Kirk Franklin is trending on social media after sharing some candid thoughts about Christianity as a guest on Cam Newton’s “Funky Friday” podcast.
The Grammy Award-winning Gospel music icon stirred up conversation when he stated his belief that marriage has been weaponized in Western Christianity.
“I believe that marriage, giving, and sexuality have been weaponized in Western Christianity,” he said.
Kirk continued, “Any woman listening to this can attest: ‘Don’t be a 30, 35-year-old single Black woman and go to the family reunion.’ All the older women will look at you and ask, ‘Why aren’t you married?’”
“It’s like a prerequisite for identity and value. If you don’t have a man or kids, then something about you is broken. Do you understand how dysfunctional these messages are and how we superficialize them?” he added.
Kirk Franklin also mentioned, “[Apostle] Paul said that marriage is a necessary distraction. I have many friends in ministry who were told by their churches, ‘If you’re going to be in ministry, you can’t be single.’ So people rush into marriage, thinking they’re fulfilling God’s will for their lives, but they’re actually fulfilling man’s dogma.”
“You can be single and be used by God. You can be single and have purpose. Being married is not a prerequisite for God’s hand in your life. It’s not. But we’ve weaponized it, and then we crucify people when those same marriages fail.”
Watch the clip below.
Oh, and Kirk Franklin also had a message for people about “going to church.”
“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than being in a garage makes you a car.”
Social media is buzzing with reactions to Kirk Franklin’s take on marriage and christianity.
Read a few tweets below.
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