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Comment on It’s a Democracy, Not a Theocracy: How The Black Church Gets it Wrong by the uppity negro

the uppity negro — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:30:52 +0000

@Angela

Thanks mama hill!!!

Comment on It’s a Democracy, Not a Theocracy: How The Black Church Gets it Wrong by the uppity negro

the uppity negro — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:30:35 +0000

@Shugah

The Oxford experience he had is built into the program he did with Graduate Theological Foundation. But he did NOT get the degree from there as he and other pastors like to say. Do not be deceived. smh

Comment on It’s a Democracy, Not a Theocracy: How The Black Church Gets it Wrong by She Real Light (@SheRealLight)

She Real Light (@SheRealLight) — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:58:12 +0000

Well said as always my friend!

I personally believe the root of the problem is that the church, black and white, has made an idol out of marriage.

Its the “final frontier” of holiness. It used to be drinking and drugs, but they can’t hold that over anyone’s head because shoot, now churches have openly recovering addicts and even AA or NA meetings at the church. (and they should) So then the church is treehugging marriage, as if they have a monopoly on it, and saying to gays and lesbians “well we still have THIS! and you heatens can’t get it so we’re better than you”

Look at how many times these white contemporary pastors (with the hair gel) talk about their wives to excess in their sermons, in their twitter profiles, on their blogs. Sometimes I want to scream “OKAY WE GET IT YOU’RE MARRIED WHO CARES?” What then happens is you alienate single, divorced, and widowed believers by default. As you pointed out, the church is SO uncomfortable with single people, they practically shoot them down the aisle out of a cannon because they are just SURE you’re fornicating if you are single. The result, as you said is divorce between 2 people not ready for parenting or marriage, One’s wife or husband then becomes an ornament to maintainan image

Comment on It’s a Democracy, Not a Theocracy: How The Black Church Gets it Wrong by Shugah

Shugah — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:33:12 +0000

Yes!!!!! I just want to run around my house and sprinkle olive oil in the corners. There’s nothing else to say. I mean you even threw a Jonathan Walton reference in there. I was not prepared. I’ll be sharing this post tomorrow.

Oh & um i’m not convinced JHB went to ANY classes at Duke. I see you didn’t mention Oxford… umm hmm yeah, & um that photo of Jamal tells it all. #Done

Comment on It’s a Democracy, Not a Theocracy: How The Black Church Gets it Wrong by Angela Hill

Angela Hill — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:05:59 +0000

“the theology goes after the low-hanging fruit rather launching into the deep to see what’s out there”

Phenomenal word Josh. Really great piece!!! Continue to PREACH TRUTH!!!

Comment on It’s a Democracy, Not a Theocracy: How The Black Church Gets it Wrong by Billy Michael Honor

Billy Michael Honor — Sun, 13 May 2012 00:02:55 +0000

This is a very good post that provides an important context to think about some of the “popular” black mainstream christian pastors reactions to POTUS’ affirmation of same sex marriage. And you already know that I agree with your specific assessment of Rev. Bryant so I’ll just end my comment with one word, “Amen”.

Comment on Student Loans Are Killing Black Wealth Building Efforts by VEe!

VEe! — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:07:08 +0000

Interesting post.
I’ll share this with you without getting into long personal anecdote. Simple advice I give to some friends and family, reduce your lifestyle. Take the money that you would spend on any extracurricular activities, gadgets or entertainment and save it and make it work for you.

Comment on A Character Case Study of “The Boondocks”: Uncle Ruckus by Foo Bar

Foo Bar — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:11:28 +0000

And now there’s Rev Jesse Lee Peterson. “Thank God for slavery!”

Comment on The Failure of Black Elitism: An Armchair Case Study of Morehouse College by sashael

sashael — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:44:08 +0000

I despise elitism anywhere, especially unearned as in lighter complexions and born into more money, and to be real, uppity means too close a definition to elitist no matter what you may think. It’s not right, and I’m not saying pretend you aren’t wealthy or choose to stay broke, but no matter what the so-called black Elite want to believe they are not more talented or even as talented as those they don’t consider the talented tenth and end up that way often from the accident of physical darkness and that having still too close a correlation with being born into poverty than we want to know (or at least of the father being physically dark). This is something we really need to take a lot more seriously than we ever did in this country. We only are a two tiered society on paper. The truth really is much more like Latin America than we wanted to know or admit. Yes, as long as we take the Kuffar quote the poor will always be with us as OK just because instead of a problem they really will be. But I’m Muslim, and to me that is never acceptable to allow poverty and ignorance just because when you might be able to do something to help somebody out of it if you really tried and knew and related to what they were dealing with the way you should. To be truthful, it seems you are as motivated by greed as anybody else.

Comment on Student Loans Are Killing Black Wealth Building Efforts by the uppity negro

the uppity negro — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:07:52 +0000

@Beyond…

I know how to start a business. First, you get the black people to do it so that the white people will do it. Then, you get the black people to stop doing it”
–Dwight Schrute