Gaining Ones Definition(GOD)

The Word Religion is defined by dictionary.com as a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.

This word is MAN MADE

As a child in my household my Mother was not big on Religion she said she grew up Catholic,
and did not like how as a child she was forced every Sunday to attend church and sometimes my grandparents would not even go.Futhermore she could not understand how "EVERYTHING" was a sin i.e. Birth control. By the time I was born My mother just felt that she did not have to go to church to have a relationship with GOD.

When I moved down to N.C. Religion became HUGE, if u were not a Christian you were a heathen and going to hell fast. So when I was younger I felt Christianity to be the pick for me it made sense to me and I still think that Jesus Died for our Sins.

But through the years these were some things that did not make sense

• Why were Christians the ones who enslaved my people and forced their religion upon us?
• Why Would God take us through slavery?
• Why Did a group of politicians feel it important to change Catholicism?
• Why would God let the Holocaust happen and how could Christians go along with it and just be so anti-semitic?
• why do these religions share some of the same books?
• so you are telling me Gandhi is going to hell?
• The Bible was man written
• some things from the Bible were taken out!
• How could anyone say that Jesus was not black?
• How could Phyliss Wheatley say "Twas Mercy that took me from my pagean land"

These are just a few of the questions that racked my brain, but I was not old or rebellious enough to challenge my own faith in the search of truth.

To me this poem sizes up how I feel about religion!

Yahweh
God
Jehovah
Jah
Rastafarian
Allah
Ma'ad
Humdi
Lila

I respect everybody's religion and to be honest our God's might all be the same!
Who am I to Be like America has been and say that your God is not Right?
America has people thinking in this "great melting pot that being a Muslim is Anti-American"
I am in search of truth with no specific Religion!
My faith realies in the idea that the Truth of God is in our heart and I will continue to search for truth.

Return of the King

So I was watching my favorite comedic cartoon last night it was a re-run entitled Return Of The King! In short the episode went back in history and explored what if Martin Luther King Jr. was still Alive, what if he did not get killed by the shot on the Balcony?

While sitting back and watching the episode it explored something that was very real to me. If Martin Luther King Jr. was alive today I think they would sort have exhaled him or just like in the episode the youth would feel as if he is out of touch with today's society! I feel they would treat him just as they treat Bill Cosby. They say that Bill is out of touch with his community and he has lost a lot of his ability to speak to the youth and be understood! If King was here today they would treat him like and old senile man! Not the legend that we have placed him as today, I think they would taint his legacy and the worst part about it is it would be our own people.

I was speaking to My Mom about the issue after we watched the episode and she agreed, she said even right before he died some people were feeling as if he was losing touch. They did not feel that his opinions and his thoughts could live and be respected with Brother Malcolm's and the starting up of the Black Panther's Party for self defense.

We Will never know how the response to King would be in 2008
But I think the Boondocks was very right when they showed him just spaze out and tell everyone what was truly on his mind about how his people, how his dream is not leaving up to his expectations. But I don't think HIS people would be able to take the honest truths about themselves I think they would Just say that King "Just needs to retire and be quite cause he does not know what he is talking about"
And that Saddens me that people do not want to hear/face the truth!

This is ME!

This is my blog Im startin it now!

I have a lot of thoughts that I often just think to myself, discuss with friends, or that rack my brain and need to come out!!!

I love my thoughts they need to be heard! About issues in America, In my own house/mind, or in the world!

So this starts now!!!

A Black, College, Males perspective, an Intellect that loves having a good time and stays knowledgeable about today's issues