Monday, January 4, 2016

REAL TALK from KB: Good morning y’all…..I told you earlier in the new year (I know it’s only the 4th) that I was going to go hard in the paint…so today is no different.

Today I’m going to discuss the complacency and lethargy of the “religious” (I can’t say apathy because I know people care but they have been deluded into thinking that Christianity means exclusion and passivity.) The church and church people have given a poor account of themselves and the representation has pretty much alienated the younger generation.

I once mentioned that a simple question stuck in my craw for a very long time and gave me major cause to pause and think. The question was: would you be a Christian if your ancestral slave master had not introduced you to his religion? Then I was hit with how can a slave and a master pray to the same God and both expect their prayers to be answered?

The Bible (which I still embrace) says study to show thyself approved (2 Timothy 2:15)…so me being me…I studied! I studied Buddhism; I studied Islam; and I studied the practices of the Native Americans as well as the Yoruba.

I am amazed at the number of the African American Christians that don’t see a hint of any of the practices in their history, theology and religious services. I’m shocked and appalled by the number of African Americans who can embrace the sacrifices in the Old Testament but call the African practice of Santeria and Voodoo as witchcraft…..who told you the practices were evil or against God? You can belief in a God of 3 persons but can’t wrap your mind around something being called a spirit. You can go a la carte (picking and choosing what parts you choose to embrace) with your Christianity but call a devout brother or sister an extremist or a terrorist.  (Can I ask what religion doesn’t have some form of martyrdom?)

I still very much embrace God…I believe what I’ve seen and how He has manifested himself in my life. He has shown me great mercy and kept me when I didn’t have the wherewithal or sense to maintain….I just have separated myself from what “some” folks call Christianity..hate, bigotry, racism and exclusion are NOT Christian values.

John 13:34   A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

This verse did not just apply to the 12 disciples………

How ya livin’?

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