Religious question...?

Question

Why do black poeple have great servises in their babtist churches but get back into killing and smoking pot as soon as they get out. And why do they think its ok to kill if their so religious.

(Personal experience.)

Answer 1

1. Background spiritual history behind crime and corruption

From what I understand, the longlasting damage of slavery from Africa to the U.S. is carried spiritually for generations until this is fully healed. This is hard enough to overcome when family lines are intact, but in the case of African Americans, the history has been so disrupted, it takes longer to recover because people feel alienated and disconnected.

Just the statistics showing how many African Americans rent instead of own property shows they are up to 100-150 years behind in become independent citizens as their counterparts who have had generations before them of property owners with knowledge of law and financial management. This creates jealousy and racial resentment, thus reinfecting old wounds.

2. Vicious cycle in the community
Due to resentment from this longlasting damage and aftermath, there is still a lot of unforgiveness and anger, which divides and corrupts the African community, and their church and state leaders, that negates and discredits even the positive influences.

So in the meantime, the same problems repeat, where the power gets corrupted by competition so the community is disrupted.

I volunteer in two neglected communities in Houston, where the faithful community leaders struggle to help the kids and families betrayed by corrupt officials and ministers. The anger and waste of resources has caused many youth to lose faith and end up on the street following drug money. Once one generation ends up in jail instead of school, the poverty cycle repeats and the anger continues. This is very common.

3. Alienation from government and police
Traditionally, since Africans had been denied civil rights under laws originally written for white property owners, many are not taught to have any faith in laws or government to protect them, so there is not much respect for authority there.
I even heard Louis Farrakhan preach to a full audience to disregard the Constitutional laws that were not written for them and do not apply. I disagree. This attitude is keeping people disenfranchised and in enslaved dependence on their church and state leadership instead of promoting sharing responsibility and respect for knowing and enforcing laws and participating more fully as contributing citizens.

Note: I also volunteer with civic outreach to change the approach to teaching African American youth about civil rights and responsbilities, in order to counteract this negative dangerous trend toward disrespect for laws, police and government, and to learn how these laws protect the people.

4. Counteracting the stereotype from negative media biases
The truly faithful community leaders and members are not of the stereotype you present, but the opposite. They struggle very hard both spiritually, financially and personally -- not only to sustain their own families and others less fortunate, but also to forgive the injustice and infighting that has almost destroyed their communities and has misdirected resources and credit away from the solutions they are trying to create.

On behalf of these faithful in every community, I hope you can understand what it must be like to face overwhelming obstacles. Imagine if you were not part of the problem, but were investing your own time and money into solutions, just to be judged along with the people whose problems you are fighting to expose, address and correct. That is what is going on in Houston and I suspect nationwide. There are always good people fighting behind the scenes we don't see, but misjudge the whole group based on the ones who get attention.

There is a lot of pain, suffering and anger, and the media is quick to show the collective result and expression of that, through crime and violence. Those who are working in positive ways to heal this are not as visible, and do not get near the same coverage in the news as the violent criminal actions. For example, a former convict turned pastor who was helping other men to turn away from crime as he did and create jobs building houses instead, did not get publicity for his outreach work until he died. That was only publicized because it was a criminal murder. If he had died of disease or natural causes, no one would have broadcast that. How many more men and leaders like that are working overtime to help as many others as possible, but get no credit and are not seen in the media?

Answer 2

Trolling for action, eh? It's not just black people. Don't you watch the news? White, yellow, red, black, brown, etc., do bad things.

Answer 3

Sounds like a generalization to me.

Answer 4

wow, that was amazingly racist. if you want to generalize like that, try looking at econimic factors instead of the color of their skin.

besidfes, when has religion ever stoped anyone from killing? crusades, anyone?

Answer 5

You speak of only a few.

Answer 6

You know better than that......and isn't it past your bed time?