OT - Christian Voodoo singalong! Oh no he deh int...

Ayy yo,

I was doing some research this past weekend on the history of the black political power structure here in America and got side-tracked onto another equally juicy-azz topic, which really blew my mind all together.  A noted and prominent author once wrote that, "Blacks do not make good political candidates due to their superstitious nature, lack of control to readily believe in conspiracy theories, religious dogma, and such, to the point where any credibility that they may have had [political arena] is quickly lost or easily discredited because of their inability to subscribe to pure logic in lieu of religion, heresay, and unfounded rhetoric..."

The author was Black! 

Now I know we as a people do tend to sometimes have more stuff running through our dayum minds than a dyslexic kid with ADHD trying to take a standardized test on an empty stomach, but do we generally as a people subscribe to superstition, roots, Voodoo, etc... to help us solve our dilemmas or to shape our lives?  Oh yeah, alot of us swear up and down that we "are Christians - washed in the blood of the lamb, yadda, yadda, yadda...", but some of those same Christians can't help but do stupid **** like not sweeping dirt out of the front door after 6pm out of fear that it will bring ill will their way or won't even whistle in their own homes because of some dumb-azz belief that all their money will leave their house - and these ninjas were broke as hell to begin with (I guess somebody was a rootin-tootin Bobby McFerrin kinda mawfugga living with them back in the day huh?).   Are you superstitious by nature?  What made you that way? Voodoo practitioners and users: Does Voodoo even work for you? 

Holla atcha boy.  

Good Morning Double_Ayy!

No, I am not superstitious and I do not understand why some people are. I can not wait to hear some of the responses because I really want to understand what makes a person superstitious. 

I know right.

But a lot of blacks are superstitious but don't even know it.  And don't let us be able to quote some silly rhyme to go along with our "beliefs."  Then we may as well tell people it's in the bible then because that's all we'll llsten to in the future.

Looking good, Aye!

Thanks for the love, Luv.  I see you sportin a new avie too.  I likes.  I likes.

What Black author said that?

No, I'm not superstitious by nature...but I also don't go out my way to test it either. 

You know the ones who go around intentionally stepping on cracks to dispell the 'break ya mama's back' theory...I don't mess with it.

You're just trying to be on the safe side either way huh?

The black author is Double_Ayy the second LOL

Good morning Double AYY, I'm not superstitious and definately don't believe in VOODOO. I know growing up my grandmother us to hav different saying that they believed in and I would just look at them like what are you talking about . So great topic can't wait to hear from the fam...

Some Blacks tend to buy into the whole Voodoo thing because it was passed down to them from many generations.  I'm saying if Voodoo didn't liberate us as a people from slavery (but it did for the Haitians by the way) then why do some black still pass along those traditions?