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Alabama’s big chill poised to break temperature records tonight.
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The Reds had a pair of games against the Pittsburgh Pirates postponed last weekend after one Cincinnati player tested positive for the coronavirus.
Reds set to take the field again after having weekend series with pirates postponed
Hey, Hoynsie has had to hire extra staff to field your suggestions on the Cleveland Indians exploring a name change. Keep those names and opinions coming.
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Pittsburgh Pirates minor-league pitching coach Amaury Telemaco has been preaching Christianity in Florida and the D.R., for years after growing up in a family that practiced voodoo. His amazing story during his voodoo years and now revolve around Easter.
As we all know, Easter just passed. This article explains the story of a man from the Dominican Republic by the name of Amaury Telemaco, who converted from Vodun or "Voodoo" to Christianity right before he signed to the Major League Philadelphia Phillies. The article suggests that his experiences of Voodoo weren't the best. From reading about Vodun, my understanding is that it gets a bad depiction in movies and other platforms. From my own interpretation, Vodun has many similarities with other religions, but because it has ties to Africa, it was given this negative connotation to coincide with the underlying theme of "savagery".
For example, when we look at Christianity, within the Black community, there is an aspect called "catching the holy ghost". What that means is that the Godly spirit travels through the body, creating great movement that is inspired by uncontrollable joy. However, when looking at Possession within Vodun, it is associated with an unholy spirit or demonic presence.
Another misunderstanding would be the idea of sacrifice. Many African religions and spiritualities believe in the shedding of blood or "sacrifice" to bring balance unto the earth. However, in the old testament of the Bible, this is also a common theme. Take the Passover, which was a Jewish sacrificial practice that took the blood of a lamb and would paint the blood on the front door to keep the Spirit from killing the eldest child of every family. Nevertheless, sacrifice is still a part of western religions such as Christianity. Christians believe that one person named Jesus Christ sacrificed his whole life for the sake of the whole population of mankind, so that the killing of a lamb isn't necessary anymore. However, is it fair to judge Vodun because their religion doesn't consist of a man who died so that they don't have to sacrifice animals to keep the natural balance of the Earth? In Catholicism and Christianity symbolically eat a drink of the blood and body of their savior, which is bread and wine. But in Vodun, there is no symbolism.
After really dissecting this article, I found out that the author is a White male named Randy Miller. In the article, he emphasizes that Telemaco’s story is so inspiring because he was poor and worshipped the devil. Now, I am not sure if those were Miller's words or Telemachos' words but either way, Miller confirmed this ideology with a narrow and Westernized idea of Vodun. Miller also describes that Telemaco’s family members also converted to Christianity. People like Telemaco and his family who had ties to African Religions/Spiritualities give the world the confirmation to continue to bash African traditions. Telemaco identifies with the religion that was forced onto me (an African American), and was used to control my ancestors during slavery. So, while Telemaco deepens his knowledge in Christianity, I choose to deepen my knowledge in African-based religions. I believe this should be a learning experience for everyone. It's okay to convert to a new religion, but be mindful not to look down upon any other religion that wasn't for you.