God is not white

Tune in every Wednesday at 7 PM EST for a thought-provoking discussion on themes related to an increasingly uneasy relationship modern-day Africans of the continent and its diaspora are developing with Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism and Islam) which were mobilized to subjugate their ancestors over centuries of foreign invasion. To receive regular alerts and updates, please subscribe to my channel www.youtube.com/@jafrikayiti

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Episode 5 (to come) – Wednesday 22 January 2025
Theme: Religion – How was the Christian religion established?

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Episode 4 – Wednesday 15 January 2025
Theme: Religion – How did Christianity land in Haiti?
https://www.youtube.com/live/nsDkSzseKOk
They spoke Arawak, named their islands Ayiti, Boriken, Xamayca, Cuba… Some historians say they numbered over 1.5 million souls in October 1492. Then, it came to pass that three (3) strange boats arrived on their shores. This was not their first encounter with visitors from far away lands and seas. However, contrary to the dark brown Africans with whom they remember exchanging gold, copper and marihuana, these pale skinned ones who carry a cross landed with a loud and deadly powder, outrageous violence, greed and mischievousness.

#GodIsNotWhite

#ToutMounSeMoun

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Episode 3 – Wednesday 8 January 2025
Theme: So, God has “a chosen people”?
https://www.youtube.com/live/MwnfvE1ABgA

Later this month a number of planets in our solar system will align, offering a unique, awe-inspiring spectacle for humans of Earth to contemplate. However, few among us will be able to enjoy this gift. All over the globe, women, men and children are kept constantly on the run to save their lives. Incomprehensible, deadly wars that befall them arrive like hailstones from the sky. So it is in January 2025.

Reading the book of Joshua in the Torah and in the Bible, one cannot escape the thought that the Amalekites must have felt very much like the Palestinians of our lifetime. What did they do to deserve such a fate? How come so few are coming to their rescue as they are getting systematically annihilated by a foreign foe. One that is already armed to the teeth yet still receiving support from other major military forces.

In the Bible, the Amalekites were living peacefully in their own land, yet God and Joshua conspired to force them out, murdering men, women and children. To achieve their goal, God and Joshua went as far as “stopping the sun on its track” in order to have sufficient time and light to accomplish genocide and robbery.

Do these tales of conquest by the Judeo-Christian God’s “chosen people”, as found in the book of Joshua, have any impact on human behaviour in the year 2025?

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Episode 2 – Wednesday 1 January 2025
Themes covered: Praise God! whose god, what god?
https://www.youtube.com/live/w6n4Nv5UDJ8

Episode 1 – aired Wednesday 25 December 2024
Themes covered: My personal trajectory, “Viv Bondye! Aba Relijyon!” (2000), God is nøt white (2024)
https://youtu.be/khvjRpbN2EM