African, be sure of one thing: I really like exchanging thoughts and ideas with you and anyone else who actually have thoughts and ideas. It helps me to grow.
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what did you bait me into abd?
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Of course, I am only joking about the baiting part. I just wanted to get your attention so that we could discuss this thing.
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not only the sermon on the mount bredder but the entire bible is wonderfully awesome.
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Sure. But, theology is about having a deep intellectaual understanding of important aspects of The Bible and The Scriptures, including Qur'an, and religion and the way different religions relate. The slave master can easily develop a pimp theology. The same is true of some the big tv preachers. We the people must have a theology that protects us and our children from these pimps and slave masters. I know of no better places to go than Moses let-my-people-go, Isaiah's the spirit-of-the-Lord-is-upon-me-I-have-come-to-set-the-slaves-free and Jesus's blessed-are-poor-etc. This is theology that points to ideology. The ideology is an ideology of liberation, development and power to the powerless. Interestingly enough, from a Muslim perspective, the ideology is one of peace and Unity among Christians, Jews and Muslims. But, the Jews and Christians do not seem to be interested in peace, much less Unity.
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I have said that the church will fail in this age for sure. the bible prophesies such. I have never said that I know when the judgement is coming. I simply gave scripture that mentions what things will be like in the latter days. i use the entire bible abd not just scriptures that compliment my agenda.
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You need to know what the scriptures actually mean and how they affect our daily lives. I strongly beleive that The Bible has been changed to harm poor and oppressed people while benfiting the rich and powerful who do the translating and publsihing. You need to learn to know when to not accept everything that is written in the Bible. In the case of Islam, Qur'abn does not have such problems. So, you must understand why I prefer Islam and Qur'an over Christianity and The Bible. It makes life much simpler. There is far less confusion. Muslims almost never engage in discussions of religion in which two Muslims cannot agree. The opposite is true of Christians. This is why Christians are the ones prone to conflict, not Muslims.
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that is one thing that I like about Jah and the bible, He not only gives the good, but He exposes even the whoredom of the church and israel. awesome. and even with that abd He assures us of the glorious time of change that will occur.
you must be deaf bredder or can not read. been tellin you that I go into the streets on a regular bases. I am a part of 3 prison ministries and we are about to add at least two more, i go into the community not with a badge of christianity on my chest abd, but in my heart.
i do not pull off my christianity on sunday after church bredder.
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Cool.
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i am impressed at your list of organizations and doings. i implore you to keep up the good work bredder. it is sorely needed to be sure. i am not a hater. Good works are good works. but as you say good is the judge of motives and will issue rewards accordingly.
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My organization is a new type of organization for Africans, especially in the Diaspora. It is a political front. As such, it consists of networking among many individuals and groups. This includes finding areas of common interest between Muslims and Christians and Jews and other faiths.
For instance, my comrades in Zimbabwe are mostly Christians. But, due to the economic crisis there, we cannot do business in the local currency. Therefore, we have worked out a barter system whereby I will be paid in livestock and foodstuffs directly from the farm. I will take this product and sell it on the world market to get cash. Muslims are 25% of the world's population. Therefore, my Christian comrades must contract with the local Muslims to certify their foodstuffs and livestock for Muslim markets. Failure to do so can only mean more human suffering because they will not be able to sell their product. So, you see that my work is all about finding Unity among all Africans, regardless to creed, skin color, language or any other supeficial chahracteristic. If Euroepans wnat to waste their resources fighting useless conflicts along these lines, cool. We Africans cannot afford such non-sense. So, when Mr. Charley gets into an un-necessary war, stand back and let Mr Charley suffer the heart ache, the stress, the bleeding and the loss of wealth by himself. It is foolish to get caught up in European problems such as Irag and Israel, to name just two examples.
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i really don't judge even my fellow christians abd, i simply do my part with or with out accolades. when i see a child in need i meet the need. be it shoes, clothing, or time. i mentor when and where i can.
don't try and be so self righteous bredder,
but again keep on keeping on bredder. i will...
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Indeed, it is only by humility that I am able to keep going. I know I may seem to be self-rightous some times. But, I am not. However, I have a superior level of knowledge, information and skills to the average even the above average African such as a college graduate. This has been one of my main problems. People come to me with master's degrees and PHD's and expect to be able to out-smart me. out-talk me, etc. When they find that I am better prepared than they due to my education at the University of Hard Knocks some of them cannot deal with it. I have been kicked out of about all of the old line internet forums at one time or another. At the same time, I like to think that my example has inspired many other Africans to take stands. Thus, we see many new forums popping up almost daily. There has never been this much discourse among Africans before. This is why I speak so highly of the internet as a liberating tool that we can use.
LONG LIVE THE NATION!