Toni V. Lee

Let's talk about it... 👩🏾‍🏫 Because the U.S. guarantees freedom of religion, there are THOUSANDS of distinct faiths and denominations. 👩🏾‍🏫 The U.S. Religion Census tracks over 370 major religious bodies. 👩🏾‍🏫 The population is broadly divided into major world religions and a growing non-religious population. 🗣 Different religions have their own sacred books, stories and teachings and each believe their sacred book, stories and teachings are the one and only truth. 🗣 Religious freedom does not allow one religion and suppress all others. So...if the Christian Bible is required to be taught by America's education systems, is that just the first of many sacred books, stories and teachings to be taught in schools? 🤔 Will the Quran, Book of Mormon, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, Tripiṭaka, Satanic Bible, etc., follow? 🤔 👩🏾‍🏫 Did you know that Voodoo is also a legally recognized religion in this Nation of religious freedom? Will that be taught i...

Let's talk about it.  👩🏾‍🏫 Did you know that plantation owners forced their slaves to attend church?  It wasn't to teach them about the love of God. Their preachers emphasized obedience, subservience, and hard work. The objective was to reinforce the slaveowner's control and dominance over the enslaved people.  👩🏾‍🏫 Did you know there were also enslaved preachers?  Some were allowed to move between neighboring plantations to preach to the slaves.  While building my family tree 🌳, I found that my family has been saturated with preachers throughout history. I've learned my great-granduncle, Zachariah Butler, moved between neighboring plantations in Georgia, preaching to enslaved people. I have met his descendants and some are also preachers today.  The enslaved preachers had permission to preach to the slaves but their sermons were monitored and restricted by the slaveowners.  The enslaved people had to steal away into forest clearings--hush/bush ...

This is for the really religious and deep Christians: 📣 Everything YOU do not like is not demonic.  Let's talk about it... Sometimes...sometimes, it's just... 🗣 Your flesh signalng it's not as sanctified as you think...or want others to think it is.  🗣 You're reaping something you sowed (set into motion). 🗣 Consequences and penalties. Example: Don't pay your power bill...your lights will be turned off. 🗣 Your heart condition has twisted your vision.  In order to effectively fight an adversary, we MUST first clearly recognize them.  Sometimes, folk are rebukin' and bindin' demons when they should be layin' their flesh on the alter to bring it under submission.  Just keepin' it real...

Let's talk about it. If you need something from me, the best way to ensure you WON'T get it is to talk trash about me, lie on/about me, threaten me, attack me or mess with mine. I know Christians are supposed to turn the other cheek...Be honest, after a hit and a "stingin' cheek", you're saying, "Jesus, give me 5 minutes to handle this...just 5," AS you're tensing to go all in. Even if you don't make a move, it's zooming around full speed in your mind, so don't go gettin' all deep. 😁 The older I get, the less patience I have with religious hypocrisy. The older I get, the more I also hear, "Shut your mouth!", "Swallow it!", "Don't say it!" and "Delete it!"😁 I die daily. 😳 Thank God for His grace and mercy. 😁 I grew up in a Holiness Pentecostal church...a sanctified church. Even though I wasn't a Christian, I knew what being a Christian was all about. It wasn't until a COGIC Mi...

Let's talk about it... I've heard several literal meanings of Christian: Little Christ, a follower of Christ and Christ like. This is what 2 Corinthians says. I'll drop the EASY version so the understanding is clear.  2 Corinthians 3:3 (EasyEnglish Bible) It is clear that you are a like a letter that Christ himself has written. We are the people who brought God's message to you. Now people see what God has done in your lives. That is like a letter that they read. But it is not a letter written on paper with ink. It is the Spirit of the living God who wrote it. He did not write it on pieces of stone. Instead, he wrote it deep inside you.[a] So Christians should be the "walking epistles" of Christ. When folk watch us/read our lives, they should see Him--who He is, what He represents and His love. For some of today's Christians, this is what their epistle says about Christ. 📕 They support bigots and racists, so Christ is ok with bigotry and racism. 📕 They s...

It's in the past...move on and leave it there.  Let's talk about it... Folk agree People of Color faced hardships, degradation and discrimination in the past. Most are appalled it was allowed to happen.  Too many also believe it's all in the past and People of Color should just move on and leave it there.  Here's the thing, how can we leave it in the past when the mentality that resulted in the past hardships, degradation and discrimination is still present TODAY?  Laws have checked it by guaranteeing our rights to have fair and equal treatment, access and representation, but they didn't kill it. As we've seen recently, those restraints and guarantees are only as secure and sure as the folk in power allow them to be.  See, we know because our life experiences have repeatedly taught us that it's a bigoted, prejudiced, and racist teacher, boss, cop, politician, judge, doctor, business owner, co-worker, shopper, neighbor, pastor, church member, etc., encounter ...