What do you think of Kanye and the message people think he's sending. Because people say Yeezus was "him telling the truth" but that was only like two or three songs.
Don’t rlly listen to him to know. I dislike anybody comparing themselves to a god or being God in any way because that’s blasphemous tho, so yeah.
I dont think he was trying to undermine the power of God. If you believe the Bible to be truth, which I dont, but it does say “we are made in the image of God.” His lyrics say
“I am a god Even though I’m a man of god My whole life in the hands of god So y’all better quit playing with god…
I just talked to Jesus He said ‘what up Yeezus?’ I said “Shit I’m chilling Trying to stack these millions” I know he the most high But I am a close high"
Everyone is accustomed to black men considering themselves a gangster, thug, rebellious but what Kanye does is put himself on a pedestal close to God, which for centuries mirrored a white man. He obviously respects the fact that there is no man higher than God, but he is close in his power because he honors him and respects him. I think what Kanye meant was so far from blasphemous and so beyond what black people see themselves as… I honestly love him for going there. Hearing young black men chant that makes me wanna cry. I love Kanye for that but not stealing ideas from my director friends. I actually despise him for that.
Anyone who assumes this to be blashphemy has never really looked at his lyrical content…..
I don’t care what his lyrical content is if it literally says “I am a god” and “I know he the most high but I am a close high”. That’s saying he’s near the level of Jesus Christ, which I rlly don’t agree with people doing. Does that mean he’s a bad person? No. He just respect his relationship with God differently than I do. If it were me I would’ve said a queen or whatnot. Like I can see his whole “outta this world” type of awesome metaphor, but that’s not my scene. And the whole Yeezus name is based off of Jesus in the first place, so like.
Different strokes for different folks. I’m just not interested in that type of talk.
But like, people actually name their child Jesus. He’s saying you can talk to God. I’m pretty sure the bible says we are made in the image of Him so why wouldn’t we consider ourselves pieces of God, evidently a God ourselves. He’s clearly stating that God is higher. Why can’t we be close? I could understand if he didn’t acknowledge Him at all, but he did and respectfully so. I think religion belittled us so much that people are blind to their own power which allows us to be stuck with the usage of only 11% of our brains. You see Monks who never limited their own value creating steam off their backs, defying gravity and executing godly things. That doesn’t mean they disregard God as number one, they have just captured their own power as a decedent of God. We are capable of so much more, nothing is limited as long as you honour and respect him first.
Some people do name their children Jésus to bring luck / honor to their family, just like others don’t because they believe it’s disrespectful to Jesus Christ and God to do so. Like I said, people respect their relationships with God differently.Regardless of that, God has said there is no other God but him. To say that is, on one level, pretty blasphemous.
10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God. (Exodus 8:10)
35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him. (Deuteronomy 4:35)
60 that all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else. (1 Kings 8:60)
etc. That’s basically the main staple of Christianity. There is only one God, and the only mediator between He and us is His earthly body, Jesus Christ. So for me, comparing anybody to God or having godhood is just not cool. And like I said—other ppl aren’t that stringent, I am, that’s how I respect my faith. I’d never name my child God, Jesus, Yeshua, Yahweh, Jehovah, or anything else to do with God because that’s not what I think is expedient for me to do as a believer, but I respect that other ppl see it differently.
I can do all things through Christ who empowers me, and my faith has done nothing to diminish nor shade that. Religion is a man-made concept that really doesn’t have to do with having faith.Religion is traditions and self-glorification, which is something that Jesus didn’t approve of (His entire life he broke tradition, esp. symbolized when He broke bread), and that’s not what I am here for. I’m here for truth and guidance from God. Whether that’s the Biblical God or the Qur’an God or the God from the Torah; I praise God, period.
Kanye is a really arrogant person. That’s his prerogative. I’ve read/heard his mother speak about the fact that she did instill self-awareness and self-assurance in her son from a young age because she know how depressing and spirit-breaking the world can be against young Black men, and I totally respect that. That is what a mother should do. I rlly have nothing against that. But my line is comparing yourself to anything other than a man, and it rlly always has been. That doesn’t mean I think he’s less-than or whatever, I’m just not interested in listening to ppl who are being self-gratifying in that fashion. That’s my prerogative as an individual to not enjoy. Just like I don’t smoke and don’t hang around ppl who do.
Also, monks would neversay anythingabout being godly. Ever. Period. Monks practice asceticism, which is a completely devoid of any self-indulgence or gratification. They achieve those wonders that they do because they have dedicated their lives to doing nothing but communicating with God, nature, and being in tune with their existence. That’s verydifferent from saying “i know God is God but i’m damn near close to God-status”.
so like, yeah. I mean. I’m not hating him for it or anything I’m just not inclined to go listen to it b/c I already know that’s what the message is and that’s not what I like.
I never said that monks say that, I was using what they do to define what could be described as godly. For me, I sincerely believe that there was no church in the wild and before slavery Christianity was non existent in African cultures. I personally divide God and religion I only referenced it because it was clear you follow that, but hey I personally think everyone is a piece of God and can create their own world through affirmation while still respecting the creator of this divine universe. I was just trying to show you that I don’t think he was trying to call himself The God but only a man of God, therefore he has been equipped with the powers of a God.
European Christianity was forced on slaves as a process of assimilation but (a) White people SHO did not invent Christianity nor were they the originators of the primary documents or anything of the sort, and (b) there were many CHristian congregations and populations in African countries as early as the middle of the 1st century.
Yeah, it has been used as an oppressive tool because of colonization and imperialism and slavery, but please miss me with the uneducated bullshit that is saying that our forebearers didn’t believe in God / had no religion. African countries have been VERY influenced by and rich with Abrahamic religions, primarily Christianity and Islam. There’s the Baha’i Faith as well, which is Abrahamic and I believe is most popular in Kenya. Few African peoples to this day are irreligious (less than 20% in any given country) because faith has been intertwined in African cultures for decades.
Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century (9780520066984) includes a chapter on Christianity in Nubia [Chapter 8] which shows that there were several Nubian churches during the earlier 1st century which were linked to earlier Egyptian churches, and that Christianity spread in Sudan during the 1st century as well due to the Greek/Roman populations in African countries at the time.
Several Christian forebearers, including Tertullian, Cyprian, and Augustine of Hippo, were born in / lived in Carthage, which is currently what we know as Tunisia, on the coast of northern Africa. There were large Greek/Roman populations there and most of the churches there were Greek-speaking.
Coptic Christians, the native Christians of Egypt, were the majority of the religous populations of Egypt from 400-800A.D. and they spoke the Coptic language, which is derived from Demotic Egyptian. Now they mostly speak Arabic.
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please don’t even do that rlly
White ppl definitely fucked up the way that Christianity originally was by trying to claim it and use it as a tool of oppression after slavery and etc. but they sure as fuck did not create it, introduce it, or even play a super major part in its development.
there are more traditional african religions/faiths/spiritual sects which were usually practiced to some degree in link with Christianity, of course, but to say that Christianity was somehow invented by / introduced by White ppl is a huuuuuuuuuuge omission of Black history
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