I believe strongly that there is an extension of the supreme being in each person, and that the God whom we so earnestly seek is not One in a building called a worship center, a chapel, synagogue,mosque or shrine. But in us and in everything else around us. There is no true religion other than ones own beliefs. That is what keeps us going as individuals and an extension of The great one. You give credit to your ancestors and call them patriarchs, name places, buildings and institutions in memory of them. Yet you tell me to renounce mine and follow yours. You claim my ancestors were idol worshipers and that they were evil, so i should break any link i have with them and accept that of Yours. Forgetting that someday i too will become an ancestor to my descendants. It is believed that those who reject their ancestors and ancestry will also be rejected by their descendants. I believe i am journeying towards a journey of Enlightenment, and that i don't need to renounce my ancestry or forget everything good my traditions have taught me. For now it may seem that i have accepted everything you are saying but i only take what is good to add to what i have that is good. My ancestry is my Tradition and my tradition my Identity.
My name is YAW BESAH EDZORDZI SEFOGAH Chris Parker, and i am An AFRICANIST.
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