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PRISONERS OF OUR BELIEFS

Many people are prisoners of their own beliefs. Beliefs that

have been shaped by traditions and culture

Known as El Colacho in Spain, the Baby-Jumping Festival is a popular event that takes place in Castillo de Murcia near Burgos, every year since 1620 By having infants lay on a blanket and adults dressed as devils jump over them, the babies are supposed to be cleansed of their sins.

What if you were born in poverty… there is no sanitation facilities… but worse it is

culturally shameful for women to be seen relieving themselves…

Today 2.6 billion people, including almost one billion children, live without even basic sanitation.

Every 20 seconds, a child dies as a result of poor sanitation.

What if you were born into a culture where beautifying yourself

meant…

Fulani mouth tattoo: Young peul girl in Mali tattooing her mouth with needles and hennaa

These women are known as the women with the neck rings of the Shan State (or Padaung women).

Many have suggested that these women in Myanmar's history were commonly sold into slavery. To deter their children from being sold, some parents in the Shan State (of Myanmar) started placing coils around their daughters' neck. By deforming their necks slave owners were less likely to choose these girls as slaves.

Kenya - Masai Woman

Chinese Foot Binding

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Ritual whipping of women of Hamar tribe Omo Valley Ethiopia

What if your spiritual guide looked something like this?

Shona Witchdoctor Zimbabwe

What if the price for being spiritual and close to god meant that you

should …

What if the highest goal of your religion meant taking a once in a lifetime pilgrimage to some holy

destination…

Initiation into our religion and way of life means that our children

should undergo

The Yanaizu Hadaka Mairi is held every January 7th at Enzou temple in Fukushima. A large group of men climb a thick rope inside the temple to try to reach the ceiling. It is competitive and the first men to the top will have the best luck in the coming year.

What if you were not born in privilege?

The most recent estimate released on October 14, 2009 by FAO, says that 1.02 billion people are undernourished.

The world is crying…for what we’ve got!

We are all seeking the same thing!

Beyond all the colors and cultures, traditions and religions… we all

face the same man of sin within us.Pride, selfishness, strive, hate,

uncontrolled anger, lust, jealousy & envy, covetousness, inhibition,

inferiority, rebellion and none of all these efforts has done anything to

control HIM/HER…

When ChristHas set us freeWe are free indeed!