joe26713

5y

Imma copy the post I made on reddit about this, skip it if you don't wanna read but this is how I truly feel.

I'm a massive Kanye West fan. I'm also a Catholic, who has attended Catholic schools for the last eight years of my life. I've struggled much with my faith during that time, as many people do. I've found myself feeling out of place in the heavily traditional aspects of Catholicism and the Church that don't seem to align with what I get out of the Bible and the message of Jesus. The structure of weekly mass has always seemed like a poor expression of what faith and the love of Christ truly is. Going every week and reciting the same prayer, the same gestures, almost going through the motions to show devotion to God and Jesus didn't feel like a true way to show the passion, energy, and love that comes with a Christ-filled life. That, combined with the extremely strict nature of my denomination had drawn me out of faith, and in a place where I truly felt trapped in my religion.

Earlier this year when Kanye began his Sunday Service movement, I immediately connected with it. First, it was purely musical, as someone who has followed him for a very long time I enjoyed seeing this expression of his artistic mind. But as the services progressed, I found myself more and more connected with the spiritual aspect of it. This is what praise seemed it always should've been, a joyous and enjoyable experience that you want to be a part of. In open areas on bright sunny days singing the praise of Jesus as savior and Lord, truly connecting with that expression. I found myself becoming closer and closer to my faith. Now, as this album was released, I almost feel awakened in my faith. I want nothing more than to go out and be a person for Jesus. I know this may seem insincere, but as someone who knows Kanye, this is the most focused he's been in a long time, and I can see he truly believes in his faith. Don't doubt what he is doing, I've seen and experienced firsthand how powerful this movement is in bringing people closer to God.

wusgood

5y

Prolly shouldn’t be looking for spiritual guidance from Kanye

joe26713

5y

Imma copy the post I made on reddit about this, skip it if you don't wanna read but this is how I truly feel.

I'm a massive Kanye West fan. I'm also a Catholic, who has attended Catholic schools for the last eight years of my life. I've struggled much with my faith during that time, as many people do. I've found myself feeling out of place in the heavily traditional aspects of Catholicism and the Church that don't seem to align with what I get out of the Bible and the message of Jesus. The structure of weekly mass has always seemed like a poor expression of what faith and the love of Christ truly is. Going every week and reciting the same prayer, the same gestures, almost going through the motions to show devotion to God and Jesus didn't feel like a true way to show the passion, energy, and love that comes with a Christ-filled life. That, combined with the extremely strict nature of my denomination had drawn me out of faith, and in a place where I truly felt trapped in my religion.

Earlier this year when Kanye began his Sunday Service movement, I immediately connected with it. First, it was purely musical, as someone who has followed him for a very long time I enjoyed seeing this expression of his artistic mind. But as the services progressed, I found myself more and more connected with the spiritual aspect of it. This is what praise seemed it always should've been, a joyous and enjoyable experience that you want to be a part of. In open areas on bright sunny days singing the praise of Jesus as savior and Lord, truly connecting with that expression. I found myself becoming closer and closer to my faith. Now, as this album was released, I almost feel awakened in my faith. I want nothing more than to go out and be a person for Jesus. I know this may seem insincere, but as someone who knows Kanye, this is the most focused he's been in a long time, and I can see he truly believes in his faith. Don't doubt what he is doing, I've seen and experienced firsthand how powerful this movement is in bringing people closer to God.

wither

5y

yikes couldnt be my idol

Rugbycardigan

5y

you needed a religious rebrand to find god?

shane

5y

if yall only accepted jesus because of kanye, y'all never really cared about jesus

clowns

Thugger

5y

Idol? What the f*** are you going on about?

Bernie X

5y

Wild how niggas in here missing the point on purpose like this is Twitter lmaoo

Ghetto Lenny

5y

Kanye could become a satanist and his stans would start worshipping the devil.

KIR

5y

lmfao

Sad Daffy

5y

JIK definitely affected my mental state and made me more agnostic.

Thugger

5y

Imagine not knowing who Brittany Murphy is

andralez

5y

Was wondering if anyone else can relate. Maybe this thread just isn’t for you?

shadowboxing

5y

def can relate man. especially realizing how we are following the culture (social media, fashion, sex, money, fame, crime etc) and because of that we aint actually controlling our minds and environment around us which is real af. maybe if could control the culture it would be different but the culture is controlled by rich powerful people only, so let that sink in

andralez

5y

It’s perfect timing for me. I’ve been on this trip with my mind and kanye has been confirming my ideas. In his interview he’s spoken about ideas I’ve talked about.

Its just perfect man

andralez

5y

Exactly. The s*** we worship gives power to everything but us. We are essentially glamorizing our own demise

The “culture” isn’t for us

So yeah, worshipping something that preaches the growth of myself is appealing

andralez

5y

Where would you prefer I accepted god from then? You’re exactly the type of person kanye is talking about on hands on lol.

It doesn’t matter where it came from bro

shane

5y

my nigga go to church