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Ivan G Thompson
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The Making of A Great America Uprooting the Spirit of Racism
Religion & Spirituality
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Drinking the Trump Koolaide
After George Floyd’s death, it was very difficult for me to go to church. I’m black, but the racial/ethnic diversity at church was the greatest I’d seen anywhere. The leadership, however, is predominately white. At church, I almost felt like I was listening to Fox News than hearing the Word of God. There was more emphasis from the pulpit about stopping the protests than the system of policing that triggered the protests. In my previous book “The Making of a Great America Where The Founding Fathers and the Church Fell Short,” I talked about the “hyper-politicization of the Church” and the Church becoming a “Republican PAC.” Even after a few COVID outbreaks, we pressed ahead with having services with no masks or social distancing. I called it drinking the Trump Koolaide. If the president says, there is no virus threat, so be it. This troubled me as my dad had contracted COVID-19, and a dear friend died from it. My friend attended a church that ignored state laws on masks and social distancing. The pastor’s wife called the mask mandate “Biden’s law.” I am praying for the president and the first lady, that neither would have a tough time with the virus. But I’m also hoping his followers and the leaders at my church, will reconsider wearing masks.
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The Making of A Great America Uprooting the Spirit of Racism
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I feel that a good portion of the Church in America has been lulled to sleep by its president. The president says there is no pandemic, don’t wear a mask, and the Church follows these words with the same fervor as if it were the Word of God. The president says that systemic racism doesn’t exist, and again the Church follows.
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