42. " where did I say he was making it rain on kids?" In response to Reply # 34
>I didn't witness that Pastor making it rain on kids. > >. >. >. >"America, stop turning our Court Houses of Justice into Dens >for Justified Murderers."
8. "In what way is this helping make these children better people? " In response to Reply # 0
Or closer to God?
I don't understand the fucking purpose.
One of my Facebook friends goes to this church and I guess this has been big talk in Memphis for a while and she did a whole rant about how her pastor is a great spiritual father and how the exercise taught the kids something... but I don't see any lesson in it. Except "LOOK, WE GAVE YOU SOME POCKET CHANGE AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING FOR IT"
Which to me, is teaching the wrong thing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Green Mile is a movie where the magical black man wrongly dies and the white man who let it happen lives forever.
18. "oh, I just looked at the thread and the Bishop replied to the post" In response to Reply # 15
<Grammar is a mess>
You know there is really nothing new under the sun! Every time Jesus did something positive to the people the so call religious people and others refused to see the good. In this case what you don't know makes you ignorant! As a Minstry we have been doing these kinds of things for 40+ years and so you would know we did give money to many people in their hands as well as bikes TVs, computers, clothes and etc hundreds of people Christmas Day! We gave complete Christmas request to several families and MUCH more...(what did you do??) ...The now famous MONEY room is something we do after church as our last fun event for the youth. I experienced this kind of encouragement as a teenager in Sunday School which was a highlight in encouraging many youth to come to church. It drew them to the Truth and as a result many were saved and are still active in ministry 45 years later. Could you imagine Jesus on Social Cam spitting on the ground and then putting the mud on the blind man's eyes just to make him see?? Did you get it he did not see Christ until the extreme strange thing Jesus made him do!! Could Jesus have just healed him? Sure! But why did he do the extra uncommon thing?? Because!!! And who care why as long as the man SAW!! Take a notice that none of you had children in the room on the floor because that's where the money was...not in the air! I have done this fun activity for many years even for my sons when they were small. Now check it out NONE of the Parents who's kids were there are complaining because it was a GAME for them. It was my personal money and Since you did not have a child there nor any of YOUR MONEY why are you even concern?? Many kids who got nothing for Christmas walked out of the Money room with hundreds of dollars...you people are what Jesus call Busy Bodies!! Remember God Created RAIN and he Raines on the Just and unjust! Father for give them because they don't have a clue!!! ...Bishop Brandon B. Porter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Green Mile is a movie where the magical black man wrongly dies and the white man who let it happen lives forever.
35. "when I still went to church we got money for grades, for getting in coll..." In response to Reply # 30
and just BEING in college.
Like, we used to get $250 every Christmas just for being college students.
And there was a whole ceremony about it where we went up to the pulpit, shook the pastor's hand, took a picture and talked about our major and something we did that semester... as an inspiration to other kids in high school. All you had to do to qualify was get a letter from the school saying you were enrolled and have them send it before Thanksgiving.
That's positive reinforcement in my opinion. Having kids stand up, say something they have accomplished and reward them for it. Not having them roll around on the ground like fucking animals for change.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Green Mile is a movie where the magical black man wrongly dies and the white man who let it happen lives forever.
12. "Is this what Sunday Schools, in the Black Church, is like now?" In response to Reply # 0 Mon Jan-05-15 01:46 PM by Cam
I don't go to Church, but what I remember of Sunday School from my youth, when visiting my Grandparents', is being taught Bible stories by little old ladies.
Why can't/don't Black Churches do more to provide partially non-secular educational regimens, as a way to increase self worth, intellectual curiosity, and a bridge in the gap of cultural awareness, opposed to mindlessly worshipping people for having a little money--like the video shows? Think of the partnerships with HBCU's and Africana/Black Studies programs from leading institutions. To simplify it, even just using the research and documentaries Skip Gates does http://www.pbs.org/wnet/black-in-latin-america/ He at least has the cache of Harvard, to provide legitimacy.
I wonder if Hebrew schools have a centralized monolithic curriculums?
29. "Awful practice. There are 1M ways the Rev could have gotten the same" In response to Reply # 0
result without having kids crawl around the floor scampering for dough like strippers at a strip club (BTW, it's a pretty degrading practice at the strip clubs as well).
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