Comments on: What If… https://the-orbit.net/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/ Just another The Orbit site Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:45:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 By: Anonymous https://the-orbit.net/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-27 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:45:21 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-27 Bravo Shawn!! Let's have a world-wide de-christianization movement of black people all over the world!

]]> By: Anonymous https://the-orbit.net/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-28 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:08:20 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-28 wow keep up the great work you are an awesome writer!

]]> By: Ani Sharmin https://the-orbit.net/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-29 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:07:07 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-29 This is an awesome post! I can relate to some of what you've written in that people also sometimes assume due to where my family is from and my last name that I'm a certain religion; it's just expected. (Although I obviously can't relate to the history of slavery that African Americans have experienced.)

There are so many events in history and in our lives which compel people to choose religion when it seems to offer hope, even if that hope is not real. It's better, I think, to have hope in humanity and our ability to make our lives better.

I look forward to reading more on this site!

]]> By: Anonymous https://the-orbit.net/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-30 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:05:18 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-30 Truly magnificent, if my eyes were not already open to atheism you would have certainly converted me onto this path. At my age of 15, I have already fought with so many who see what I am as "blasphemy". I do make my stand as a great point, and you have made me think even more of what I know as well as teach me even more.

]]> By: Mer https://the-orbit.net/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-31 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:43:17 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-31 People like you give me a bit more hope in the future. Courage.

]]> By: Danno Davis https://the-orbit.net/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-32 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:39:11 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-32 Excellent post, sir.

]]> By: Anonymous https://the-orbit.net/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-33 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:36:38 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-33 Hitorians will tell you that, back in the earliest days of the Church, one of the groups quickest to embrace Christianity were the urban slaves of the Roman Empire.

Christianity is a religion that promotes unthinking obedience while simultaneously bringing false comfort to people having a miserable time. This makes it a brilliant tool for oppressors everywhere.

]]> By: Danladi Dele Agbeyo https://the-orbit.net/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-34 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:13:31 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-34 Shawn, thats a great write-up. However, you overlooked the biblical curse on the black race, that gave divine approval for the inhuman slave-trade that lasted for over a quater of a century as well as the obnocious apatheid regime of South Africa.
As a people, we, blacks have been conditioned to believe we are inferior and worthless. A black man kneeling before a white Jesus, as the Lord and Saviour and asking for forgiveness everyday would definitely give birth to a permanent feeling of inferiority. Slave-mentality if you like.
It is said that 'you can take a man out of slavery but difficult to take slavery out of a man'
We need to be deconditioned and reconditioned through delibrate propaganda for logical and rational thinking.
Dele(Nigeria)

]]> By: Lajune https://the-orbit.net/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-35 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:37:05 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-35 Shawn, this is an absolutely BRILLIANT piece of work! It's very deeply moving– so much so, that I got chills as I read the "what ifs" and I found myself wishing I'd read something like this years ago when I first started doubting (but was still too afraid to let go of what I believed). It is my sincere hope that closeted Atheists will read this and realize they aren't alone– or crazy. Even moreso, I hope this messages inspires Black Christians to open their eyes to the fallacy of their religion. Bravo, my dear Shawn! Bravo!

]]> By: Anonymous https://the-orbit.net/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-36 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:34:25 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/blackskeptics/2010/07/28/what-if/#comment-36 Thanks for being there and posting such a great article. As a black atheist I'm watching my family grow more entrenched into religion in hope their lives will improve,and I watch many of them die young waiting for their god to bless them somehow They are so afraid that god will punish them (I used to be like them) if they don't do what they're told. I'm so glad you are there; it makes me feel less alone.

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