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On 4/6/2024 at 11:23 PM, aka Contrarian said:

I.Am.Still.Here.

for a second there @aka Contrarian I thought you were dropping a clue and revealing your alter ego as @harry brown 

Yeah I thought he was good in creed III too, given what he had to work with.

I was in path of totality in 2017. I drove to Clemson, SC.  For the event or was partly cloudy during the full eclipse the sun dipped behind a cloud.

 In my neck of the woods it was 66% coverage. I donned my glasses from 2017 the sun looked like a crescent moon. If I were going about my normal day I probably would not have noticed the partial eclipse.

@Pioneer1 Do I believe there are beings so advanced of us that they are essentially indistinguishable from a God - almost certainly.

Do I believe such a being is preoccupied by us doing their bidding, absolutely not.  

Is that any clearer?  If not, ask a better question.

8 hours ago, ProfD said:

I believe that love for each other is being on code to the highest degree.

Point taken

As far as puff Daddy is concerned, I can’t offer an opinion I don’t know the man I have no idea what he’s been doing, and therefore can’t offer an opinion on how he is being treated by law enforcement.
 

I can say, in general, it is possible that he is being treated more harshly than a white person engaged in the same activity, but that has nothing to do with puffy it’s just the legacy of white racism

Now we know they will put white boys in jail, Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, etc. I can only assume that puffy under suspicion of doing something illegal.

I could not watch the Tariq Naseed video. To me, it is just idle gossip. I see no indication that he’s done any investigation or deep research into the subject, and it simply just the expression a largely uninformed opinion. Now I appreciate many people find that appealing. However gossip about people I don’t know is boring to me.

No Black people are not on code and we never will be. White people have never been and will never be on code either the idea that being on has hindered our unity is flawed in my opinion.

I think some people are extremely greedy, and will do anything they can to enrich themselves. White people will come up with crazy financial instruments which caused millions of other white people to lose their homes. Other white people will create a highly addictive drug and cause millions of other white people to die from overdoses. rich white people sent hundreds of thousands of other white people to die to support the institution of slavery. White people will even kill other white people because they worship God in the different manner.

Being on code is not our  problem. A failure to love each other is our biggest problem and that transcend race.

On 3/29/2024 at 6:59 AM, Pioneer1 said:

Should I take that to mean you don't believe in God?

If you mean some omnipotent being that sits around daming people who don’t follow a prescribed set rules, promises 72 virgins to those who kill infidels, etc. No, of course not. Do you?
 

The body language of Umar and the other guy was off. They both were shaking their feet, like they were nervous or something made me a bit wary.

when I was a lot younger, and you could still smoke anywhere, I would occasionally have a cigarette because it would give me a quick buzz. But now I don’t smoke at all seems like a dumb expensive habit. my mom still smokes. I brought her a pack of cigarettes the other day and they cost 15 bucks maybe more. Supposedly they text the heck out of them to discourage use. but it’s just very regressive tax. They need to ban these products as they so bad for your health.

i’ve tried a variety of weed products over the years, especially after they became legal. They have had  variety of effects on me from euphoria to lethargy, and no effect at all. If I could get to euphoric effect consistently, I probably would use weed more often, but I don’t so I don’t mess with the products nowadays.
 

I drink barely regularly. I’ll have a glass of wine or two with dinner a few times a week. I’m hanging out depending on my mood I have a beer, wine or whiskey. My cocktail of choice is a Manhattan.

I will occasionally have a cigar, but it is a social activity that I engage in when playing poker with the fellas and then I may only do that once a year is about the fellowship of ritual of sorts.

@aka Contrarian it is always a pleasure when you post. I’m always anxious to hear what you have to say and have a special affinity for you. I’m sure if you just tag @Mel Hopkins and @Chevdove they will respond next time they are on the boards. I went away for a few days because my daughters were in town and we were hanging out.

@Pioneer1 yeah I think social media was the biggest thing to impact this forum and forums in general. Like cigarettes those platforms are designed to be addictive and keep the users engaged there. People have a fixed amount of times in their lives, and social media comes at cost. Attention is a zero sum game. The more time we spend on social the less time we will spend playing outside, participating in discussion forums, reading the book, making love, etc.

@frankster and @ProfD continue to make the forum interesting. If it were not for them and Pioneer, I don’t know where would be. 

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2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

If you study Near Death Experiences and those who come back with messages, one of their explanations as to why people come into THIS Reality and go through some of the hardships they go through is to gain EXPERIENCE.

Where did you learn about the NDE experiences of these people a book, YouTube? Did they also explain why people would come back to be beheaded starve to death, die in infancy, and be raped and tortured? Did they explain what these experiences would provide them?

Being born of Christian parents is not sufficient to make you a Christian, you know that man don’t try to play me @Pioneer1 

So the Old Testament, Moses, pharaoh, and all those cats mean nothing to you regarding the origins of Christianity?

@Pioneer1 no I do not think most meaning more than 50% of Black people know how to farm but I don’t think 50% of any demographic living in the United States in 2024 knows how to farm with the exception of actual farmers.

As far as fishing, I would be willing to bet 51% of Black people have some experience fishing. even if they don’t they can learn in 30 minutes or so.

But you never needed “most” people to know how to farm or fish you just need enough people to support the rest.

But the point I’d that I agree with ProfD statement:

On 3/26/2024 at 3:07 PM, ProfD said:

Black folks have never needed white folks to teach them how to farm or do anything else. 

I was surprised that you would reject that statement and supported by saying that most Black people don’t know how to fish.

@Pioneer1 according to Google incorrigible has been used 9 times in 15 years, roughly once every year and a half. Hardly worth mentioning. 
 

The word is oh so apropos. If you rolled in more educated circles I’d suspect you’d hear it not often  

as far as your response.

You engaged and a great deal of linguistic gymnastics and dragged out your Multiverse argument which you drag out to explain away anything as it encompasses all possibilities .

the idea that we can move between any of the universes we want does not make sense to me, as I doubt anyone would pick their current situation knowing there are an infinite number of better positions they could be in. 

I have not had a chance to read this yet, but UII wanted you to know that I appreciate the coverage.  Since local media is missing and under resourced the events are not covered -- despite being newsworthy.

Your report bring to mind the "Reports from the Field" Kalamu ya Salaam used to publish on our events.

Here are The Reports from the Field of the 5th National Black Writers Conference by Kalamu ya Salaam (from April 2000).

If we don't preserve the story they never happened

Yeah, the black excellence forum can use a little more love. Even the sister who helped generate the idea rarely contributes.

@Pioneer1 There are an  million examples;

How do you think most Christians became Christian? Do you think the only people spreading the gospel are white people in Africa? There are black Christians going to white countries to proselytize.

As far as the origins of Christianity. Where do you believe is started pioneer? Then tell me which continent that would be? I’ll wait…
 

@Pioneer1 my friend, you are the very definition of incorrigible.

i’ll make it plain. If the omniscient being you believe in knows every move we will ever make. How would they know it unless it was predetermined?

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Black folks in the U.S. don't know how to farm or even catch a damn fish.

you clearly don’t live in the south my brother. I can’t even wrap my brain around what you just wrote.

2 hours ago, frankster said:

The US....Not just for France

you see the US’s population’s reaction to what’s going on in the Gaza Strip? do you think the US wants to mess around and get them involved with France’s, imperialism in Africa? I don’t think so?

I think he realized how much he did not know. 

Interesting.

I think these guys knew things about the world that was so far beyond their comprehension it was indistinguishable from magic. 

Most of those teenagers end up just fine. Sure they have to struggle at but, that is perfectly understandable and expected.

3 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Most of them push this belief by CHERRY PICKING certain similarities that exist between the religion of Christianity and a few documented stories attributed to ancient Egyptian philosophy....but not by doing on extensive comparison between the two institutions.

Based on my research on religion....especially Christianity

there are many scholars that would disagree with you.

Going back to your original question it was answered. If the roles were reversed, and everything else being equal, Europeans and Arab would’ve converted too it has to do with the way humans behave has nothing to do with the color of the skin.

No, they would not.

So what do you conclude now?

Not at this point. I missed  the one in the black excellence forum.

@richardmurray maybe. Perhaps as it will be less of a campaign speech and opinion polls and more about running the country.