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 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...