RELIGION THE CHALLENGE TO AFRICANS AND NIGERIANS IN PARTICULAR

 RELIGION THE CHALLENGE TO AFRICANS AND       NIGERIANS IN PARTICULAR

GROWING AS A CHILD ONE THING ONE CANNOT FORGET IS THE EMPHASIS TO LIVE UPRIGHT.I CAN REMEMBER HOW OUR PARENTS WOULD TELL US TO DESIST FROM ACTS THAT COULD BE INIMICAL TO OUR LIFE AND THAT OF OUR NEIGHBORS.PARENTS WOULD ADVICE THEIR CHILDREN AGAINST ILL-GOTTEN WEALTH OR MATERIALS IN ALL MANNER. THEY WOULD POINT TO THE NEED TO BE HONEST AND SINCERE IN OUR DEALINGS.WHEN YOU STEAL YOU ARE BROUGHT OUT AND MADE TO SWEAR YOU WILL NEVER DO IT AGAIN.THESE TIME,THE SO MUCH CHRISTIANIZATION AND ISLAMIZATION HAD NOT GOTTEN TO THIS POINT WE ARE

WHY DID I SAY SO?SOMETIME AGO IT IS WITHIN OUR LIVING STYLE TO TAKE A LITTLE WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY BUT NEVER SUPPORT STEALING FOR PERSONAL GAIN ESPECIALLY IN OUR FARMING LIVES.BUT DUE TO THE RELIGIOUS EXPLOSION OF THE ABANDONED RELIGION OF WHITE MEN BY SAME WHITE MEN,WE SEE CERTAIN NORMS AS UNNECESSARY SINCE THE NEW GOD WILL GRANT US HIS GRACE ACCORDING TO THE ONESIDE TEACHINGS OF THESE WHITEMEN.

IN THE EARLY YEARS OF OUR INDEPENDENCE,HIGHLY RANKS CIVIL SERVANTS WERE PROMOTED AND RESPECTED FOR THEIR LEVEL OF HONESTY DURING THEIR SERVICE YEARS.TODAY DUE TO THE INDOCTRINATION OF OUR PEOPLE BY THE RELIGIOUS HOUSES,PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATED BY THE LEVEL OF THEIR STOLEN WEALTH.IT IS ONLY IN THESE WHITEMEN RELIGION THAT SUCCESS COMES BEFORE WORK AS IT IS IN THE DICTIONARY.THEY EMPHASIZE FAVOUR MOCKING THE BIBLICAL WORDS OF THEIR SCRIPTURE WHICH SAYS THAT FAITH WITHOUT GOOD WORK IS DEAD.

THE WHITE MAN’”S RELIGION CAME ALONG IT WITH IMPERIALISM,COLONIALIZATION AND CONSCIENTIZED EXPLOITATION.THEY MADE US BELIEVED IN THEM RATHER THAN BELIEVING IN US.IT IS IN THEIR TIME ALL OUR PRODUCTS WERE SEEN AND LABELLED ILLICIT AND THESE THEY SENT HOME AND RETURNED TO BE FANTASTIC PRODUCTS.THEY THROUGH THEIR RELIGION,RELEGATED OURS TO GOD KNOWS NOWHERE AND IMPOSED THEIRS AS A WAY OF LIFE.NOW I HAVE PROBLEM!IT IS KNOWN THAT CULTURE IS A WAY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE LIVING IN A GIVEN GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION ACCORDING TO THEIR IMPACTATION.NOW THEY SAID WE SHOULD ABANDON OUR WAY OF LIFE SO AS TO EMBRACE THEIRS.

WHAT IS OUR CULTURE?

WE BELIEVE IN PRAYING THROUGH OUR ANCESTORS(THOSE BELIEVED TO BE WITH THE DIVINE AFTER THEIR JOURNEY ON EARTH).WE BELIEVE IN POURING LIBATIONS.WE BELIEVE IN CELEBRATION AND THANKSGIVING.WE BELIEVE IN INTERCESSION.AND MOST OF ALL WE BELIEVE IN DIVINITY. WE HAD CHIEF PRIESTS WHO CONSULTED THE GODS AND INVOKED OUR ANCESTORS WHEN NECESSARY. WE BELIEVED SO MUCH IN POWER WHILE PRESERVING OUR HUMAN DIGNITY. WE BELIEVED IN HUMAN SANCTITY AND PURITY.

WHAT IS THEIR CULTURE?

THEY BELIEVE IN PRAYING THROUGH THEIR SAINTS(THOSE CANONIZED AND BELIEVED TO HAVE ASCENDED TO Heaven to be with GOD).THEY BELIEVE IN RADICAL SPEAKING IN TONGUES AND INVOCATION.THEY BELIEVE IN CELEBRATION AND THANKSGIVING.THEY ALSO BELIEVE IN PRAYING FOR ONE ANOTHER(INTERCESSION).THEY HAVE PRIESTS AND PASTORS WHO CONSULTED THE DIVINE AND PRAYED THAT THE ANGELS GUIDE HUMANITY.THEY BELIEVED SO MUCH IN POWER THAT THEIR RELIGIOUS HOUSE DOES NOT TAKE ORDERS FROM GOVERNMENTS BUT THEY ALMOST DICTATES WHO LEADS IN GOVERNMENT NOT MINDING HOW HE GETS THERE.HUMAN SANCTITY AND PURITY

WHAT DO WE SEE TODAY?

WITH OUR WONDERFUL RELIGION REDUCED TO NOTHING,THE SO-CALLED RELIGIONS OF THE WHITEMEN(ISLAMIC AND CHRISTIAN RELIGION ETC) HAS NOT FARED BETTER. THEY NO LONGER PREACH SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE, PURITY NOR PROLIFE. ALL YOU HEAR IS PROSPERITY AND DEATH OF HUMANS TERMED ENEMIES AS AGAINST RELIGION.