Monday Morning Quotes: Unknown

I wasn't going to consider using this quote since there was no one to attribute it to.  That was until I read the last sentence.

“Christianity’s grasp on black people makes it almost impossible to admit that you’re a black atheist. We have to hide our non-belief, otherwise we are excluded. And if we give voice to any objection or doubt, we’re ostracized and isolated — or just banished! So any time religion comes up, it’s simpler to just change the subject or say nothing if you can’t bring yourself to fake an ‘amen.’ …

But don’t use my name ‘cause my mother told me when she saw me reading God is Not Great that if any of her children actually believed 'that mess,’ she’d have one less child.”

From Black Women Who Use the "A" Word