IMAGINE THIS: them got some men chopping off people heads. They asking each one of them if them is a Christian, and everyone who says yes them chop off them head.
Now these people kneeling down in a line with their hands tied behind their backs and guarded by some men with guns, and you happen to be in this line (probably wee-weeing yourself), and every head that get chop off it roll down by you.
The fella with the cutlass get to you and ask you if you is a Christian, what you gine say?
This is bearing in mind that the postman does bring your mail to you at church ’cause you practically live there, and you does sing the hardest and holler out “Amen!” the loudest every Sunday.
Now when that man comes behind your head with that cutlass, and then tap the back of your neck with the sharp side to measure up where he gine chop from, and he ask you if you is a Christian, what you gine say?
If you say yes and get your head chop off, I admire you for that. Me, on the other hand, I didn’t care how much Christian I was, the answer is no. And if they ask me what religion I was, my answer to them would be whatever them want.
I ain’t know if you notice, but a lot of that gine on ’bout the world nowadays. And I ain’t only talking ’bout in the Middle East with ISIS and them other kinda terrorists, but only last week in the USA, a fella at a school went on a killing spree, and before he shoot some of the people he asked them if them was Christians.
I telling you, there and then I wouldn’t be no Christian, and if he was shooting Bajans, when he get to me and ask me if I was Bajan, I ain’t none neither – I putting on a Trini or Jamaican accent.
And let me tell you I won’t be the first to do it, ’cause even Peter do it to Jesus.
According to The Bible, in Jesus last days on earth, he and Peter was talking and Peter told Jesus that he was ready to go to prison or die with him if need be.
And in Bajan terms, Jesus told Peter, “Man you got nuff mout, but when the trouble break out, before the cock could crow you gine deny that you know me three times.”
And Peter said, “Boss man, I got you covered. I is your main man, that ain’t gine happen.”
Anyhow, the police rush in and arrest Jesus and a young girl point at Peter and say, “He is one of them too; he does be with the fella Jesus.”
Man, you shouldda hear Peter, “Woman, I would like you to leff me out that talk. I ain’t know that man, yuh.”
And two other times that night it happen. The last time it happen Peter let go some bad words and start cussing like a fisherman and say, “Not me, I aint know he, I never see he in my life yet.” And as soon as he finish denying Jesus the cock crow.
But Peter was just like me, frighten to get lock up and frighten to dead. So, like I said, I admire these fellas who ain’t got no problem in getting them head chop off for their religion, but I maintain that a head does look better on a neck than on the ground, so that is where I would be keeping mine. Hopefully, the Lord would understand. See ya.
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