Christocentric

(not original formatting as in book)

The seven principles were formed specifically for the Black family by
Karenga. It was his belief that these new values were needed because
nothing else existed to meet their moral and cultural needs. He makes this
evident:

The key crisis in the Black life is…the critical lack of a coherent
system of views and values that would give them a moral, material
and meaningful interpretation of life. ⁴⁰

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Belief in God Condemned

Karenga’s hatred of God-fearing religions prompted him to create his own
system of principles which he hoped would steer men away from what he
felt was a weakness — a belief in God. An example of his opinion on
religion from one of his books:

Belief in spooks who threaten us if we don’t worship them and demand
we turn over our destiny and daily lives must be categorized as
spookism and condemned.⁴²