seignet posted:antabanta posted:“I was also able to see that the principles governing the rites and customs of the churches in which I grew up did not differ from the principles governing the rites and customs of other churches, white. The principles were Blindness, Loneliness, and Terror, the first principle necessarily and actively cultivated in order to deny the two others. I would love to believe that the principles were Faith, Hope, and Charity, but this is clearly not so for most Christians, or for what we call the Christian world.”
― The Fire Next TimeDelussional, Mr. Baldwin. Failure to grasp the nature of mankind. I have freedom with the belief that there is a God and his Elect One know as Jesus offers salvation into the after life.
I can guess your response, let's see if i am correct.
That's really cute. So now anything I say you're free to pounce on and proclaim "I knew it!" Fortunately, some of us are intelligent.
You completely miss the point. Only the blind, lonely, and terrified need the fake security of salvation and an after life. But how could a man who has seen more travesty and travail than you possibly ever could, know more about the nature of mankind than you know from your fantasy stories in the bible. For your information, James Baldwin was ordained a preacher at the age of 14. He also knew more about the bible than you ever could.