Alix Jules - Extended Interview | African Americans for Humanism

African Americans may be the nation's most religious minority, but the churches and religious leaders don't speak for many of us.

Alix Jules is a secular activist in the Dallas Ft. Worth area commonly involved in issues and topics regarding the role of diversity in the Atheist community as well as Atheism in Diverse communities. He chairs the Dallas Fort Worth Coalition of Reason's Diversity Council and is a founding member and presiding Historian for the Fellowship of Freethought, a family based organization founded on the values of secular humanism and charitable principles. Alix has been featured in Ebony magazine, One Man's Journey into Atheism, Godless—the documentary, and is a regular contributor to Texas Reason Blog—the Secular response to Texas Faith.

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[GodVlogger]

You're a damn good ambassador for atheism, period.

(the fact that you are also a great ambassador for atheists of color, in particular, is just the icing on the cake!)

[sleektubing]

We'd be lucky to have such a thoughtful ambassador such as yourself added to the (growing) ranks. I found it interesting how actually reading the bible on your own took you away from a dogmatic belief structure and onto a more critical path of thinking.

[Blackman1000ify]

@carlindelco The difference is they could work their way out of slavery in Africa. Also the Bible was used to justify the slavery in America and the colonization of the African continent. But what really amazes me is how could a loving all-powerful God allow this to happen in the first place? Oh that's right, he doesn't exist.

[carlindelco]

@ladefreakndah Not as many as it took africa..there is slavery still there , funny how you are NOT interested or concerned about that? .and not ALL Christians owned slaves, ever hear of the abolitionist?

[amethus1]

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

[bethnor]

2:20 this to me is the most important point: any black person who is christian is christian because it was imposed on their ancestors by force, either from slavery or colonialism. when i see what the imported monotheisms have brought to africa, all i can think of is that there will never be enough expiation from organized religion for the misery and shame they have brought to the africans.

[AntonTheSpot]

very, very, very honest assessment. This guy feels exactly the way I do.

[AntonTheSpot]

@twanaj88 no he doesn't..... he's dead

[EntinludeX]

@twanaj88 I wonder if the dying child being pecked apart by vultures in the sand understands how hollow those words are.

[hdfailure]

@twanaj88 Some kind of social indoctrination? I am Portuguese, no black friends i have, call themselves a different race, they all say we are humans with different colors. Even if they born in Portugal, but their parents came from another country, they will say, i am Portuguese, and never, i am Afro Portuguese. The way i see it, you are all Americans, and you are all humans. Makes sense?

[twanaj88]

@hdfailure that is the smartest comment I saw on this page , Why do they separate themselves from the other humanist ?