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I am respectful of all opinions and personal views as it relates to politics, religion, and other controversial topics. However, it has been obvious on many occasions that most people are blinded by their own point of view and life experiences. I am grateful for the learning opportunities that I get when I connect with people from different areas and cultures. Although one thing stands true, "people shun you and are turned off" when you are not willing to show and give respect to others (even when their opinion is different than yours). We should be able to share perspectives without being attacked. We should be able to support one another even if we don't agree with one another's philosophy. Different is ok and I embrace it. Being different doesn't mean that I can't learn from you. However, being harsh is an infectious, contagious disease anode don't do rude. Before moving into 2021, assess your environment. You may find that your front door is the one that need to be swept clean and attitude adjusted. People have a difficult time as it is. I want to support those that are team players. I want to collaborate with those that I can trust to be meek. I have met so intelligence here. You all are. Just don't allow your attitudes to supersede the greatness that is within you.

Video: 94 year-old Tom Wood, the first Black person to take their company public and the first be a on a major U.S. bank’s board of directors. I had the pleasure of meeting Tom a couple of weeks ago. The video I created really does not do the man and his accomplishments justice, but people like Tom have to be recognized more and this video is my small part. Tom also published his memoir, Anna’s Boy, this year.

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Many Prophets and Bible Writers had visions (which are simply dreams and not real), but this woman believes what she is reading is actually true in the physical sense. Daniel is having a vision because he "sees" the Ancient of Days in the 7th Chapter of Daniel. The Apostle John also had visions, unless of course, one really believes there is such a thing as a seven-headed dragon with ten horns as is mentioned in Rev. 13:1. Seen one of those, lately? Daniel also had a vision of an immense statue at Dan. 2:44. But it's a vision, it's not real. Leprosy is a disease that often turns the skin White. But it is not a normal skin condition. Now, what else from this comedian? Let me go back to completely ignoring this one.

@Stefan Yes, I agree. I think that Colorism is described in the Bible, but it is not important from the perspective of the Creator and that would probably why, as you said, it is rarely mentioned in scriptures! Are you referencing Moses? I agree about what you wrote about Zipporah but based on my research, Moses was also 'an original man' however, he was very, very fair. He is depicted in Egyptian paintings as having what I call 'sharp' or 'aquiline facial features' but under his scribe cap, Moses had thick hair. Moses, I think was very, very light skinned but his brother, Aaron, however, was depicted in complete contrast to Moses. Aaron is depicted in Egyptian paintings as being somewhat dark skinned. Well, some of them were actually very Black or bronze skinned based on my research. I visited some museums in Boston and the Egyptian history is amazing! True! But based on the timelines, I know exactly who the pharaohs were; the whole line of pharaohs during that time span. I would love to! But again, I contrasted and compared the timelines of the Bible with secular history. I would love to show the scriptures and reveal the very pharaohs that Moses and his brother Aaron conflicted with but it is so much information. So, I will just say a little now: It was the 18th Dynasty of the Thutmosis pharaohs and there are many depictions of them. They varied in their physical presence over time because of the type of ancient women they bonded with. Absolutely! I agree. I wrote a little about my research on this. Chapter 5 is a transition chapter and it speaks about 'the ruddy' or complexion of the coming BELOVED; this is Solomon's prophecy of the GREATEST BELOVED. He is speaking about the Coming of Jesus. But all of the chapters prior to chapter 5, is about Solomon and this black maiden that he did marry and her name was Abishag. Absolutely! Yes. You know I agree here!

Ann Bray Smith, If there's one thing I always will do on an online forum is peruse a different viewpoint. I just may not agree with it. However, what I steadfastly refuse to do is suffer fools gladly. If those who respond to my posts do so with immaturity, I can always ignore them and often do. That does not make them right. Just childish. If someone disagrees with a comment, then they should do it politely. These relentless and ad hominem personal attacks are silly and tiresome.

Will pray for peace of mind and Soul for you both.

In some cases perhaps, but in most cases I suspect there is a net benefit. Absolutely. Only on with little knowledge and experience would refute this.

Me neither. Seriously, schools were bad for Black children before the pandemic... Large numbers of our youth will lose a full year of education, likely more. There was no simple solution, for the problems started when we were dragged upon these shores in chains.

Well, again, I don't buy into the idea that white people are behind the creation of videos like this. But even if they were behind the video our reaction would still need to be the same we cannot support the type of content that is divisive. For example, I do not think that Amazon's stated goal is to destroy all black-owned bookstores, web-based and brick-and-mortar. But Amazon's behavior is indistinguishable from a company who's goal it is to destroy black on book stores. As a result, I behave as if that is Amazon's goal. Part of my strategy is ignoring, boycotting, Amazon. That is not the same thing as doing "absolutely nothing." Boycotting Amazon actually takes effort. But again the real problem are the people who use Amazon. If they do not understand why Amazon's Monopoly is so problematic for Black books then Amazon's ability to hurt our stores they strengthened especially the web-based stores. So not only do I boycott Amazon I also try to help people understand why they are so bad. So we have to do both @Pioneer1 we can't feed the trolls (ignore, boycott) and we have to help people understand what trolls are and why they are bad.

You are wrong You are telling others about what you believe based on ancient scripts, but will not back up what you believe @Pioneer1 The Bible does not place Hebrews in the Caucasus with a White woman as their origin as you stated a few months back.