Has anything challenged your beliefs lately?

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I know yall nikkas are some strongly opinionated folks here on the coli

But, do you still believe what you believed yesterday? Last year? When you were a kid? Have you changed your opinions? Have you examined why you believe something and realized it may not be as "correct" as you thought it was? Has anything or a series of things occured that profoundly disillusioned/enlightened you?

Let's open discussion, and maybe open some minds :smile:
 

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religion. when i thought there was a man in the sky looking after me i was ironically at my laziest . when i realized i had to get up off my ass and do shyt myself and there isnt anybody looking down after me is when i started becoming productive in life.
 

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YES, and this happens often due to the fact that once I agree with something I immediately look for the opposing opinion

Learning is fun though, just gotta stay open minded to receive knowledge :yes:
 

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Until 3 years ago girl on girl relationships were hot. Especially if both of the chicks are attractive. Because of a weird roommate experience, I see them as no different than dude on dude:scusthov:

I no longer what to be in a threesome (2 girls 1 guy) anymore either, shyt is too awkward.
 

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I started out religious, then stopped believing in God all together and assumed science had ALL the answers, then recently my belief in something greater than everyone has come back. I struggle with making sense of the bible and other religious text. Some of the things have me like :dwillhuh: and other things :stopitslime:. A lot of it has to do with religious people insisting every scripture of their religion is actual fact.

I used to think science was this perfect thing, but I see the forced masculinity and so much of it I don't understand that it'd be very easy for a scientist to say "this is how things work" and unless I learn every single thing they learned I can't say with certainty their right.

I'm not saying science is wrong or stupid it's just funny how nobody questions anything and just accept what is fed to them. Same can be said for religion.
 

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I too have had my opinion change about religion. I'm a black female, but I wasn't raised religious at all. My pops didn't give a fukk about religion (but he's smart as fukk and would bring up certain things for discussion purposes only) and moms was semi-religious but didn't force anything on me. I never had an opinion, but I never voiced it cause you know how black folks be.

But now as an adult, I definitely see and recognize that there is a more powerful being behind the scenes. I study and use the Bible and certain Buddhist and Taoist metaphysical principles to guide my life. Not religious but spiritual :smile:

I also used to be anti-eating pork but that's only cuz the ahks told me not to. But now I realize that even the lowliest of swine came from the creator's hand and was made for me to :eat:
 

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I too have had my opinion change about religion. I'm a black female, but I wasn't raised religious at all. My pops didn't give a fukk about religion (but he's smart as fukk and would bring up certain things for discussion purposes only) and moms was semi-religious but didn't force anything on me. I never had an opinion, but I never voiced it cause you know how black folks be.

But now as an adult, I definitely see and recognize that there is a more powerful being behind the scenes. I study and use the Bible and certain Buddhist and Taoist metaphysical principles to guide my life. Not religious but spiritual :smile:

I also used to be anti-eating pork but that's only cuz the ahks told me not to. But now I realize that even the lowliest of swine came from the creator's hand and was made for me to :eat:


You seem like a smart person but I read a thread where you were talking about "The White man gave us the internet this that" and seemed to be praising whites, and then relegated blacks to athletes and sex objects, while also defaming Africans as "dusty".

I don't mean to condescend you but stereotyping is a very lazy form of intellectualism, and I think you would be best suited to do your own research rather than let the media or "culture" decide what you believe. Rather than creating a reality based on what you observe, try and FIND what the reality is on what you learn.
 
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Religion as well. I was raised catholic (I'm dominican so it was some church every sunday shyt) then back around when I was like 15 I became atheist.

Ever since a couple of months ago I've had a lot of intense reflection (helped by weed) and now I believe in some vague eternal soul/higher plane of existence stuff that I can't really explain well but feels right to me.
 

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You seem like a smart person but I read a thread where you were talking about "The White man gave us the internet this that" and seemed to be praising whites, and then relegated blacks to athletes and sex objects, while also defaming Africans as "dusty".

I don't mean to condescend you but stereotyping is a very lazy form of intellectualism, and I think you would be best suited to do your own research rather than let the media or "culture" decide what you believe. Rather than creating a reality based on what you observe, try and FIND what the reality is on what you learn.

You took that thread too seriously. I just put in a different perspective and used artistic effect to get the point across. AKA just talking shyt cause people are always shytting on black women. I don't really care what people do with their lives. Every person of every race is an individual and I can't say one thing monolithically applies. We're all here on earth to do the same thing in our lifetimes.

But I ain't gon lie, every African I've met outside of USA was musty and had poor fashion sense. I'm not judging though :smile:
 

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Until 3 years ago girl on girl relationships were hot. Especially if both of the chicks are attractive. Because of a weird roommate experience, I see them as no different than dude on dude:scusthov:

I no longer what to be in a threesome (2 girls 1 guy) anymore either, shyt is too awkward.


All guys then huh?

:beli:
 

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You took that thread too seriously. I just put in a different perspective and used artistic effect to get the point across. AKA just talking shyt cause people are always shytting on black women. I don't really care what people do with their lives. Every person of every race is an individual and I can't say one thing monolithically applies. We're all here on earth to do the same thing in our lifetimes.

But I ain't gon lie, every African I've met outside of USA was musty and had poor fashion sense. I'm not judging though :)

:beli:

I thought we was building :to:


Something that really challenged my beliefs recently was the Occupy Movement. I thought the corporate control of the media and politics was so strong that there was nothing we could do about it except observe and be cynical on the internet, but I guess I was wrong.
 

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I thought we was building :to:

We are. I'm sorry dogg. I have accepted that despite any intellectualism I can lay claim to, I'm still an ignorant nikka at heart sometimes. I'm just stating personal experience though. Let me cook :jawalrus:
 

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Religion:

I still believe in a higher power.

But not sohh much Christianity.

I don't knock anyone who does, no matter how I may come off. Deep down, I really respect everyone's beliefs.

I remember when I first started attending church around middle school. I remember seeing a lot of hypocritical things while I was heavily involved in the church. During my pre-teen / teenage years, me & my homies weren't really going to church to praise the Lord, we going for the easy access to some freaks.

Unfortunately, the f*ckery wasn't just limited to us, horny teenagers. I began hearing accusations that the pastor, deacons and other prominent church faulty / members were getting their freak on behind close doors. Yet, every Sunday, they'd sit there all high mighty, throwing salt at anyone who wasn't in attendance / didn't believe in God. I noticed church was filled with a bunch of hypocrites. I kid you not, the same girls that talk all that mess about being "godly" saving it for marriage or their husbands were the first one's to being giving it up, whenever youth camps or trips came up (:eat: ). It became such a ritual, that I always made sure that I brought a few boxes of condoms, because I knew they'll be tons of guaranteed p*ssy. ( :eat: )

Now back to my modern perception of Christianity.

I really started to question Christianity during my first year in college. I saw how Christianity was used to entrap and justify the enslavement of Africans. I learned how Africans believed in polytheism spirituals and Islam throughout various parts of Africa. I thought about how the Europeans used this whole divide and conquer attitude towards everyone. On some you either you ride wit us (accept our Religion ) or collide wid us (die ). I realized the significance of Guns, Germs and Steel. Christianity was being forced upon us as a control mechanism. Later on, I learned how Christianity / Religion also helped free us in a sense. Religion embedded slaves with a sense of unity. Religion was the only cornerstone of meeting place for blacks during slavery. Ironically, in modern society, the only two places were blacks of all social economics and backgrounds really congregate today: are in the barber / beauty shops and church. Religion and a nonviolence attitude also, helped garner the civil rights movement. Sohh, it's silly and idiotic to not give Christianity it's props in a sense.....

Even though, I don't really feel connected to religion like I once used too, I still go to church from time to time. I don't knock the messages. I just few duped in a sense.

At the end of the day after seeing something like this:
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It's impossible to doubt, there being other life forms or a higher being.
I've had too many instances in my life to deny a god or higher being. I know someone is looking out for a breh

I'd cite some examples in my life, but they'd probably only make sense to me. I consider myself blessed. I've been to places, most people can even phantom. Yet, I shouldn't even be alive.

:shaq:

/end rant..........:whistle:

*goes back to the lab*
 
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