“Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes.They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord. (Jeremiah 23:16)
PARKING LOT PIMPING: THE CHURCH OF CAPITALISM
by eric d. graham
by eric d. graham
With the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, the Black Church went from preaching a "Black Liberation Theology to a Prosperity Gospel, which systematically seduced or hypnotized poor people to give their hard earned money with hopes it would reap them large sums of money in return. However, most of them ended up paying for the lavish lifestyles of pimps in three piece suits, who drive expensive cars, live in large mansions, and fly private jet planes.
The cult classic Car Wash, which was part of the blaxploitation dramedy of the 1970saddressed this issue along with several of topics with the character Daddy Rich played by Richard Pryor, the pastor of The Church of Divine Economic Spirituality, who preys on the economic depression of the ghetto with promises of prosperity while mocking Abdullah's "red, black, and green" Revolutionary dream. Notice, Antonio Fargas, who plays a transvestite in the movie, which shows the feminization of the Black male image ( 1Corinthians 6:9 ).
Remember, there is nothing new under the Sun. Plus, in the Age of Donald Trump, the church of capitalism has replaced the real purpose the Black Church.
So, Never forget, that Dr. King stated in his sermon(A Knock at Midnight-If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority. With that said, will you put your cross before the flag. Or, the flag before the cross. Does your church have a pulpit or a stage, which you sing and moonwalk around real issues that effect Black community (bobbeethehater.blogspot.com)
