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Posted by Mrs. Jessica Igu on March 23, 2009 Hello, This is Jessica from Trinidad &Tobago but living in Ivory Cast. I am writing from the hospital in Cote d\'Ivoire , therefore this mail is very urgent as you can see that I am going home. I was told by the doctor that I was poisoned and has got my liver damaged and can only live for some months. I inherited some money ($5.500 Million) from my late father and I cannot think of anybody trying to kill me apart from my step mother in order to inherit the money, she is a citizen of Cote D\'Ivoire . I want you to contact my house maid with these information below: Miss Sarah Ebo Address: Rue De La Princess L /G 152 Cocody Abidjan , Cote D\'Ivoire . West Africa Email : saibo_07@yahoo.com she will give you the documents of the money and I want you to assist her do every neccessary thing to get this fund a successful transfer. This is the favour I need when you have gotten the money: (1) Give 50% of the money to my house maid Sarah Ebo as she has been there for me throughout my illness and I have promised to support her in life. I want you to take her along with you to your country to continue her education and establish her as your daughter because her parents are very poor. (2) Give 20% of the money to Charity Organisations and Churches on my name so that my soul may rest in peace. (3) 15% Left for your effort and noble assistance to see things done legally. (4) Use 15% of the balance money to beultify the your ministry based on the fact that I was poisoned by my step mother so I do not want my step mother to be the one to bury me. Note: This should be a code between you and Sarah Ebo in this transaction \"Hospital\" any mail message without this code \"Hospital\" is not from Sarah or me as I don\'t know what will happen to me in the next few hours. Please, make sure that you forward your national identity card or driving license to Sarah when contact her to enable her give you all necessary information that you may need (5) And Let Sarah sends you her photos as she has no passport to be sure of whom you are dealing with. Sarah is so little (age 17years) therefore guide her. Sarah will send you my personal documents when you reach for her. And if I don\'t hear from you within two days, I will look for another person. May God bless you and use you to accomplish my wish. Pray for me always. Jessica Nanda Igu. Thank you Holy Father.
Posted by Jesse Jackson on March 24, 2008 Seraphim, I certainly appreciate your informed comments. I am the author of this article and do not disown it. I would however, like to state for the record, that my personal theology specifically and Black Liberation Theology in general does not seek to create \"division\". On the contrary, this theological expression was necessary to combat a dominant \"Western\" Christian theology that used the Bible and Christianity to justify slavery and the continued systematic oppression of African Americans. It is indeed, a response to the cultural genocide perpetrated against African Americans (kidnapping, the erasing of family names, destruction of families, loss of languages, the vitural whitewashing of African history and culture, etc.) that called for and demanded that we fight for our theological survival. It was African Americans who stressed St. Paul\'s words about no division in Christ, and we were rebuffed with psudo-scientific studies that said that \"we\" were inferior, laws that said that we were 3/5 of a human and so on. The struggle is legitamate and cannot be demeaned. But it is vital that we all remember that although theology is \"God talk\", God does not do theology, humans do. Therefore, theology cannot be seperated from culture, in both good ways and bad. Jesse
Posted by Seraphim on March 24, 2008 I disagree slightly with your statement \"If practicing your theology within the context of your culture is wrong, then the Greek Orthodox, ... and many other churches are wrong.\" I believe St. Paul said \"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.\" I am an Orthodox Christian, but not Greek. I love Greek culture and Russian culture, and Arabic culture, but the Orthodox church should not be seen in light of culture, because we all share the same faith. There is nothing wrong with enjoying your culture, but if culture destroys what unifies you, then the culture should go away. \"Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell in unity\" Psalm 133. See also the Eastern Orthodox Church if you wish to find a church that is not \"afraid\" of Blacks. Now not everyone who believes in the Orthodox Christian faith like people that are not like them. But just like anything else, when you seek to find divisions, you will create them where none previously existed.
Posted by Jamule on March 21, 2008 I once had the privilege to protest an Aryan Nation rally and heard their Rev. give a sermon, and what was sad when I heard Rev. Wright give his he said the same as the Aryan Nation Rev. just black instead of white. If we want the race issues between us (black americans) and white to stop we need to quit with the whole slave thing cause there is not ONE person that is alive that was a slave and we quickly forget how many white people help our ancestors brake free and who many white people gave their life for our freedom. I must say as a BLACK AMERICAN your artical is insulting to me and all black. P.S. Hillary has not been called a n$%#r but she sure has been called a lot of bad thing since the beginning of this race!!!!!
Posted by Tinney on March 21, 2008 Does Israel have a right to exist? Or are the Jewish people infidels living on Islamic Holy Land?
Posted by Jéan-Claude on March 21, 2008 It seems rather strange that two of the churches in your list are African in origin. The Coptic Church in Egypt (Africa) was very instrumental in the development of Orthodoxy. Also the Ethopian Church derived much of it\'s beginning from Judaism and was also instrumental in the development of Orthodoxy. I attended a \"black church\" for several years and was extrememly moved by the ministry of the pastor and choir. I sang in one of the choirs. However, some of the clips I have viewed on TV news did seem rather \"out there.\" Then again, I didn\'t hear the entire sermon. But I didn\'t have to hear the complete sermon by Bishop Tutu to understand when he said, \"The United States can go to Hell.\" We need to understand such ministers are not faultless nor are members of their congregation. After all we are selecting a president not a pope. P.S. I am white.

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