#2477: Images of Voodoo in the 21st century : Grey responds to Perrault

[Robert Corbett <bcorbett@netcom.com>]

From:Racine125@aol.com

<< I think you should care if the religion is getting a bad reputation to 
correct any
 misinterpretation by non practitioners.  I know it is not an African 
religion, what I was asking is understanding components that are incorporated 
withtin the religion.  For example if you look at the Catholic religion and 
find adaption from Judaism versus non-judaic themes.>>

Well, I DON'T CARE about "making Vodou respectable to non-practitioners" 
(read, white people, mostly).  We are not going to conduct ourselves based on 
the opinion of practitioners of some other religion which has been 
persecuting us for centuries anyhow!  :-)  If we have a "bad reputation", it 
was created BY THEM to OPPRESS US.
 
<<You said believe in "God". What is the interpertation of God in Vodou?>>

There is only one God - Bon Dieu, Grand Maitre, Dios, Allah, I don't care 
what you call God, there is only one God.

<< Erzulie Dantor (don't quote me) is holding Christ the child in her image 
of the lady of Chechtahovda(?) What is the interpration of Jesus Christ in 
Vodou?>>

Jesus Christ is not a Vodou lwa, Jesus Christ is a spiritual entity in 
Christianity.

<< PS: Who is SHANGO represented or related to in Vodou?>>

Even thought the question wasn't for me, I'll tell you - Ogoun Shango.  
Obatala becomes Ogoun Batala, etc.

Peace and love,

Bon Mambo Racine Sans Bout Sa Te La Daginen

"Se bon ki ra", 
     Good is rare - Haitian Proverb

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