On 26 Dec, 17:48, "Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq." >
wrote:
> > On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:10:18 -0000, "alan.holmes" wrote:
>
> >>Please, please, please, not again, there is/was no Jesus,
>
> Ever read Amiri Baraka's "Hard Facts."
>
> * *"In the poem ÒWhen WeÕll Worship JesusÓ (from Hard Facts), Baraka
> attacks capitalist AmericaÕs tradition of Christianity. The religion
> with which the ÒbeastsÓ of Africa had been domesticated into slaves
> who would endure their suffering as a race (using the suffering of
> Jesus as a model) for the existential good of their souls. Baraka
> takes the proverbial quote by Karl Marx that ÒReligionÉis the opium of
> the people,Ó and puts it in historical context for African-Americans:
>
> we aint gonna worship jesus cause jesus dont exist
> xcept in song and story except in ritual and dance, except in slum stained
> tears or trillion dollar opulence stretching back in historyÉ..
> stop moanin about jesus, stop sweatin and crying and stompin
> and dyin for jesus (Baraka Reader, 253-254).
>
> Baraka goes beyond criticizing Christianity and its role in the
> oppression of African-Americans. He goes on to offer a new religion to
> African-Americans based on them and their past as well as their
> struggles and beauty:
>
> we worship the strength in us
> we worship our selves
> we worship the light in us
> we worship the warmth in us
> we worship the world
> we worship the love in us
> we worship our selves
> we worship nature
> we worship ourselves
> we worship the life in us, and science, and knowledge, and transformation
> of the visible world (Ibid)."
> --
> Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.
>
> Domine, dirige nos.
> Let the games begin!http://fredeeky.typepad.com/fredeeky.../sf_anthem.mp3

Fairy Tails? Cookery?? Are Fairy Tails edible, then? Like, maybe,
lobster tails, only fairier?
Oh well, that's my New Years Resolution settled! I'm definitely
going to eat a lot more fairy tails in 2010!
Dave