Religion plays an important part in the African American community. In my case it was something that was a strong part of my life and we spent a lot of time in church. We were told that a strong spiritual relationship would make me a better person. But as time went on this to me seemed a myth to me, because I saw people were not improving as people. These individuals were sick on a moral level and were lost spiritually.
They would tell us one thing and live their lives in an opposite manner. This journal entry is about my choice to leave the church for an undisclosed period of time. The person that I told this to was my foster mother Dorothy Jordan. This event happened at nineteen years of age, her reaction was a negative one after hearing …show more content…
When looking back at this event, it makes me upset. She got upset because, I would not conform to her belief system. This is what’s wrong with religion to this day, if someone does not believe in your system they are wrong. This is the most foolish thing in the world and this type of thinking is destroying the world.
The thing that predispose me to this reaction was an event with a member of the same church. They said that if you did not go to church you would not see GOD. These are fear tactics used to control individuals and take their money. So I and this person argued for hours about this apparent lie, so when me and Dorothy had are disagreement it hit a nerve. These people would tell you if you did not give, your ten percent it was a curse on you.
This was dogma in my opinion there is not answer for everything and if someone says that they are lying. Some strengths that came from this experience was the ability to research topics. The ability to use my own judgment when someone comes with religion dogma. Another strength is the ability to stand by what I believe in when, it comes religious …show more content…
To improve the area of trusting my judgement the author needs, to have more interpersonal conversations. These conversations helps one become one with one’s self, it helps me understand myself better. To better improve my skill of standing by my feelings on religious beliefs, one must have a full understanding of the topics being presented. One must also have the courage to question the people in leadership positions.
This is a major sticking point because, many churches are controlling people’s lives. I saw many people do things against their personal judgement, a please a clergy member. These leaders would take advantage of these people and leave them broken. One group that is taken advantage of a lot in church are single women. These leaders use these women for sexual purposes and then leave them broken inside.
This is one reason that many woman have left the church entirely. Many of these woman fear being sexually abused by men in the church. Instead of woman being protected by the people in church, they are mistreated. Some woman are comfortable with this environment, because they willing participate in these activities. But there are some woman that have a strong relationship with GOD. They will not participate in these activities in
They would tell us one thing and live their lives in an opposite manner. This journal entry is about my choice to leave the church for an undisclosed period of time. The person that I told this to was my foster mother Dorothy Jordan. This event happened at nineteen years of age, her reaction was a negative one after hearing …show more content…
When looking back at this event, it makes me upset. She got upset because, I would not conform to her belief system. This is what’s wrong with religion to this day, if someone does not believe in your system they are wrong. This is the most foolish thing in the world and this type of thinking is destroying the world.
The thing that predispose me to this reaction was an event with a member of the same church. They said that if you did not go to church you would not see GOD. These are fear tactics used to control individuals and take their money. So I and this person argued for hours about this apparent lie, so when me and Dorothy had are disagreement it hit a nerve. These people would tell you if you did not give, your ten percent it was a curse on you.
This was dogma in my opinion there is not answer for everything and if someone says that they are lying. Some strengths that came from this experience was the ability to research topics. The ability to use my own judgment when someone comes with religion dogma. Another strength is the ability to stand by what I believe in when, it comes religious …show more content…
To improve the area of trusting my judgement the author needs, to have more interpersonal conversations. These conversations helps one become one with one’s self, it helps me understand myself better. To better improve my skill of standing by my feelings on religious beliefs, one must have a full understanding of the topics being presented. One must also have the courage to question the people in leadership positions.
This is a major sticking point because, many churches are controlling people’s lives. I saw many people do things against their personal judgement, a please a clergy member. These leaders would take advantage of these people and leave them broken. One group that is taken advantage of a lot in church are single women. These leaders use these women for sexual purposes and then leave them broken inside.
This is one reason that many woman have left the church entirely. Many of these woman fear being sexually abused by men in the church. Instead of woman being protected by the people in church, they are mistreated. Some woman are comfortable with this environment, because they willing participate in these activities. But there are some woman that have a strong relationship with GOD. They will not participate in these activities in