Mirrored: Culture and Religion | Benjamina DadzieI do believe in a higher power that guides me
Mirrored: Culture and Religion | Benjamina DadzieI do believe in a higher power that guides me and ensures my well-being; a power that, through trials and tribulations, gives me a picture of who I can be. I often pray to God, a power that instils in me the ability to manifest love and be a decent person to others and for others. I, however, often wonder if this God is the same one I read about in the Bible.The Bible has prescriptions that condemn people who do not follow the law and the precepts set forth. I have questions and no answers. As a social being, and as a person who wants the fulfillment of everyone’s idea of self, how do I negotiate a faith that tells me to renounce people I care about because of who they are? As a woman, how do I go about knowing that God created me in his image and equal to man, yet by the law of God the manifestation of my periodic biological flow of blood makes me unclean?Read more on Ezibota.comConnect with us: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Google + | Youtube -- source link
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