ma'at, Nepthys,Osiris,Isis,Ammut,Aker,Geb,Hathor,Khepri,Obatala,
Shango,Oggun,Elegu,yemaya,Olurun,Loa,Mut,Nut,Taurt,Seth.... i can go on & on....and i swear only a small portion of you probably won't follow this through....cause you simply, don't know. and weren't taught.

what our black churchs should do: is teach us at early ages who we are as people....our culture...where we come from..to overstand where we're going. as my unlce says "any person who accepts religion over their culture is a DAMN fool". i agree whole heartdly. how could we accept what we haven't seen over what is here as proof? i don't understand it....why yes, blame it on FAITH. faith is the substance......but faith is as shaky as a belief....all have room to hold doubt. but knowing is a different game entirely. once it's known, know one can take that away. i can't believe that in 2005 in our black churchs still hang those pictures of a white face-long haired jesus...with his 12 other white face friends...watching over the many who praise his mystical name.....you would think that would've changed by know.....once a slave..will always be..until those slaves realize that they were already free.....

this is not in hate of jesus or any religion. matter of fact i find truth in all things. but to those who deem themselves as followers of christ...need to overstand what it is they're following. research these bible stories....because that's just what they are...and the book is simply a book of some of the greatest poetry ever written. written by one of the most prolific writers in WESTERN history. & NO....inspired by....doesn't mean god inspired it......remember this country was founded on: IN GOD WE TRUST. those same words inscribed on those bills in your pocket, the same words you see on every government/federal building...put there by people who didn't believe as you. the same people who have made it part of the constitution to separate church & state. think about that for a minute.

religion. the worlds greatest marketing scheme EVER!

peace
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