I Lack Understanding So I Demonize
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash It seems to be a trend to demonize everything one does not understand. If Pastor or our favorite person did not say it, it's witchcraft. I often wonder how did we come to this point. King James published a book where he explained how to summons demons, but we love and adore him as if he wrote the Bible. King James' oversaw the translation; he could have added his cultural norms to it; I mean, can we believe everything was said as is? By a show of hands, who has taken time to study and show ourselves approved? Mary being 13 and Joseph being 90 is someone's cultural norm, not ours. When I say our, I am a black woman. Our oppressors honored this man at the beginning of the Willie Lynch Letter; that was enough to make me open my eyes and think. A personal relationship with your creator is vital. Might I add, thinking for yourself is just as important? We did not enter into this realm to become zombies. Yet, we sound and move alike, and