Name That Religion: Nuwaubianism
One of the four “core” topics of this blog is religion, so I thought I would try out a new feature today. It’s “Name That Religion” — in which I learn a little and then teach you a little bit about a religion/following/cult/organized group with interesting beliefs.
If you find this fun/worth repeating, please share/like/comment or in some other way let me know so I know. If I write more I will add a dedicated page where you can find all of them.
Our first featured religion: Nuwaubianism!
Addendum: I’ve started adding to the list of religions. Find more here.
Origin
- Founded in the 1960’s by Dwight York — a musician living in New York.
- He has had several aliases and changed his name several times
- York served time in prison for rape, assault, and robbery before founding the religion
- Often termed a “cult,” it mostly centered around York and its followers viewing him as a God
Beliefs
- Initially combined Muslim beliefs along with other religious belief system, but it was all just a made up mish-mash
- He ultimately settled on a mix of black supremacist ideas with worship of the Egyptians and their pyramids
- Also endorsed a belief in UFOs and various conspiracies related to the Illuminati and the Bilderbergers
- His group ran bookstores, gift shops, and other stores around Brooklyn to raise money
- Adherents surrendered possessions, worked for free, and were given small stipends to live on ($25/day)
- All women in the cult were part of York’s harem, allowing him to have sex with anyone in the group he wanted
- At its peak had up to 500 adherents living in apartment complexes in Brooklyn
Current Status
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- Dwight York is in jail
- He abused hundreds of children (perhaps more) through the cult
- In addition he also violated multiple federal laws related to RICO charges
- He could potentially be released in the year 2122
Resources (videos, wikis, etc)
Our pastor helped author a book that wrote about some of the more prominent cults and religions at the time, that was about 20-years ago. I wonder if in some cases some commentary would be helpful. This one certainly doesn’t appear to be a very positive belief system to follow.
I can’t say this is “religion” is anything more than a curiosity, and a bit of a horror story.
I wanted to let you know I put this feed on my daily curator I call The Hospital on my blog. All told I currently have 66 physician financial blogs that are in it with the latest post from each blog.
Check of out if you havent already
https://xrayvsn.com/the-hospital/
Hope you can spread it around your social network so it can gain popularity but for me it is an amazingly easy way to keep up with the latest post from pretty much every physician blogger I know.
Awesome — thanks for listing me!