Did anybody watch the US presidential inauguration?
I was interested in watching it, looking out for some major things like the prayers.

Now I'm one of those who have beheld America's gradual descent into a moral abyss. They are moving farther from the principles of their founding fathers; principles that were wholly based on Judeo-Christian beliefs.

People may choose to believe what they want . The truth is that no other world view or religion could have built a nation like America. Talk about equality,freedom of speech,freedom of worship... go to some of those countries where America is villified you don't dare have a contrary view.

So America remains the hope of the free world. And the only way that can continue to happen is if they do not reject the old land marks. Alas there has been a relentless attack on the core values that made it a great nation. This has been going on on several fronts. One of these has been to criminalise conservative Christian values and attempting to desensitize the populace to " other world perspectives ". In fact one of their very own (can't recall her name) was quoted to have said , " Fundamentalist christians are more dangerous than Al qaeda ".

So that has been the spiritual descent of America exemplified by today's prayer at the inauguration. It was one of those NEW AGE STYLE INVOCATIONS that tries to appeal to Jesus,Allah,Budha,Krishna,Olokun etc but leaves everyone in doubt as to its whole purpose. The woman who led it was a civil rights activist. Four years ago it was Rick Warren pastor of the saddle back church. She rounded off the prepared prayer which she r.had ead from a book by asking , " in the name of Jesus and all who are holy" .

America truly needs prayers. I hope those who understand the far reaching implications of this will do what they have to do. And this is not just about America. As I said , America represents the hope of the free world. If it is overwhelmed by a rapacious counterperspective what do we think will happen to those of us in Nigeria ?

God save America.