By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka From time immemorial, deities have been invoked as communities and nations attempted to impose their wills upon other communities and nations. It was generally believed that military contests established beyond the shadow of a doubt which gods and goddesses were supreme. This philosophy is reflected in an amusing Bible story involving […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka White Evangelicals in the US, many of whom are hard core Zionists, subscribe to a theology which unapologetically states that the land of Israel, inclusive of Jordan, parts of Lebanon and Syria, and all of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza makes up Eretz Israel. Evangelicals claim that the land […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka On a daily basis, as I traverse the length and breath of my native island of Barbados, I encounter numerous Afro-Barbadians who are convinced that the most popular tools of the information age, namely the smart television, computer, cell phone and tablet have combined to upended the reading of books, thus […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka On the 25th of December, the Christian community around the globe will engage in the annual reenacting of the birth of Jesus the Christ. Even though many reputable Christian scholars are of the opinion that it is unlikely that Jesus was actually born on December 25, the Catholic Church in 350 […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka Christians and Jews have a jolly good time pontificating on the intimate connection between Islamist violence and the Koran. Christian evangelist Franklin Graham is on record stating that the Koran preaches violence. Many religious and political conservatives assert that the religion of Islam is a religion of war. The late televangelist […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka As the attention of the world is focused on the bloodletting that has re-commenced in Gaza, armed Jewish settlers in the West Bank have stepped up their provocations against Palestinians under the watchful and helpful eye of the Israeli Defense Force. Palestinian homes in the West Bank are being demolished or […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka In 1943, after about 250 000 Jews had been transported to the Nazi death camp Treblinka and murdered, the Jewish Combat Organization and the Jewish Military Union were formed. These two organizations started training Jews in resistance tactics. No longer content to allow the Nazis to choose the time, place, and […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka As President Biden continues to falls further behind in the polls for the 2024 presidential elections, political pundits are once again wondering if Joe Biden can spring a surprise and score another come from behind victory as he has done before. It should be recalled that President Biden was viewed as […]
By Lenrod Nzulu Baraka The first century of the Common Era was a very stressful time for the fledgling community of faith in Jerusalem that followed in the footsteps of the martyred leader Jesus the Christ. Convinced that Jesus had somehow cheated death and was now strategically positioned at the right hand of Yahweh, the […]
