He's not apologizing to Cassie. He don't give a fuck about what he did to Cassie. He's apologizing to the public for having witnessed it. The public is in charge of his image and reputation.

If he feels so disgusted with himself, why did he continue to deny the allegations up until the released tape.

If he needed rehab, why didn't he get rehab before the tape was released.

He's finna go to church and get 'saved' now 🙄🥱. It won't be TD Jakes church tho 😅😏. There's more demons in the church than outside of it.

I'm not saying you can't get saved and repent (be SINCERELY apologetic and remorseful about your actions) but the operative word is SINCERELY. This ain't sincere, this is a cover for bad behavior and actions after the fact.

Man! Thou Art Loose! (but it's always the women in those titles, why? 🤔)

Remember pastors, including Jakes, told women to stay in abusive relationships and pray the abuse away and pray their man gets better. They don't renounce the men. It's married men who go to church, being dragged there by their wives. Nuclear families are a good look for the church. If pastors told the wives to leave their abusive husbands, then the family is fractured and may fall from the church especially the men (men are over-important in leadership positions of the church, family, and community). So the church has a vested interest in keeping women in toxic and abusive relationships.

Diddy will be forgiven by the religious people in the industry and the community like that Black guy forgave those white people for almost drowning him.

These two went to the same or similar retreats when their crimes came to light.

Curious if anybody had a person or people they could go to once they started questioning or stopped believing.

Wouldn't necessarily had to have been other atheists you went to.

1 - Do men assume you're religious or christian and try to flirt with you based on that assumption? Do you tell them you're irreligious or athist and when you do, what is their reaction?

2 - How do feel about Black men that have renounced 'the white man's religion' but still hold onto the sexist and misogynistic dogma of abrahamic religions such as women serving men and being able to 'cook, clean, and submit to man.' In your experience have you found atheist men to be free of these dogmatic teachings or are they still steep within it?

Hey Black people! So I’ve been thinking about the topic of secularism/freethinking and freedom, and I’d love to hear your opinions on it.

• How do you define freedom?
• What does it mean for you to be free? And do you believe that secular thinking is a key to freedom or but a hopeful direction in the path to it?
• Do you believe true freedom is attainable? If so, how do you believe people can do so?

Super excited to hear your takes😊

Hellllo everyone. Noticed it’s been pretty quiet here lately. Did everyone start going back to church or something?! /s

I’m wondering what could be helpful to get this sub a bit more active again, as I miss the discussions being held here! Ik I have a few questions I’d like to dive into (regarding Black secularism & future generations, interpersonal relationships, views on marriage, etc).

Really excited for the possible opportunity to tap back into this community again! ❤️

Hey everyone! Been a lil minute since I’ve posted on here but it’s my cake day so I’m feeling spicy 🍰🎉

How has becoming a freethinker changed your sense of self-trust and/or self-confidence?

I’ve been thinking about this question a lot recently, and I honestly don’t feel much change in those areas in comparison to when I was Christian growing up, frfr. Specifically, my sense of self-trust has been kinda trash for most of my life haha.

Though, once I realized I was an atheist, I felt much less weight on my shoulders because I adapted a stronger sense of agency. I’m very curious to learn how freethinking & atheism has affected your sense of self over time :)

https://youtu.be/shkcWxnjr-s

In light of decent events? Any thoughts on moving to the group to another location or service. Or just riding out the reddit storm?

So far Lemmy looks like a decent place to start over and even grow the group?

I'm not so out of my mind that I think it'd do anything positive, but I've got a lot of tension bottled up inside of me. I'm going through a number of changes right now and I just feel like throwing my hands up, not pretending anymore, and letting it all come out.

I commend people who can keep their heads down their whole lives trying not to cause a stir. I've been doing it, but it doesn't feel worth it right now. I just feel like I'm coming apart trying to do things "the right way". There are so many reasons I shouldn't do it: I'm not confrontational, I'm terrible at defending myself, and I barely have a plan for if things go south beyond going all in on working my butt off.

I'm currently in the process of moving away from the Christian faith and recently found this sub.

A lot of the connections I have are because of faith. I grew up going to a religious school, and that's how I know most of my friends. Most of my family members are believers.

While faith doesn't really ever come up in conversation, the fact that it underpins those relationships makes me feel like I'd lose a lot of relationships if people knew. Maybe not.

If I did, the one plus is that it'd be a bit of a fresh start, although it'd probably come at the cost of feeling more lonely for some time. I don't feel like I can take action right now; I'm not financially independent yet. That's still a while away.

I'm interested in hearing some stories, whether you grew up religious or not.

For those who do come from religious backgrounds, how did you bide your time before gaining financial independence? And how have you restructured your life after deconverting?

For anyone, where do you go for community nowadays?

Hey everyone! I haven’t seen this topic brought up here in a while, but I was very curious about what dating has been like for you all on here as Black Atheists.

I (23F) personally have found it to be a large roadblock for me. I’ve pretty much given up on dating (I know I’m still hella young, I’m also very dramatic) haha and a large reason is because the tolerance of Black women being Atheistic feels mad low. I’ve only dated Black/Brown men, but even then it’s far and few that the connection is more than physical.

How has navigating dating been for you in your life? Has being an Atheist been a large and/or common factor?

I live in the south. I’m a black woman. People automatically assume I’m a christian. I’m a professional entertainer. People assume I grew up singing in church. My coworkers are constantly making comments to me about god. It seems like they’re all christians. It’s so disappointing.

First of all, I resent the assumption. Second, my coworkers of African descent disappoint me more than the ones of different races by being christian. There are so many problems with organized religion on its own, but it’s enough for me that people were slaughtered all over the world to convert the populations to christianity AND white people used it to keep the humans they were trafficking submissive. It makes me sick.

So, knowing all of that, and having people assume I’m one of them is so gross. I do fear that I will face progressional backlash if my colleagues find out I’m atheist. It makes me feel caged.