Originally Posted by
SWMAP
I am one of the posters that entered the fray about the Black churches. The gist of the discussion was that the Black Church pastors are whipping up their churches into a frenzy about the EFM, etc., but don't do much real for the City. De'troiter jumps in and says that the City would be so much worse off if not for the Black Churches. I commented that the proliferation of churches in Detroit has not made a dent in Detroit's dysfunction and may have increased it, as the pastors line their pockets [[well-known) and pander to the most ignorant elements in the City.
I did not make any comparison to the Catholic churches and their pastors. It was De'troiter who said that, in comparison, the Catholics were more "flashy" [[and disfuctional and perverse?). I pointed out his obvious error of fact and interpretation.
I don't care about who was better for Detroit. But I do care that the Black pastors stop running things around here because they DO A BAD JOB. In that way, I agree with Wesley mouch that we have to learn from history - even near history. Look around and see what has become of Detroit as the Black churches prolifererated into the thousands. Start thinking critically about the power of those churches and how they have used it.
Pastor Bullock - drop it! Shut up. Stop using your pulpit to whip up Detroiters in a political way. Get down to the saving of souls business. Look at the dysfuction and pathologies of Detroit and attack them: the thug mentality, the greed, the illigitimacy, the crime against elders, the stripping of property belonging to others. Don't worry about how Detroit is going to be governed. That is Caesar's business.