Religion: The Black Community's Opioid // SAY IT LIKE IT IS – Ep 29
Religion: The Black Community's Opioid // SAY IT LIKE IT IS – Ep 29
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As a black man born into a Christian family, I’ve always wondered why we desperately clutch on to a religion brought by the Colonial Masters….
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Haha attacking religion, man you're getting dangerous… Why are you trying to take our Precious Jesus from us?
The British called our gods demonic, backward, satanic, and like sheep, we believed it. Everyone from all over the world visit Japan, India, China to marvel at their demonic, backward, satanic temples. White people go to India to get blessed by the Hindu gurus. In Africa, we run ourselves to condemn our natives gods just to show the world that we aren't uncivilized or backward. The jokes' on us. People from all the world come to Yorubaland because they want to connect with our demonic, backward, satanic Orishas, not with our version of Jesus. Slavery kept alive the memory of the Orishas for 400 hundred years, while we try very hard to pretend they didn't exist.
To be fair, the religion problem is a wealth problem. Wealthy nations are less religious because you don't need religion to numb you to the vagaries of underdevelopment. Whether you're atheist, or an idolater or christian, you can be reasonably assured that things will go more or less to plan. If something fails, you can complain to the right person to get things fixed. Who are you going to complain to in Nigeria when shit's broken? Religion thrives in spaces drenched with existential stress and anxiety. Now combine existential stress with existential inferiority complex — Nope you can't take Jesus from us.
If the slave and slave master have the same God, whose prayers are getting answered?
How many people have actually explored other religions, besides the one you were indoctrinated into? Do you know there have been over 10,000 religious over time? @t. Someone explain this to me. Christianity and Islam are today's dominant religions because they forced their way to become so. It was forced into Africa and other places.
Christianity is not a religion. It is not supposed to be a religion. it is a personal relationship between a human and his Maker (if you acknowledge there is one). I was born into a Marxist home, I have read many books written by Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il: these are still in my late dad's library at home. But today, I am a Christian, converted right in my room after I got a revelation about what it is all about. Of course, my experience is personal and I do not expect anyone to understand it. But reflect: from Marxist/Communist to Christian – such do not come easy and are not easily swayed. It took an experience to do it.
See how stupid we black people are, kneeling down and bowing for a white person image,white jesus everywhere even in the house,virgin Mary image is also white with a white baby jesus, why cant we black people just open our eyes for once???
yeah i agree with u i think Africa would have been better of without religion going back to the days of our forefathers people were disciplined and did not have corruption up to this scale of today in those days there was respect for law and order today it is the non Christians that are doing better in society today for eg the Chinese religion has impacted negatively to Africa making us extremely lazy looking for the easy way out.we are always calling God here and there and thats why we are unable to move forward.
Phrank. This is your calling. I know it. I've been around the world and now I'm back to Nigeria, bringing the revolution on air. You'd feel it there soon. Truth will never die
i advice people not to put their energies into this religious conflict its an age long battle you cant win…
The whites also got it from somewhere
All I did was look for a pepper soup recipe to explain what I just ate. Umm…Yes! One of the things my father taught me, that I happen to agree with. Conversations with my dad, and how he taught me to see the big picture is especially useful today, as an American. Being a non-religious African…-American I don’t have the burden, and cloudy vision of trying to be the most righteous. 👍🏾
Hahahh. White jesus.
Can a blind man lead another blind man …. becarful you both end up fallen from very high.
I suggest people read the letter that King Leopold II of Belgium wrote to the colonial missionaries in 1883. This will give insight that Christianity was used as weapon against African people.
there is no gawd
excellent very informative
Subscribed best video on this subject I've seen so far and a rare human an African who is skeptical about Abraham inspired man God who to me never existed absolutely no evidence for such a person.
I worship My ancestors not the blue eyed blonde haired white Jesus, I see on the walls in every black household I visit
I agree that the form of Christianity that has spread in Africa is actually based on White imperialism and Simony. Living in China where society
let’s you be if you choose to be an atheist, I’ve discovered God in a way that isn’t preached in Africa. His love for me and how He wants to use me to bring positive change into the world. The verses on slavery have to be taken in context of the period that it was written in. In my circles, we use the principles to govern employer-employee relationships. I believe you can’t be a Christian without believing in social justice. I’ve seen too much of God at work in my life that I can’t turn back from this. If I die and I realize it was all a facade, I’ll have no regrets as I would have lived a peaceful, disciplined and fulfilled life.
I can’t argue with you or force you to see things from my perspective because it’s either you believe or you don’t but I pray that your eyes would be opened just as I believe mine was.
I appreciated your views. It allows an openess to question organized religion, elitism and spiritual darkness.
A real passion to learn The Way of The Spirit of The Truth leads to an humble heart and developes critical thought which grows into a progressive relationship with The Creator of All Life.
Egocentric
Conditioning,
Cultural
Christianity,
Ethnocentric
Crusades
These types of Brainwashing Phenomenon
perpetuates division among the Omnipotent Almighty Creator's
magnificent creation: human beings.
Black peoples (Christians) have been conditioned to believe present day Israel and its people are God’s chosen people and also donate money to Israel just like white Pentecostal Americans but no one looks at how black Jews are treated in Israel (with white supremacist acgtivity). This does not take away from their denomination contributions to the world through self effort. The Blackman’s plight of today is he is always looking up to other races both physically and spiritually, as we have been convinced to distrust or relegate what we have to the fringes. I wonder how Jesus is depicted in the Othrodox church of Ethiopia (not so much Egypt).
Christianity was in Ethiopia circa a thousand years before the whiteman brought us an edited version designed to run their societies, as a useful tool to keep conquered folks in check. Now the Blackman shackled by the white Jesus, Mary white saints and angles are now eliminated from from their own history, civilisations and identity, as well as values. None of the non Caucasian races that are predominantly Christian are not really among any of the consistent fasted growing economies in the world.
The Western Christian value countries never really have done anything significant to protect/save persecuted Christians in eastern/Middle Eastern countries,where they buy oil and sell weapons.
1. You should watch the documentary American Gospel
2. It's obvious that the white people that came to Africa during the colonial era clearly had their own personal selfish motive (they were human and it shows the extent to which the sinful human nature can go if left to it own devices)
3. You should go do a real research on Christianity
And am an African that lives in Africa and i worship God Almighty and i get to humbly go before Him because of the finish work of Christ Jesus and i love my Saviour Christ Jesus.
Christianity isn’t a White religion! It has its roots in ancient Ethiopia. If we follow Christ, Black people will be blessed.
Please make a video on all fake Black pastors who are preying on the ignorant to enrich themselves while their followers die of stupidity. Going to church is just a Sunday hobby where the hypocrites congregate amongst genuine people. They are fed lies and blackmailed to part with money so the preachers can buy their next Ferrari, private jet and shop in Dubai. Christianity should be in peoples’ hearts and actions not in pastors and man made temples.
"Faith without works is dead" – James 2-26
The problem with Naija's version of religion is… all faith and no works!
If you are sick, no amount of fasting and praying is going to help you if you don't seek medical help.
If you don't have a job, no amount of fasting and praying is going to make your phone ring for that job interview if you are not out there pounding the pavement and looking for job.
A couple of years back, Dangote was starting out his trucking, and was looking for graduates as truck drivers, you will not believe the comments in the comment section… See (probably jobless)people complaining that truck driving was beneath them as graduates, even when salary was rumored to be around N200k/month!
Yes its hard work, but who says you have to be a truck driver forever, nothing stop them from driving for year or two, saving money and starting your own business.
I guess my point is , it's okay to believe in a higher power, but if you don't put in any effort to shape your life to how you envision it , and are expecting manna to fall from heaven, you are living in lala land.
Legitimate concerns Franklin- but do you think that you are turned off because of the way religion was introduced to us as a people vs the legitimacy of the Christian faith? Or is it both?
I respect you a lot and since discovering your channel last week, I have enjoyed listening to your views about various issues affecting the black community. However, as much as I'd agree with ur opinion about religion being an opioid to most of our people, I believe that rejecting Christianity on the basis of the points u enumerated is like the proverbial saying about ' throwing the baby away with the bath water'. I believe in the essence of Christianity not bcos it was sold to me by some persons but bcos of my own personal experiences. Hence, I'm not affected by all the churchism and false religion predominant among my fellow Africans. Jesus is my opioid and I'm not ashamed to say it. We all need something to keep us balanced and sane in this crazy world we live in. Rather than go into depression or resort to alcohol or drug abuse to cope with the challenges of life, my faith is what I hold on to and it works for me!!
In my travels througb Africa. The most depressing thing i saw was images of White Jesus everywhere. I really wanted to see traditional African cultures but instead i saw more extreme versions of the same crackpot preachers that are here in America
You should collab with Mechee X in regards to this topic!!!
Well said! Must Watch Doc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibJ_bPb4jOQ&t=192s
Would love if you could talk more more on this subject
Religion is crippling Africa, wake up people wake up! Instead of investing in churches n the idea of religion, why can’t we spend that time and energy to build industries and research into space programmes, why can’t we encourage engineering and start manufacturing our own automobiles, why can’t we build our own research into pharmaceuticals and produce our own drugs, why can’t we think of agricultural research industries for food sustenance, why do we have to import food into Africa, why can’t we think of an African Silicon Valley! Instead all our effort is put in churches, and heavy reliance on religion whilst the white is continuously researching and building a better world for themselves. The African always think Jesus will come and solve all their problems hence invest all their times into hundreds of hours going church and dishing all money to a man that calls himself the anointed one. Religion has hampered our creative skills because every church goes has been conditioned into thinking that the only solution is God/Jesus so instead being creative at problem solving and researching, we spend that time praying endlessly thinking the answer is in heaven. When oh Africans! Don’t you know that when you empower yourselves you make others fear and respect you. The Asians years back were seen as catastrophic due to their population chaos! Now the white man is afraid of them because they know they have competition. Asia has become a competitor to the western world through economic empowerment of their countries, building industries, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, etc. They do not rely on the western world. Can we say the same about Africa? Until we eliminate religion, take pragmatic steps to self empower our continent and the individual countries, we will continually be reliant on the west and where does that place us. Always at the bottom. Let’s do away with religion and engage our time resourcefully into building the continent.
I encourage everyone to watch the part 2 of this video below as the he attempts to put down the argument of the false assumption that the Bible supports slavery.https://youtu.be/8UaA6NemMsg
To everyone there's something that has given meaning to our life whether it's Jesus, Allah, african god or even esu, including being an atheist. What I don't agree with is for one side to claim superiority over another, trying to convince me there's no Jesus or God might not work in the sense that that was what gave meaning to my life, yours might be different. Of course I'm constantly asking questions, as I wanna know why African pastors hear God and drink tea with him but live in such a messed up country and he hasn't given them solution for years. Is African God different to God in Europe or Asia?
It is very refreshing to hear a fellow Nigerian using critical thinking on the matter of religion. Looking forward to more of your videos on this topic. You've got yourself a new sub 😊
Actually you are wrong. Christianity was in Africa way before the white man came. Christianity was in Alexandria on the Egyptian coast by Mark, one of the four evangelists, in 60 AD, the Important Africans who influenced the early development of Christianity include Cyprian, Athanasius and Augustine of Hippo. In the 4th century the Aksumite empire was Christianized, the Nubian kingdoms of Nobatia, Makuria and Alodia followed two centuries later. The fact in Colonialists mixed Christianity with politics for there own gain which is wrong. And its not a cult only if you follow Jesus and not Traditions.
Thank you for this video. Islam isn't excused from this also. Nice to see that people like yoi in the diaspora are speaking up about this. I also use my small platform on WhatsApp to do this.
One of my most favorite songs ever is Fela Kuti's "Suffering and Smiling". I wonder if people really listen to the words of the song. I've always been sort of a religious rebel. I went through the whole falling on the ground, speaking in tongues, demon casting phase and I've left that all behind. Religion is an addiction to existential torture. You don't need religion to be a good person…that's what a good conscience is for.
My brother, as far as I am concerned, religion should be ban in Africa. The world has moved on, but religion is killing Africa and the black man. It has to stop. It is now very cleared that religion has replaced God the creator.
Oof, the truth that most people won't be able to open their eyes too. Blind faith in Christianity has made people ignorant and docile, blind faith in Islam makes people arrogant and fanatical. Billions of people, worshiping extremely ethnocentric gods, one that tells you to follow Judeo-Christian traditions (and even though the New Testament does renounce most of them as a necessary part of their religion, for some oddball reason, only Africans, Diasporic Africans and White Americans still see it as a necessity to follow them, such as circumcision), and another more blatantly ethnocentric god that only allows you to read holy scripture in some foreign language and following the traditions of a people group you have NO relation with, along with being twice as deadly as Christianity.
When will people open their eyes to the fact that the Abrahamic Religions were never African Religions? Heck, they were never European either, they were, and always have been, a religion for Semites; Arabs, Alawites, Jews, no-one else but them and them only.
Phrankleen, nice name. Religion is what God hates. Christainity is a practice in you have a one to one relationship with Christ, as He is the only way to God. If you have everything in life without the one to one relationship , everyother thing eventually becomes meaningless. You cannot save yourself no matter what. You have a new hair ,new face but your heart which belongs and should be in likeness to God still needs Salvation only through Christ, Ask God for the knowing of the 'real God' if all that men do is lie. He will surely reveal Himself you. please walk from had i known.
Since many have never had a supernatural experience with Jesus, it is easy to dismiss him 🤷🏽♀️ Call me indoctrinated, I don’t mind and I am grateful for the life changing power I have found in my faith 😊 Religious systems are unhelpful as it is mostly man pushing his own agenda so I understand where videos like these are coming from. I didn’t comment to argue with the viewpoint but to say it hasn’t changed my stance. I remain devoted to the Lord Jesus Christ 💃🏽💃🏽🙏🏾
I understand the angle you're coming from but again this video fails on the premise that christianity is the "white man's religion". There are indigenous African Christians- the Ethiopians, Eritreans & Nubian Christians became Christians before most Europeans. They were not converted by the white man and have Christian practices indigenous to them. The 1st Christians were Jews, then neighbouring arabs, asians, ethiopians. The only reason Christianity is identified with whites is because they hijacked the religion, made it a state religion and then used it to consolidate power. Prior to that Rome was even executing Christians, most of the early Christians were killed in a barbaric manner.
Sir I’m really really loving your channel. This is why I feel sorry for Nigerians that haven’t been exposed to other cultures and they’re perspective of life is circled around a God that was sold to them when they didn’t have a choice to buy into the God. Sometime I wonder if I’ll marry a Nigerian with a stance on religion coz I’m an agnostic-atheist 🤣
I see your point and largely agree with you.
There are 3 streams here
1. Slavery – the bible does not say black slaves obey your white masters. The bible was written by a white person and grossly skewed in their favour, hence a white Jesus. If you consider today, pastors abuse the faith, they also existed back then. This contribute to the slave verses confirming religion was meant to control. The economic asymmetric nature of the black and white divide makes it more probable for blacks to be slave than vice versa.
2. Religion – has a limited role in our poverty, this is mainly because we know we are using religion, that is why we only remember God when we need something and get closer to him the more desperate we get.
3. Poverty has stripped us of humanity – there are black people today who will gladly sign up to slavery in Libya to escape their poverty.
The problem with your view on religion is like everyone else's. I would suggest you watch the You Tube channel truth unedited. The Bible was dominated by black figures, even Jesus was black. History was rewritten during the Renaissance to wipe out the true narrative. Man you have to understand true history to delve into religion otherwise your perceptions will be clouded. If you read the Bible objectively you will understand that it's about the "black race" who were the original Israelites. Everything happening is a fulfillment of prophecies.