Rantings of a Creole Princess

Church Folks

Showing out!  Pastor Joel Peebles ousted from Jericho City of Praise

Yall heard about this?

 

Question...

Has the leader of your church ever been to your home?

Living with Lent!

It's Ash Wednesday folks!  Are you going to fast or give up any luxuries this year for Lent?

What say YOU?

Question...

If you met someone on ChristianSingles.com...would you assume they wouldn't expect pre-marital sans ropas?

God and Money

I was watching OWN last night with Joel Osteen and Oprah asked him a line of questions which were very interesting.

What do YOU think?  Do you believe God wants you to be financially poor and struggling or do you believe God wants you to be successful and have a financially abundant life?

Mormon President = HELL.NO.

 

I don't put much thought into a candidate's religion and yet...I don't want a Mormon president.

There is simply too much about the Mormon faith that gets the o_0 from me.

Seriously.

Does that make me a hypocrite?

 

Inappropriate?

What say you?

Jewish President?

Do you think there could ever be a JEWISH president of the United States?

Question...

Should a church go on if it's found that the head of the church is disturbingly flawed?

Questions from a male FB friend:

Did Cain and Able marry their sisters to start the human families?

PimpPreacher.com

Um...erra...

Most of us don't like hypoChristians and side eye the hell out of them.  The owners of this site took it to a whole other level though and, to be honest, I'm not really sure how I feel about it.

What say YOU about this site?  Pimp Preachers

From laurengator:

What say YOU?

Nashville billboards claim Jesus will return May 21, 2011

Eddie Long Covers "Gospel Today" Magazine

And folks are MAD.ABOUT.IT! 

What say you?????

The Catholic Church

...is reviewing it's stance on con.doms being banned in their religion.

The Pope drops Catholic ban on condoms in historic shift

What say YOU?

 

SIP:  This is the kind of stuff that makes me CONTINUE to o_0 Catholicism.

Black People + Success = Devil Worship?????

 

Let's chat about this cuz baaaaaaaaaaaaaby...this ish chaps my damn hyde. 

Seriously.

I love how some Black people are so quick to feed into this Illuminati ish.  Just flipping ri-damn-diculous.

pinkdes2ny said...

Ok, I can just say that I'm so sick of hearing people pop off at the mouth about how successful black people are only successful because they have sold their souls to the devil! Come on now, because you suck and are struggling then you are backed by Jesus but if someone else is making it and doing well they are in bed with the devil. GTFOHWTS! I'm gonna need you to expand your concept of reality and expectations of hard working successful people!

 

That comment right there sums it all up for me.  There is another commenter around here who has made me o_0 her twice for saying something that made my damn teeth itch...lemme find what she said the other day...hold on...

 

The existence of occult symbolism in the media...especially the music and film industry. The coincidences are uncanny. Before y'all give me the side-eye, I really have looked into this mess and it's a shame. The music industry is far more artificial than the WWE! I'm not one of them crazy folk hollerin' about Jay Z and everyone else being in the Illuminati but the powers that be-the ones who control these artists and their images....they are definitely on a DIFFERENT PAGE.

Okay, I'm off my soapbox and finished sounding crazy LOL ;-)

I was like...seriously?

*sigh*

Do better people.  That crabs in a barrel motif is NOT a good look this Fall.  Doesn't go with FABULOUS boots that's for dang sure.  Oh...and once I'm a successful filmmaker and someone DARES insinuate that I sold my sold to the devil...be ready to be doused in the flames of IRATE BLAST!

What say YOU?  Do YOU think you can only be very successful and Black if you sell your soul to the devil? 

SIP:  There is an implied thunder clap and earthquake whenever we use the word DEVIL.

What I LOVED about the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear!

I've never attended a rally for anything if I'm honest with myself.  See...seems to me that all of the important rallies I would have attended have been dealt with far before I was old enough to participate.  There are things, of course, that I'm in support of and against but I really haven't ever felt compelled to leave my home to join other people who felt as I did about a certain something.

I didn't support the war in Iraq from the beginning and yet...I had no intention of joining folks marching against it. 

I'm against racism of any form but...since I've been an adult I haven't even thought about heading somewhere to march with folks regarding.

I support gay people but nah...I'm not about to hold up a corner of their rainbow flag and march with them.

But I make my voice heard in other ways and with my vote.

When I first heard of the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear it immediately spoke to me.  The smart comedy coupled with sensibility just appealed to who I am as an American.  EPIC SIGNAGE was the mantra from the start and I loved the thought of participating in a forum where the voices of people like myself would be heard and our signs would be posted all over the internet and media as well.  I loved showing COLLECTIVELY just how flipping DUMB folks think this tea party nonsense is and I liked that people from all over connected with it as well on the same level.

As I was there looking around I felt really, really good knowing I was around "MY KINDA PEOPLE."  People who used their brains when it came to their politics and weren't afraid to tag someone with FACTS and not talking points.  FACTS. 

See...facts give you a calming sense of knowing you're right.  Facts make SENSE and you're able to think about them organically.  Talking points don't provide you with an opportunity for further conversation because there is usually a big azz PERIOD after spewing out a talking point you heard from an idiot because there is nothing to support it so there is pretty much nothing left to say after.

Except for a whole bunch of laughter at the idiocy of it all.

Yesterday I looked around at people who were like me in all skin colors and ages.  I loved the older White people, the middle aged Muslims in traditional Muslim attire, the young Black people, the Hispanics, the Asians, the Christians, the Jewish, the kids, the people in wheelchairs, etc.  They all made me feel good. 

Folks came from all over the United States to be with other people who are just like them.  Who believe as they do and, who wanted to show a different side of Americans in the media because we'd decided there was truly too dang many images of stoopit Americans out there making it seem as if they were the pulse of what the majority of us are feeling.

I had some of the best conversations yesterday than I've had in a long, long time.  Conversations with perfect strangers who were smiling, polite, smart and just fun as hell.

I had a good time man...a VERY good time.  It was a good feeling can you tell?

We can't let them paint our country in ways we would never, ever, EVER support.  We can't let them make it seem as if we are all out there supporting hate.  We gotta let folks know with our voices and our votes that we are serious when it comes to our future.

We're not all idiots and we don't all speak in talking points.

VOTE SANE ON TUESDAY FOLKS!

Thank you in advance!

Monica Mingo, American

 

Tell the truth and shame the devil!

Did you go to Sunday school as a child?  What about Summer Bible camp?  Do your children?  WILL your children?

Scenario...

Your family moves. You're looking for a new church home. You attend a church and fill out a visitor's card. The following Saturday morning the pastor and his wife show up unannounced with a loaf of bread to "break bread" with your family. What do you do?

Question...

The last church you stopped going to...WHY did you stop going to it?  Did you find a church home after that?  How long did it take  you?

My Score Scared Me

How much do YOU know about religion?

Eddie Long does NOT step down...

What say you about what went down yesterday?

SIP:  Is he rocking a Star Trek uniform?

From Angela B.: What Eddie Long Should REALLY Teach You!

This was like...wow.  Angela B. always makes me laugh but when she put this out there today...wasn't nothing laughable about it.  This was a SERMON!

LOVE.ME.SOME.ANGELA.B!

Church Home

What good church homes have you attended and would recommend for someone looking for a church home?  What city is the church in?

Good churches...Good leaders...

All over the world there are good churches and good leaders.  I know this as surely as I can see my hands right now.  The reason why I get so annoyed when I learn of yet another church leader using their influence over someone attempting to become at peace with their faith is because I know for a fact that God doesn't want that. 

God also doesn't want anyone worshiping the self-professed messenger draped in riches off the backs of hard working church members instead of worshiping the message.

Simple.

When Eddie Long did the dog and pony with Bush back in '04 scaring Black folks in his church about gay marriage I pretty much listed him as one of the bad guys.  Why?  Cuz that ain't Christian-like and it supported another form of hate.

Nothing is worse than hating yourself so much that you condemn those like who you REALLY are in public and in private...do what you do.  But you know what?  The society we live in continues to support that type of self-hate to exist.  The society we live in continues to assist in ruining lives.

God's rules for us can all be simplified into one thing if you want to get real with it.  He simply wants you to be a good person.

And it's really just that simple.

Let's honestly discuss this today.  What do YOU think about the Eddie Long situation?  What do you think about those young men?  What do you think about the fact that ya boy is married with kids and yet...something this big is swirling in his world? 

Oh...and please keep in mind that we're not dumb over here.  Bypassing the local D.A. and going straight to the Feds with this pretty much guarantees that they have an airtight case full of pictures, video, emails, texts, etc. The Feds don't play with using tax-exempt religious money to buy black diamonds for your concubines.

My Teacher is a Witch

Your teacher tells your kid she's a witch.

You initially laugh it off because you think she's using it as a scare tactic to get your child to behave in class.

Turns out she wasn't joking.

She IS a witch.

You good?

Koran Burning

Terry Jones of Florida is planning a Koran burning stunt this weekend.

(I'm not calling dude a Reverend cuz ain't no REAL man of the cloth getting down like this.)

We haven't discussed this around these here parts yet and I'm curious as to what you think about dude's plans?  Do you think it's dangerous?  Do you think it will lead to explosive violence against our troops?  Do you believe someone should snatch Terry Jones up by the scruff of his damn neck and smack him around a few times for being so damn stoopit? 

SIP:  Yeah...THAT was real middle of the road Mingo.  Way to not let folks know how YOU feel about it.

Me:  *HARD.STARE*

Question...

Would it change anything for you if you found out your pastor had recently done some really messed up stuff that broke commandments?

Jesus on Twitter

I'm sorry...but this disturbed me.  Sure the message is a good one but using Jesus' name seems kinda...um...erra...disrespectful to me.  What say you?

Muslim Hostess Gift?

We have relatively new neighbors.  A lovely couple with a beautiful brand new baby.

Yall know I'm kuntry so I welcomed them to the neighborhood when they moved in.  Cool.

I invited them to dinner once and the wife said she'd check with her husband and let me know. Later...the husband came over and said they couldn't make it.

Cool.

No biggie.

Last week the wife rang the doorbell with a tray of FABULOUS looking food.  She started off by saying she wanted to tell me something.

I listened.

Prayer in the White House

How do YOU feel about President Obama asking us to pray for the Gulf Coast?  Is it anti-intellectual and pandering?

Catholic Priests and Celibacy

Letter From Priests' Lovers Reignites Celibacy Debate

Do YOU think they should have to remain celibate? 

Question...

Do you ever picture God in human form?  What does God look like to YOU?

You NEED to watch this!

I promise.  I post stuff all the time and many of you don't even click on it but baaaaaaaaaaby...you NEED to watch this one!

"It's Not Too Late to Get Started"

Dear Church Goers:

Do you feel renewed after you attend church? 

Question...

It's 2010.

Would you let YOUR son be an alter boy?

Is this your experience too?

This is sooooooooooo me!

Erica B. has left you a comment:


Well, yes. However, my faith is stronger now... much stronger. As a child, I was "made" to go to church, Bible study, choir rehearsal, participate in the youth department, etc... I was just going through the motions. Now I have a true belief system.

Mama I don't wanna go to church...

Do you still practice the same religion you did as a child? 

Why or why not?

When did you switch?

Church and School

Did YOU go to a faith based school?  What kind?

Would you prefer it if your child went to a faith based school or do you prefer it when there is no church in school?  Why?

Child Molestation by Priests

Do YOU think it's a...

SIN that should be dealt with and forgiven by the church?

OR...

CRIME that should be dealt with by the law?

Do you think the Pope deserves immunity from a trial because he is considered a "head of state?"

Tell the truth and shame the devil!

Have you ever hid from the Jehovah's Witnesses?

Scenario...

You were raised Catholic but you're not much into church anymore.

You get married in a garden ceremony by a legal officiant over a year ago.

You have a new baby.

Your mother would like you to have a church wedding.

She's paying.

You and your mother meet with the priest of her church to discuss.

The priest tells you that you're not married in the eyes of the Catholic church and have been living in sin therefore you are going to hell. 

What say you?

The Season of Lent

"Lent is a forty-day period before Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday. We skip Sundays when we count the forty days, because Sundays commemorate the Resurrection. Lent begins on February 17,  2010 and ends on April 3, 2010, which is the day before Easter. 

Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It is a season for reflection and taking stock. Lent originated in the very earliest days of the Church as a preparatory time for Easter, when the faithful rededicated themselves and when converts were instructed in the faith and prepared for baptism. By observing the forty days of Lent, the individual Christian imitates Jesus’ withdrawal into the wilderness for forty days. All churches that have a continuous history extending before AD 1500 observe Lent. The ancient church that wrote, collected, canonized, and propagated the New Testament also observed Lent, believing it to be a commandment from the apostles."

Are you observing Lent this year by giving up something?  What are you giving up?  Have you ever participated in Lent?  Have you ever participated even if you weren't going to church?

Religious Denomination

Were you raised the same religion you currently practice?  Why or why not?

Religious Denomination

Were you raised the same religion you currently practice?  Why or why not?

Question...

If you believe in heaven what do you think it will be like?

What would YOU do?

You're walking into a store and someone approaches you and asks could they pray for you.  Would you let them right then and there?

Do I believe in the Supernatural?

Yes.

I SERIOUSLY felt an evil spirit in the corner of a room once.  Like...I knew it was there.  I can't really describe the feeling so you understand but yeah...I felt it.  I didn't see anything (I was afraid to look out from under the covers) but yeah...I felt something BIG.TIME.  It left but yeah...it was there and the feeling freaked me out.

Starting at around age 10 I kept having a reoccurring dream that my parents got on a train in front of our home and left us.  They had their suitcases and waved goodbye to me telling me to be responsible.  I had that dream so regularly that it started to mean nothing to me.

Until it MEANT something very, very real.

I hate road trips. I don't like driving to anyplace over 30 minutes away.  I was on a road trip alone once very late at night and I started nodding off.  I did EVERYTHING you're supposed to do to wake up.  I drank Coke, rolled the windows down, blared the bangingest of music.  Nothing worked and I was NOT about to pull over on that dark stretch of country road nor was I going to check into one of the hotels I passed that looked like a set for a murder mystery and advertised free TV and air conditioning.

*BLINK*

My father had a motorcycle.  A Honda V65 Magna.  The front light was very distinctive.  He LOVED that bike and would often hit a long stretch of country road on it for a drive.

I looked in my rear view mirror and noticed a light following me like the front light on my father's bike.  It weirded me out.  I found myself looking up, slowing down, speeding up, etc. trying to see what would happen to the light.

It stayed the same distance behind me no matter how fast or slow I went. 

At first I was kinda weirded out but after a while I started feeling comforted by it.

The light followed me all the way to where I could see the city lights which indicated I was close to home.  Just like that...it was gone.

I know there are non-believers out there and yeah...I can see how in the world we live in it's VERY difficult to believe something you can't prove...but I have proof.  To me.  I know what I saw.  I know what I felt.  And I ain't gotta prove it to nobody else.

I do what I want.

The Supernatural = Signs from God.

Gospel Music Query

Is it wrong to listen to gospel music with an R&B/Hip Hop vibe?