Richard Moss' Religion

 One of Lauren's formulating experiences is her experiences regarding Richard Moss, an African-American man in her neighborhood who practices his own religion, and his son, Peter Moss. Richard Moss' religion is a combination of "traditional" old-testament based Christiniatiy with West African ideas. Sounds quite empowering for Richard to combine his traditional culture with Judeo-Christian ideas to find a faith that truly speaks to him, right? Wrong, he's a "total shit" who uses his wealth from his decent job to pick up homeless women and make them his wives. His "religion" is extremely misogynistic, and anything but good for society. Since the Old Testament is extremely sexist, it is interesting to consider how Richard's application of these verses has to do with her view of Christianity.

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