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[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]That's all you're expected to do.[/color]Originally Posted by McFlyyy
NTers in here talking a bunch of jargon as expected. i go to church for God and nothing else.. i don't care about how big the church is, how many jumbo screens (wth?) there are or any of that. i go to church, sit down, listen to the sermon, give my tithe and walk right out. if you can't see it as that, just look at it like a weekly pep talk. it's a great way to start your week.
[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]I do believe there is something greater, but that has NOTHING to dowith religion, but the Church has intertwined that "greater being" with religion and says some bs about how if you don't accept Jesus (who istotally fake btw) then you don't accept "God.".. At the end of the day, all they want is your money and for your brain to be wired to their fakebeliefs.[/color]Originally Posted by diplomatic immunity
there is no "god"
i mean if i said i had a bently u'd wanna see it, but u believe a book when it says a man walked on water 1000's of yrs ago....pls
wake up people
"religion" is a multi TRILLION$ biz
there brain washing you!!!
(off my soapbox) that is all
Originally Posted by HarlemKickDiva
I dont think it stupid....
But the whole system is corrupt.
Mega churches... since when is it ok for a church to have a plasma and an atm?
Got preachers smashing ppl wives and smiling in the husbands faces
A comic sed it best: 2 many ppl freakin on friday, sucking on saturday, and suddenly saved on sunday
I'll stick to my belief of spirtuality in the confines of my home and mind
DCAllAmerican wrote:
I want to pose a question, I would have put it in the thread I just made but it relates more to this topic.
Do you think folks go to church just to say that they have gone?
I see this a lot in young black females. I guess because many of them were raised in the church, they feel some sort of habitual intuition that they NEED to go. I always hear them say, "I haven't been to church in a while."
Even though many of them don't even LIVE the LIFE or ATTEMPT to LIVE THE LIFE, they feel that going to church is something that they need to get credit for.
THIS bothers me because many of them will look down at you if you tell them that you don't go to church.
This is definitely true for some black women, but not all. My moms is heavily involved in church and she practices what she preaches for the most part. However, a lot of these females still be wylin out Mon - Sat, but all up in the church on Sunday like they saved, sanctified, and filled with the holy spirit. I'm real chill when I go, cause I know I do my dirt. No need to act all holy. A lot of these broads be bad a hell, too. But it's hard for me to kick it with a woman if feel like she's a phony.
Boy u are lucky that this is worthy of a thread resurrectionOriginally Posted by DCAllAmerican
I want to pose a question, I would have put it in the thread I just made but it relates more to this topic.
Do you think folks go to church just to say that they have gone?
I see this a lot in young black females. I guess because many of them were raised in the church, they feel some sort of habitual intuition that they NEED to go. I always hear them say, "I haven't been to church in a while."
Even though many of them don't even LIVE the LIFE or ATTEMPT to LIVE THE LIFE, they feel that going to church is something that they need to get credit for.
THIS bothers me because many of them will look down at you if you tell them that you don't go to church.
Even though many of them don't even LIVE the LIFE or ATTEMPT to LIVE THE LIFE, they feel that going to church is something that they need to get credit for.
Chances are they never intended to live the life but rebel against what their parents were trying to instill in them.
THIS bothers me because many of them will look down at you if you tell them that you don't go to church
Yeah this bothers me too because while you are yet going...your still doing your own thing, being no better off than someone who never goes and never even knew Jesus. Thats the worst.
Never understand why more black folks haven't woke up and sniffed this. It is almost as if it is never talked about. People seem to totally dismiss this notion.Originally Posted by DublBagn
All I am saying is that, how can people pray and follow a religion that was more than likely forced on their ancestors thousands (maybe even hundreds) of years ago..????
Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican
I have even had folks question meOriginally Posted by SpeakUp23
Like you said Im a calm guy as well, I dont want to draw attention to myself jumping and yelling and +%#$. I just cant do it.
"Why don't you get excited in church. If this was a basketball game you would be into it." -
Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican
Never understand why more black folks haven't woke up and sniffed this. It is almost as if it is never talked about. People seem to totally dismiss this notion.Originally Posted by DublBagn
All I am saying is that, how can people pray and follow a religion that was more than likely forced on their ancestors thousands (maybe even hundreds) of years ago..????
One way religious leaders attempted to convert slaves was to preach amessage that all slaves wanted to hear. This message was that allChristians were equal in the eyes of God. Hearing this gave the slaveshope and a reason to live. When they felt unloved and hated by theirmasters it helped to know that someone bigger than them all loved themand cared for them.
That doesn't sound familiar at all, does it?We're still falling victim to the same tactics.
Another tactic to convert slaves was to hold services similar to thosethe slaves held themselves. These services often times involvedenthusiastic singing, clapping, dancing, and even spirit-possession.Not having to change their style of worship made the African-Americansmore comfortable attending Christian services.
Catching the holy ghost?
The more I learn about slavery, the more I find that we were never really given freedom. All the masters did was enslave poor whites, along with all the other lower classes and gave us "isms" to fight amongst ourselves. That way our collective gaze is never turned to the real problem, which is greed and the consolidation of wealth.
Originally Posted by YouMadYouBad
I don't ever go to church anymore. My mom doesn't ask much of me except that i go to church with her during the holidays. And i sit there and listen to what the preacher is saying, i look at the 2 jumbo screens, and watch how the people react and i just don't get how people are so convinced.
All i get from Church is that people go there to feel better about all the crooked,shady,unmoral things they did during the week. And use church as a way to feel better about themselves, leave church and are back to the same grind 10 minutes later.
And just encase this topic lifts off the ground this is not an attack on "religion".
Can anyone who gets something from church explain how and why?