Why “Thoughts and Prayers, and God Bless You” Is Really an Ungodly Response

It’s time to dispense with the “thoughts and prayers” and the blessings from God that are supposed to cleanse the nefarious behavior of vile characters who are committed to the religion of greed and the beautifying of corruption.

The past week has been nightmarish, although as a Black woman living in a country that is programmed for the societal extermination of those who don’t fit into Trump’s America, the days and nights don’t ever signal the imminent end of a normalized existence of terror.

Growing up in a household that adhered to the teachings of the bible and mandated Sunday church, as well as house fellowships in-between — there was a restlessness that accompanied the forced morsels that never tasted good enough to swallow without the threat of barfing.

Perhaps that explains why I asked the family tailor to create the dress for my Confirmation in the likeness of Madonna’s pure White explosion at 1985 “The Virgin” tour.

The ability to find ways to rebel against a lifestyle that was formed from the loins of a murderous king with a terrific sex drive — who instituted the Church of England when the Catholic Church wouldn’t allow a formal exit from a dead end marriage — was the mission of an imprisoned young Nigerian girl — who spent her…