Dr. John G. Jackson - Life and Times - pt. 1

Dr. John G. Jackson

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[thenixdrifteron]

@apollomiami83 This was very nicely put. :)

[Soulblackman]

@AtheosRecords Ur statement is fair, as I was careful to emphasize COULD.

[Soulblackman]

@apollomiami83 Which concerns me deeply. The Harlem "renaisssance" was basically led by homosexuals, which COULD explain Jackson's atheism.

[apollomiami83]

In 1941 professor Hector Hawton in his book "The Flight From Reality" documents skeptical thought among the ancient Egyptians:

"Confronted by the spectacle of tottering thrones, the hungry plague smitten masses, whose miseries no words of power could relieve, lost faith in kings, priests, and gods. They ceased even to search for the empty boon of a paradise after death." [End Quote]

[apollomiami83]

In my professional opinion Dr John G. Jackson was on to something very big. Unlike black nationalist teachings of groups like the Nation of Islam who argue that the black man's original religion is Islam, or the Nation of Yahweh who vehemently describes a return back to the religious beliefs of Hebrew Judaism for black people Dr. John G. Jackson argues in his book "Man, God, and Civilizaton" that Atheism or at least skepticism is at the root of black liberation.

[apollomiami83]

Wit and irony characterize Jackson's writings as evidenced by his adopting the phrase, "Christianity before Christ." Especially when relating his own views, Jackson writes in a lighthearted vein. For example, his dedication to Introduction to African Civilizations mocks Afrophobes such as Huxley, Toynbee, Hitler, and Schockley: "The book is dedicated to everybody with an African ancestry — the whole human race!"

[apollomiami83]

Perhaps the best written insight into Jackson's personal expression of Atheism is found in Man, God, and Civilization, chapter 8. This chapter (entitled "Twilight of the Gods") concerns the various maneuvers used by the Christian church to regroup following the advances of scientific knowledge. Here, Jackson ridicules the corrupt "God/Devil" alliance and the underlying "Good Cop/Bad Cop" mentality Christians teach.

[apollomiami83]

The family minister once asked John G. Jackson when he was small, “Who made you?” After some thought he replied from his own realization, “I don’t know.”

[apollomiami83]

Dr. John G. Jackson has a long history of Atheist activism to his credit. From 1932 to 1972, he was a member of and contributor to the Rationalist Press Association of London.

[apollomiami83]

Dr. John G. Jackson the most famous black Atheist of the Harlem Renaissance!!!!!!!!!!!