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Ice Cube Go to Church .ft Snoop Dogg lyrics

Here are the lyrics: [Intro: Ice Cube] Yo if you're fucked up, put your cups up Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg, nigga what's up See he's a gangster, I'm a hustler Y...

Having our discussion this week be on hip-hop and religion, this song was one of the first ones to come to mind. It is definitely not the most appropriate song, but the fact that they use church in their song still sends a message. The basic message of the song is that if you are having a tough time or are ‘scared’ then you should go to church and pray. 

The obvious background of this song is directed at the inner city; mostly pointing at gangs, thugs and the drug dealers. For people in those categories, going to church will have them have peace and hopefully keep them protected from violence and death. All thought this song does have a strong message, the use of the language, beat and the artist makes the song less valuable. I remember hearing this song as a middle school and singing along to it with out actually knowing what they meant. It is a catchy song that gets people to dance and sing along too. 

I actually watched Ice Cube perform this song live at Coachella a couple years ago and the whole vibe was insane. Everyone knew this song, everyone was rapping along and dancing with people around them. It was such a sick experience, even though the meaning about the song is more serious. 

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I have seen this billboard growing up driving through freeways basically since I was a young kid. I recently was walking out of my bank in my neighborhood and ran into it once again. I never really paid much attention to it until this last time I had seen it. To be honest, it made me chuckle. 

Having watched the video on Evangelicals, their practice of faith was one of the very first things that popped into my head when seeing the billboard. It is such a bold, vague question that would catch someone attention, but only for about 5 seconds. For me, to call a toll number to figure out if my soul will brought to heaven or hell doesn't seem realistic. Although, people actually do fall for this. 

It seems that people feel a sense of security and safety being able to call and see where they may end up. The question is how would the people on the other side of the phone know this answer? These are people getting paid to answers phones to other person, who they have no idea about, tell them whether they are going to be brought up to heaven or down to hell and then hang up. 

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See our answers to the frequently asked questions people have about Quakers and the Quaker way.

I found this website online to get more information about the Quaker belief and faith. I personally did not know much or anything about this faith, other than maybe the Quaker Oats brand was associated with it. Which is in fact, false. When we were first introduced to this religion it reminded my of Amish. Due to the way they were dressing and following certain rules to obey their faith.

Quakers believe that all people are equal, believing that all people have an ‘inner light’ or ‘light within’. They do have similarities to the Christian faith, while others prefer to not be associated with that religion. One interesting fact about Quakers is that they worship in silence, in the belief that they can hear God’s small voice among the no noise. They also don't celebrate holidays, mostly Christmas and Easter because they believe that all days are ‘holy days’. 

Quakers also believe strongly on pacifist. They are totally against war and violence, believing that people should all be treated equal. They were and are extremely against racism, due to this the african american population within this religion is quite large. 

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The megawatt movie star spoke publicly for the first time in years about his secretive, controversial religion, of which he’s been a star member for ‘over 30 years.’

After our discussion in class about scientology, I was still little confused on the religion as a whole. I had only ever known scientology to be ‘weird’ religion, if people could even call it that. I did know that Tom Cruise was a believer in this faith; I did some research on it and found out he is still very much dominant in the church. 

One thing I do not agree with in this church is the idea of money, in order to practice this faith you must pay towards them. You would never walk into a Catholic and Christian church with the demand of money to attend the service, as for scieftologist you will have to give cash or a check in order to participate. For people like Tom Cruise, who is by far one of the most successful actors in Hollywood, practicing this faith is easy to do. He and other celebrities have the advantage to become scientologist because of their economic standing. This seems to be injustice to lower or no income individuals who would be interested in this faith. 

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In class the discussion about polygamy in the Mormon belief was one that was spoken about in a great deal. Polygamy, or multiple wives, is a myth that still to this day is kept along side the Mormon religion. Although it was acceptable due to Joseph Smith in the 1800′s, the practice has since then banned for more than a hundred years. 

On a national television network called TLC, they feature a TV series that shines light on polygamy. It shows the live of a man who is married to four wives and has eighteen children. We are shown what it is like to live in their daily lives, from their marriages, to the children, the environment in which they live and many more issues. This show has opened the mind of many viewers that have watched it and the series has become a huge hit! 

This show does bring back lash to the Mormon community, because they do have faith in Mormonism and still practice polygamy although it is banned. This show does give a view that most Mormons have multiple wives, when in reality it is very uncommon these days. I personally have seen the show and do find it interesting; although I don’t believe that you can be in ‘love’ with four different people its addicting to see that some actually can. 

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I found this article about a well known snake-handling Preacher that had died from practicing his own faith. Studying about this religion in class was hard to take serious, because a rational person would not handle veminous snakes in order to practice their faith. Most people would agree with that; it seems not a large group actually commits to this faith.  

The twist about this article is that Jamie Coots, the main character, was on a reality tv show to try and show his fight agains the government about the ban of his practice. He fought for his belief in handling the snakes because “called upon by God to handle venomous snakes and to drink other poisonous substances”. Coots was a strong influencer is pushing his practice to be normalized.

Sadly, Coots ended up dying from a venomous snake bite during one of the ceremonies, he refused to go to the hospital to retrieve treatment. To Coots his devotion and love for his faith was more than to save his own life. This is a dangerous practice that should be taken seriously, especially for kids that are born into this religion. They are raised to believe that this practice is the only way to obey God. 

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'JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, NOT A SWEAR WORD' Truck Driver Sam Kholi

Originally from Syria, these days Sam Kholi calls San Diego home. He’s been piloting his brazen big rig since 2007 spreading the message that, hey, could you...

I found this link through a discussion we had among this mans truck in a classroom. On the side of this truck is the words “Jesus Christ is Lord not a swear word”. The man that owns the truck is a san diego resident that drives this truck around with this message, with hope that this message could be spread throughout the country. He said that he used to watch a lot of Hollywood films and notice how much God’s name was used in vain; he understood the reasoning for cuss words but could not quite figure out why the Lord’s name was used in vain. 

He said Hollywood was the reason he came up with he slogan for “Jesus Christ is the Lord not a swear word”. In the clip, the interviewer asks what they should use instead or substitute out that word. For him he does not use cuss words, he feels they could use ‘damn’ or ‘crap’; he feels that Hollywood uses ‘Jesus Christ’ to discriminate against Christians, that they do it to get under their skin and disrespect the region they believe in. 

I find this video of the interview to be quite funny. There seems to be more issues regarding faith in Christianity other than using ‘Jesus Christ’ in vain. I feel saying the words are not as bad as acting on them; for example, as person who commits a crime. That person is going against word of God, which is more important than saying something about God. 

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Watch Iranian Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi’s statement protesting Trump’s "inhuman law"

The Best Foreign Language Film winner wasn’t at the ceremony for a reason.

I found this article so perfect for the idea that religion in America is starting to be judged. This was such a powerful speech given during the award show which stood ground on their stance that all religions and races should be welcomed into any country. 

The speech was against the ban that was put into action by President Donald Trump; banning people from seven majority-Muslim countries, and nearly all refugees, from entering the United States. This ban has caused a divide between the citizens of the United States. We are supposed to be the ‘land of the free’, which instead has turned into certain religions and races that are accepted and physically allowed in our country.

I feel this speech was much needed for the country to hear, we all need to sit back and understand that just because a certain religion and race is associated with people we are at ‘war’ with, does not mean that they are all associated with being bad. I do feel that muslims religions are targeted and made too seem evil. The quote posted below shows just how powerful the words are and what they mean, “I'm sorry I'm not with you tonight. My absence is out of respect for the people of my country and those of other six nations whom have been disrespected by the inhumane law that bans entry of immigrants to the US. Dividing the world into the “us" and "our enemies" categories creates fear”. 

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWZ59qIwXGY)

I watched this comedy sketch from Dane Cook a couple years ago and to be honest, found it pretty comical. As we got into the discussion with atheist, I quickly youtube this video to watch it again. To most people, atheism is a weird belief or as the video shows, a joke. Although Cook is a comedian and it was purely a sketch, I did feel a bit like atheism is hit hard with criticism. 

I did not know much about atheism before the class discussion other then that they did not believe in God. It is true that they do not believe there is a high power because there is not actual evidence. As our guest speaker told us, if there was actual proof of a higher being, then he would believe but until then he does think a God exist. 

Mentioned in Cooks sketch is the conversation of a Catholic man and atheist discussing what happens when you die. The atheist says that once you die, you die; your soul does not go to heaven nor does it stay on earth as a ghost. For catholics and christians for example, we believe that our soul is sent to heaven for eternity. This seems to be the most conservational disagreement between between the regions. I feel this video puts the perfect, funny twist to it. 

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Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

A short intro into the website states this, “One of the 21st century's most infamous religious leaders, Warren Jeffs grew up within the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) community. This religious sect is an offshoot from Mormonism, but it is not recognized by or affiliated with the mainstream Mormon church. The FLDS carries on one tradition that the Mormons abandoned in the 1890s: polygamy, or plural marriage.”

In mormonism the practice of polygamy had started in the 1830′s by Joseph Smith. It is the practice that a man shall have the right to marry more than one wife. This practice came to end in the 1890′s when the culture no longer accepted the practice and banned it from the temples. In the article above Warren Jeffs had controlled the far right side of the religion, the fundamentalist. 

In class we were told by latter-day saints that the practice is no longer allowed or practiced in the mormon region. They had strong belief that this practice shall never be practiced. Although they believed that, there was a huge scandal of it being fully practiced with under age girls. These girls were being born into a cult that told them who they must marry and carry their child with. Age did not matter, nor did the number of children they had to bare. Jeffs, 51, who succeeded his father as the church's chief in 2002, was rumoured to have had 80 wives and 250 children. This evil act was caught out in the practice of following Joseph Smith’s idea of polygamy and mormonism.