BEYOND RELIGION AND CULTURE: It is dangerous how propaganda can go and how individuals and organisations use it. It’s with absurdity when I hear religion bigots say, “Without Christ you are in crisis”. Hmmm! I am not too sure what these people make of with ‘being in Christ’. Some people who say this think that being in ‘their’ Christ is all about cramming the bible verses from Genesis to Revelation. If saintly behaviour is what being in Christ means, then, I’ve seen many non-Christians with Christ, and many Christians without Christ. I’ve also seen many so-called Christians whom their behaviours portray crisis. And you still see them use the mantra of the religion propagandists: “A life without Christ is crisis” and you wonder where the Christ in them is. Rubbish!
We have been brainwashed so much with Euro-centricism, and the mantra that ?God is a merciful father?. As a result, majority of the people do anything anyhow and anywhere without an iota of conscientiousness, because they believe that their ?God will forgive?. This is why our once revered and enjoyable world has gone gaga, with men and women going naked with their thoughtless behaviours.
Anyway, in response to my post that being a Christian does not make one all Christ-like, and being non-Christian does not make one an evil, Obim Onujiogu in Training Leaders responded that: At Ogidi High Court, a Christian knight was called in as a witness, and immediately requested to swear by the Bible. The judge took a psychological glance at him and refused to use the bible. The judge offered him a rusted gun from Agbo Edo Shrine to swear by and he refused, and admitted that his prepared statement was fabricated. The point is that 80% of bible-Christians go there for social fellowship. (Yet, they tell you that “Anyone who is not in Christ is in crisis”). What is being Christ-like?
??Odimegwu Onwumere, Poet/Author, Rivers State,?Mobile: +2348032552855. Email:?[email protected]
