Blacks' Obsession with Religion

Is it time for blacks to stop relying on religion to solve our problems?

For someone to ask this question is risky and somewhat intimidating. In fact, it's scary. That's why most blacks in this country are afraid to publicly state politically incorrect religious beliefs. It is rare to find a high profile black who's willing to say he or she is not a Christian.

There's a deep, unspoken fear lurking beneath the surface of the religious fervor that frightens blacks. It might be the fear of going to Hell, or having some divine calamity strike you dead. Whatever the reason, most blacks don't want to receive the recriminations from not only blacks, but white Christians.

Today, millions of poor and semi-illiterate blacks remain obsessed with religious beliefs created by individuals thousands of years ago. They rely on these beliefs to miraculous change their lives. Whenever someone loses a job, girlfriend, some money, or even their freedom, they quickly turn to some religion to help them overcome the situation. It's as if they were not responsible for what happened.

This detachment from unpleasant events in our lives is the crux of victim beliefs. It allows the victim to blame someone else for the unpleasant events and to praise a religious deity for all the pleasant events. Nevertheless, it is the victim who participates directly in every event that occurs in his or her life. Unfortunately for the victim, this means even those events he or she are unaware that they are participating in them.

Blacks obsession with religion, particularly Christianity, is one of the primary causes for victim beliefs. Blacks use of Christianity as a solutions oriented ideology devalues individual accomplishments. This causes the motivation (Christianity) for the accomplishment to become confused with the actions, which results in the individual believing he or she is powerless to accomplish great things in life without strong religious beliefs.

Religion is a tool one uses for motivation. It gives you hope, it provides comfort, it inspires you to believe in yourself, and most importantly, it teaches you that your life has value.

These are important virtues when you are feeling down and out with no where to turn. Yet they are just words you read or hear, similar to the words you hear and read in a book, CD, or DVD. They're not the solution to your problems, but valuable information that you can use to solve your problems.

Whatever talents we have been given in this world, we must cultivate and use them to achieve great things. God endowed us with the capacity to think; it is that thinking which transforms us from victims to empowered individuals. If you are afraid to think, you will continue to believe you are a victim of unforeseen circumstances.

In the meanwhile, blacks obsession with religion as the solution to all their problems borders on lunacy; a form of psychological slavery. This psychological slavery inextricably ties blacks to a permanent state of victimization. In this state of consciousness, individuals struggle to find meaning for their existence, and at the same time, they struggle to understand why their deity allows them to remain as victims.

After awhile, the victim will begin to believe that freedom from suffering is achieved by achieving those things -- money, fame, political positions, and so forth -- that have eluded them. The victim begins to believe that money transforms victim consciousness. For them, the more money they have, the less people will think of them as a victims.

Nevertheless, even with great wealth and fame, the victim remains obsessed with his or her religious beliefs. Many of them proclaim their accomplishments as a direct result of their faith in God. In other words, they achieved their wealth and fame because they were blessed by God. This line of reasoning allows them to connect their God to capitalism and social acclaim.

Let's imagine what would happen to blacks if they were not obsessed with religion? Would they become poorer? Would the ghettos become an oasis for prosperity and peace? Would the murders decrease? Would the legal convictions disappear? Would the female head of households decrease significantly? Would black males' enrollments in colleges increase? Would religious leaders become human?

The answers to these questions are quite obvious; nothing would change because change is not dependent on religious beliefs. To change the way you think and live is a personal decision you make when you realize that the tools you are using to cultivate victim beliefs are really illusions you have about yourself and the world you live in.




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