Speaking about the poor form of Flamengo's forwards in the Brazilian Championship, Val Baiano made the following statement last week: - I trust in God. I think it's important to pray and to worship. I just don't like macumba. If it were good, it would be boacumba. Who knows, maybe sprinkle holy water on the goalposts at Gávea. (source: yahoo)
This earned the player a lot of criticism, and in protest against a recent statement by the forward, the Commission for Combating Religious Intolerance (CCIR), founded by Umbanda and Candomblé practitioners, will hold a repudiation event against the player at the III March in Defense of Religious Freedom, next Sunday, at 11 AM, at Posto Seis, in Copacabana.
Every day we see this. Late at night on TV Record, there's no shortage of offenses to Catholics, Spiritists, and even more so to Afro-Brazilian religions. Why? It's a matter of character, of upbringing. An interesting observation is that an individual born into an evangelical family doesn't criticize other religions much, but the same doesn't happen with so-called "converts," as they make our ears bleed with their criticisms. This is naturally explained by the fact that they found religion in the desperation of their lives, as a consequence of their mistakes, and thus they believe that the failure of their existence stems from their previous religion, hence the attacks.
Val Baiano is in trouble. If he weren't someone with a camera in his face, nobody would give a damn about the meaningless nonsense he said. But they will forgive him; after all, he is black. Racist people!
