Let the church say Amen.. and let the church say Amen again.. I am one who is very quick to point out that I a religious man, who is more spiritual however than religious. I do not believe in going around toting a bible, nor do I go out of my way to speak about the word or demonize people for things they’ve done. I identify myself a Southern Baptist, straight out of the African American church. 

I will be the first to admit that being an openly gay man in the Black Church has not been nor is easy. You see for whatever reason, Black people think that if your sin is being Gay, then somehow you are more damned to hell that the one who cheats on their spouse, or have a child out of wedlock. The bible toting Christian elite think that you must do everything by the book and if you don’t well then you’re not equal. See they have to sit in the pew’s every Sunday and talk about the folks in the church and then make sure once they leave the church for the day that they are ready to gossip about what they think they know or what they saw that day.

I don’t particularly care for the religious zelots who feel it is their responsiblity to let you know where you’re fucking up or preaching to you what they think the Bible is saying. There are two fundamental problems with this style of religious teaching. One, more than likely you know nothing about the true meanings and contexts of the text  and two, your really just picking parts of the text to fit your beliefs and the rest you decide to discard and unimportant.

Real religious folks don’t spend their time trying to convert you, or worry about who you’re sleeping with. They don’t spend their time trying to figure out how they can control your life or how to make you feel less than worthy about yourself because you don’t live the “Godly” life that they do. 

The truth is that if you really are a child of God, then you love all of humanity regardless of if they share your faith, beliefs, or lifestyle. If you believe in God, then your actions would reflect that; so instead of damning someone, or spreading church rumors, try to be courteous and empathetic, loving and forgiving, because the truth is the text was meant to a guide, one that should be updated history changes and evolves. 

There are stories in the text that will always withstand the test of time, however, there are passages that are outdated, because they applied to a time of discovery and war and destruction. where entire civilizations were being destroyed. Now we live in a world where change is continuous, acceptance is the norm and civilizations are busting at the seems.

So.. before you go off believing a rouge ministry just trying to tap into your feers. or being sucked into the vacuum of the mega church, thriving on the fiances of its congregation, take some time to figure out what kind of person are you. Do you believe in religion and God? Are you an Athiest ? Are you a condemner or an uplifter? I will submit that the only way to God’s wishes, is to truly act like one of God’s children,.