Christians make up a large percentage of the religious types in the joint. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to knock anyone's beliefs, at least not folks out in the free world who practice what they preach, and walk the walk. To each his own. That said, i don't think there is a more annoying and counterfeit group of people in the joint, than Christians. The other religious groups don't do much recruiting, they are almost secretive. But the guys who spent a lifetime doing dirt on the outside seem to be the same ones who get locked up and decide they are John the Baptist all of a sudden. It always struck me as disingenuous. On more than one occasion I was approached by some knuckle head who wanted to share the word with me while I was walking the track or waiting to play handball. They never got the response they were looking for, and they never bothered to approach me a second time.
Native American Religion
Right about know you are thinking, (A) Huh, Ive never heard of that religion, or (B) Oh shit, MM is about to say something offensive to, or about Native Americans. The answer to A. is, yes Native Americans have their own set of spiritual beliefs. The answer to B. is, of course I am not going to say anything to offend Native Americans, at least not intentionally. My first encounter with a "Native American" spiritual gathering came a couple of weeks in to my sentence. I saw a circle of guys sitting in a grassy area in the center of the prison yard. Upon closer inspection it turned out to be about a dozen of them. A few of them were wearing headbands, some festooned with a feather or two, there were a couple of them beating a drum, they were burning what I assume was sage, one guy was doing his best impression of an Indian chant. And here is the kicker,they were all just as white as Pee Wee Herman. There wasn't a single Native American in the circle, not one. In fact, there was enough blonde hair and blue eyes in the group, you could have mistaken them for a bunch of Swedish foreign exchange students. It never fails, we all know at least one white person who will look you straight in the eye and tell you they are one quarter Cherokee. If you are reading this and somewhere in your home is a dream catcher and some wolf statues, I have probably just pissed you off. Sorry, but watching the directors cut of Dances with Wolves 200 times and hanging a dream catcher from your rear view mirror, do not an Indian make.
Muslims
Lots and lots of Muslims in the joint. Very devout, very sanctimonious, and in my opinion, as full of shit as the previous two groups. Again we have someone trying to hedge their bet thinking religion will gain them an edge.
Moorish Americans
Now these guys are about as radical a group you will ever find in the joint. They hate white people, and I do mean hate. They cloak themselves under the guise of religion, but they are nothing more than a black version of the Aryan brotherhood. They wear fez's like the Shriner's, but the only parade these clowns want to have involves putting a white guys head on a stick and parading through the streets. They have a perverted extreme racist view of world history and claim to be direct descendant of the Moors. They refer to Whites as Europeans, doesn't matter if you never set foot out of Paducah Kentucky, you are an European infidel.
There are also Wiccans, Pagans, and Satanists, oh my! There are Jehovah's, Mormons, Hindi's, buddhists, you name it, there are as many religious groups in the joint as there are in the free world. The vast majority of them share one common trait. they are as full of shit as an Amway salesman. You might think that is a harsh statement, coming from a morally bankrupt nonbeliever, but consider this. In studies on recidivism rates in the U.S. state and federal prison system, the return rate is 67 percent over all, and that's a low ball number. In some states its as high as 80 percent. If you break it down in to groups by crime, some of these groups return at 85 ands 90 percent. If all of these Jail House converts were really sincere, don't you think those rates of returning to prison would be much lower? Of course they would.
Reference: magick-keys.blogspot.com
