so we're really "spiritual" which is of no use in helping us determine when we're being duped. gotcha.
Whats with Black people and their infatuation with religion
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Probably just another internet meme posted on Facebook, which is where I got it from. The reason I posted it here was because the amount of likes that I got, which meant a lot of people agreed with it
If I have a son and I teach him 1+1=3 from birth he will argue any man down when questioned about it because that truth he holds onto either because of who he received it from, or he might not even remember where he earned it, but he knows it as fact...it is HIS truth.
Religion in black people is very much the same. It is an impossible fight, because the majority of black people ain't getting off that train. That is their truth and they will live and die by it. Willie Lynch did one hell of a number.
The difference in 1+1=3 and religion is the first one can be proved absolutely, while the second one can not be...and, as they say it, "Therein lies the rub." With the latter unable to be proven until the absolute end the lemmings won't know they're wrong until they crash into the ground below- not even as they plummet, but only at death will they realize that all they've been fed is a lie. All the truths that they held so dear were just tools of manipulation.
It's a double edged sword. Spirituality if not properly cultivated will have you all twisted up. Our spirituality hasn't been properly cultivated ever since invaders forced us to laugh at our own God's and identify with their ideas of who our God's should be. When you turn spirituality into a religious idea instead of how we used to see it, as a culture, then you get a twisted concept of spirituality. Originally we used spirituality as a compass for not only life but society and culture. Now religion has replaced spirituality and it is relegated to a single day. Two if your devout.
According to some studies, in the U.S., 19 percent of Asians and 11 percent of whites don't believe in god. Even Latinos have 6 percent who don't believe in god. Only 2 percent of black people feel the same way.
Is it a coincidence that the most-educated group in the U.S. is the least likely to believe in crazy mythologies? Of course not.
As an atheist, I'd like to believe that, but Nigerians, being the most educated group in the US, blow that notion to smithereens.
Religion is definitely a tool used to manipulate and hold people in place. It's filled with dogma.
However God does exist. Just not in form that we think. God's true existence is inconceivable to man. Nor does he pass judgement as the bible states. God is our creator. He is everything we are not. He is life itself. He exists in everything.
Prayer works, as long as your putting your wishes out in the universe, it will be heard. Not to be answered by God because God is no respector of persons (he doesn't play favorites and is not involved in decisions of our daily world) but by angels/spirits who may have an interest in your situation.
Our tongue is our strongest instrument. We truly get what we ask for. You say "fuck me" alot? Your likely to get fucked in more ways than one. You want to get that job interview? You claim it and avoid putting anything out there to counter-balance what you asked for. You want to be famous? If you want it bad enough and sincerely claim it you'll get your 15 minutes or more, just make sure your specific in what your wanting because you could end up on the news as part of the crime beat or being infamous for the wrong reasons if your words are not clear and there's negativity also coming from your person. When I say we get what we ask for its literally EXACTLY what we as for.
The afterlife exists in our shadows all around us. Most of us just can't perceive it in our physical form. Our hospital mental wards are filled with those who CAN perceive it on some level.
Heaven & hell exists in our own personal realm. There's no fiery pits or house in the clouds. Just like there's heaven & hell and everything in-between in own lives on earth, it's the same in the afterlife.
The secret to life is Love. It's very simple. Love and help others as much as possible. That's what our experience here on earth is truly about. Were too quick to anger and judge others.
The biggest aspect of our existence that's been hidden from us is our true potential. Jesus did exist but he wasn't here to die on the cross for our sins, he was here to teach us the laws of creation. These laws allowed him to perform the miracles he performed. The way to this is meditation, not meditating on anything specific but clearing your mind with the desire of wanting to know the truth. It may take time but if you keep doing it, something amazing will begin to take place. You'll want to be in a good place mentally before you go on that journey for it is not for the weak minded or those filled with fear so be forewarned.
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions on this.
However God does exist. Just not in form that we think. God's true existence is inconceivable to man. Nor does he pass judgement as the bible states. God is our creator. He is everything we are not. He is life itself. He exists in everything.
Prayer works, as long as your putting your wishes out in the universe, it will be heard. Not to be answered by God because God is no respector of persons (he doesn't play favorites and is not involved in decisions of our daily world) but by angels/spirits who may have an interest in your situation.
Our tongue is our strongest instrument. We truly get what we ask for. You say "fuck me" alot? Your likely to get fucked in more ways than one. You want to get that job interview? You claim it and avoid putting anything out there to counter-balance what you asked for. You want to be famous? If you want it bad enough and sincerely claim it you'll get your 15 minutes or more, just make sure your specific in what your wanting because you could end up on the news as part of the crime beat or being infamous for the wrong reasons if your words are not clear and there's negativity also coming from your person. When I say we get what we ask for its literally EXACTLY what we as for.
The afterlife exists in our shadows all around us. Most of us just can't perceive it in our physical form. Our hospital mental wards are filled with those who CAN perceive it on some level.
Heaven & hell exists in our own personal realm. There's no fiery pits or house in the clouds. Just like there's heaven & hell and everything in-between in own lives on earth, it's the same in the afterlife.
The secret to life is Love. It's very simple. Love and help others as much as possible. That's what our experience here on earth is truly about. Were too quick to anger and judge others.
The biggest aspect of our existence that's been hidden from us is our true potential. Jesus did exist but he wasn't here to die on the cross for our sins, he was here to teach us the laws of creation. These laws allowed him to perform the miracles he performed. The way to this is meditation, not meditating on anything specific but clearing your mind with the desire of wanting to know the truth. It may take time but if you keep doing it, something amazing will begin to take place. You'll want to be in a good place mentally before you go on that journey for it is not for the weak minded or those filled with fear so be forewarned.
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions on this.
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Damn that's a small sample size. Let in more Nigerians and see how that goes. Asians are 5 percent of the population as a group. Black people as a group are 13 or so. What percentage of that is Nigerian? What are there? 300,000 Nigerians in America? How many millions of Asians?
Maybe I should have said the most-educated with SIGNIFICANT population numbers. Come on man...
I agree somewhat with what you have written, but as a Christian I'm going to disagree on the heaven and hell part. This sounds very similar to what is taught in A Course in Miracles. My sister got that book, she was VERY excited about it. She was applying it to her life and was getting really good results. She wanted to buy me a copy. I looked it over, and it had sound biblical principles throughout, but I promise you within 5 minutes my eyes fell on a passage that basically presented heaven and hell as concepts, not actual places. I was like NOPE. The bible is a book of spiritual laws, cause and effect for the most part. If you do a + b, c will happen, etc. So like the principles in the Secret, people apply them and get some results, Christian or not, BUT if there is no salvation for the soul, if the person doesn't accept Christ, then they would still be damned in the afterlife. So I would consider it a half truth. I like your post tho.
Spiritual is another word for believing in magical horseshit. As people put these fairy tales to bed because of how ridiculous they are, they move towards being 'spiritual.' It's just a fucking progression to getting away from myths.
@ magical horseshit...think it's simply more a connection to the "universe" for those of us on that "spiritual" tip - similar to recognizing the power the sun has to control life on this small planet. As stated previously, no one knows anything for certain on either end of the spectrum...our knowledge is the equivalent of a grain of sand on the beach.
As stated previously, no one knows anything for certain on either end of the spectrum...our knowledge is the equivalent of a grain of sand on the beach.
Some people are spiritual on that level. Others abuse the term to hide their boogeyman in the sky fuckery. Usually, when I dig deeper, I find out spiritual people believe in a god and use spirituality to make themselves feel better about believing in it. Deep down, they know these religious narratives don't make sense.
I've said before that agnostics and atheists are 'spiritual' because we admit the universe has a lot more power than us. We admit to being part of the chain. I admit to being stardust that is lucky enough to think for a relatively brief moment in time. There is also stardust that is just grass.
Thank you. I respect your opinion but will disagree on a few points. The bible is an important book and should be read. But its filled with a lot of bs that was added in to the original story to adjust the true narrative. And many of the spiritual books at the time the bible was created were omitted based on keeping key spiritual concepts underwraps.
Sin is a concept of man, so salvation or being saved from sin is nothing more than a man-made religious concept that holds no weight in the after-life. In reality the key is simply to Love beyond reproach and the one true law of the universe we must follow is not to hurt your fellow man. There are repercussions for hurting others as everything does come full circle in one way or the other. In other words, what you put out, you get back.
Secondly, we were not put here to worship. That's another religious concept. It's great if you know about God & Jesus (and remember Jesus' message was not what we've learned it to be - and he was a normal man - who simply had more knowledge than anyone else in our civilization) but there are many ways to fulfillment here on earth and regardless of your beliefs, will all be in the same place once we leave our earthly bodies. We may be a different stages of our journey when we get there but everyone can find redemption of the spirit in the afterworld. Even a guy like Hitler. Hell is not a permanent thing. It's temporary based on however long it takes to realize the truth & become a spirit filled with love.
As stated previously, no one knows anything for certain on either end of the spectrum...our knowledge is the equivalent of a grain of sand on the beach.
If you seek knowledge you can find it. I consider myself knowledgeable but as you say its the equivalent of a grain of sand but the more I seek the more grains I have. I have a degree of certainty of what I do know. I can actually receive confirmation of the spirit on subjects. But this is only because I fervently seek out the truth.
Love how the writer framed this against a backdrop of social justice. The last sentence summed it up. The opposite would be how Dr. King and the SCLC used the Bible as their weapon of warfare against Jim Crow.
A more radical example would be Nat Turner interpretating God's Word as a call to arms against his oppresors.
Awww thanks I wrote that a couple of years ago when I noticed how absent the church was when it came to BLM and race relations. The actual post is so long it would make your eyes glaze over, but that part was somewhat relevant to this post.
That's you? Nice. I'm not afflicted with Colin-itis. I'd like to read the actual post. Link or inbox it to me?
I was speaking of that same thing in 2014, as social media went. I was critical about how most of my Christian FB friends were so quick to do that lame-ass ice bucket challenge yet remained totally silent on was going on with Mike Brown and Eric Garner and the epidemic of police murders of unarmed Black folks.
Actually, I would like to read it too
haha that's a bit condescending. We're all made of atoms and the same thing as when the universe was created so there is a tie with that. That's not magical and can be spiritual in a sense.
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