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Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by pimplucious: 12:01pm On Sep 23, 2014

Just now in the course of a conversation, I mentioned to a female colleague of mine, a fully grown YORUBA LADY, the legend of MOREMI and she was completely lost! She didn't know anything about MOREMI.

Ask same person about Deborah, Hannah, Ruth,Mary etc and your ears will be full of "according to my bible...".

How can a people have a future when they are disconnected with their past and their roots? I have heard people who don't know the names of streets next to theirs in Lagos give vivid description of London streets and they are proud of it! Some funny characters who don't know the names of their next-door-neighbours travel several kilometres to hug and pray in deceitful fraternity with total strangers all in a bid to find elusive peace.

We are happy and foolishly excited when we tell the stories of WANDERERS from their "Holy books" and dismiss with scorn Centuries of a Beautiful Heritage,Proud Traditions and enviable cultures as contained in the African Social Order!

We broke faith with our Ancestors and we are suffering the consequences. The descendants of Cavemen and Wanderers, from the West and the East, have given us enough WILD GEESE to chase forever because we are stupid!

Funny Characters like TB Joshua and Chris Oyakhilome ride us like donkeys in the South and Abubakar Shekau kill us like Goats in the North! Thinking about it now, it is actually a repeat, the very same way their progenitors, the early " missionaries" and "Jihadist" performed some 200years ago when they intruded into the affairs of a people who lived better and were more blessed than their miserable selves!

We are in deep trouble and we are fast heading for deeper troubles unless we are able to STOP & THINK!

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by Segunj8(m): 12:54pm On Sep 23, 2014

God bless you OP, I agree with you.. We've so much forgotten our root, religion and culture such that most ppl now see everything African as Evil.
I can remember sometimes ago when a governor distributed tablets to students in his state there was an uproar that 'odu ifa' was among the study materials on the tablet, this was becuz most ppl see anytin traditional as things of the devil while the bible and quran re termed holy. This is what I call 'Intellectual slavery'
Separate the ppl from there culture and u ll rule dem forever.

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by pimplucious: 1:04pm On Sep 23, 2014

Very pathetic!

Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by Youngsage: 2:15pm On Sep 23, 2014

Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by plaetton: 4:28pm On Sep 23, 2014

pimplucious: Just now in the course of a conversation, I mentioned to a female colleague of mine, a fully grown YORUBA LADY, the legend of MOREMI and she was completely lost! She didn't know anything about MOREMI.

Ask same person about Deborah, Hannah, Ruth,Mary etc and your ears will be full of "according to my bible...".

How can a people have a future when they are disconnected with their past and their roots? I have heard people who don't know the names of streets next to theirs in Lagos give vivid description of London streets and they are proud of it! Some funny characters who don't know the names of their next-door-neighbours travel several kilometres to hug and pray in deceitful fraternity with total strangers all in a bid to find elusive peace.

We are happy and foolishly excited when we tell the stories of WANDERERS from their "Holy books" and dismiss with scorn Centuries of a Beautiful Heritage,Proud Traditions and enviable cultures as contained in the African Social Order!

We broke faith with our Ancestors and we are suffering the consequences. The descendants of Cavemen and Wanderers, from the West and the East, have given us enough WILD GEESE to chase forever because we are stupid!

Funny Characters like TB Joshua and Chris Oyakhilome ride us like donkeys in the South and Abubakar Shekau kill us like Goats in the North! Thinking about it now, it is actually a repeat, the very same way their progenitors, the early " missionaries" and "Jihadist" performed some 200years ago when they intruded into the affairs of a people who lived better and were more blessed than their miserable selves!

We are in deep trouble and we are fast heading for deeper troubles unless we are able to STOP & THINK!

Beautiful.
I could give you a hug.
It feels great to know that I do not weep and cry alone.

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by plaetton: 4:30pm On Sep 23, 2014

Segunj8: God bless you OP, I agree with you.. We've so much forgotten our root, religion and culture such that most ppl now see everything African as Evil.
I can remember sometimes ago when a governor distributed tablets to students in his state there was an uproar that 'odu ifa' was among the study materials on the tablet, this was becuz most ppl see anytin traditional as things of the devil while the bible and quran re termed holy. This is what I call 'Intellectual slavery'
Separate the ppl from there culture and u ll rule dem forever.

Yes sir.

The slavery of the mind is the most pernicious form of slavery.

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by onetrack(m): 4:36pm On Sep 23, 2014

Like this

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by Nobody: 4:40pm On Sep 23, 2014

The donkeys and the goats are happy. They love life in the barn. The barn shields them from reality. Food is ready-made. Why leave the barn and scavenge for food when, through loyalty and good old ass-kissing, one could be rewarded with juicy posts like Chief Dog and Sergeant Goat?

Your building collapses on them and they all gather around you to console and grief with you. The donkeys and the goats gather around and help rebuild the barn. .
The donkeys and goats believe life begins and ends in the barn. To them, the barn is all there is.

_________=______=______=_________=__________=___

One day, a donkey crawls out of the barn. His mind is excited and, with fear and some trepidation, he begins to explore and realises there is a new world out there. A world far different from that in the barn. He returns to tell his fellow donkeys and goats. But they reprimand him sternly. They ask him to silence the questions and doubts. They've invested far too much into this barn to throw it away so easily. They've learned with time to shut out the questions, to still the voice of reason. In so doing, they remain slaves and become lovers of their chains.. and they willingly clasp the chains on the arms of their offsprings.

Hehehe.

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by Nobody: 4:42pm On Sep 23, 2014

onetrack: Like this

Something missing.

One man of god should be on that seat. Maybe im go drink water. grin

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by Nobody: 7:44am On Sep 24, 2014

Thank you OP for this beautiful message. Will comment more later.

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by UyiIredia(m): 5:59pm On Sep 24, 2014

Certain elements of foreign culture are desirable eg fashion, some are repulsive eg porn. One must wisely discern between the two; though I'd say with the rising tide of atheism and liberalism in the West and an inevitable rubbing of on African youths, it's something of a miracle that'll change the tide. In the meantime, folks like me are looking to make an honest living.

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by UyiIredia(m): 6:00pm On Sep 24, 2014

plaetton:

Yes sir.

The slavery of the mind is the most pernicious form of slavery.

The worse slavery is in misunderstanding what the mind actually is.

Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by logicboy01: 6:07pm On Sep 24, 2014

UyiIredia: The worse slavery is in misunderstanding what the mind actually is.

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by mazaje(m): 6:18pm On Sep 24, 2014

UyiIredia: The worse slavery is in misunderstanding what the mind actually is.

What is this one saying?. . .

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by plaetton: 7:05pm On Sep 24, 2014

UyiIredia: The worse slavery is in misunderstanding what the mind actually is.

Lol.
You stand alone on that one.

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by ojimbo(m): 7:19pm On Sep 24, 2014

the most funny aspect of it was how they changed some of our traditional names to theirs like Peter, Samuel, Joseph, John and yet none of those white dude agreed to bear names like Okeke, adebayor, tunde. Obi. Nigerians now refers to our traditional gods as that satan/lucifer in their bible

Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by Nobody: 7:22pm On Sep 24, 2014

UyiIredia: The worse slavery is in misunderstanding what the mind actually is.

Yes......... No............... What??!!

Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by DeepSight(m): 8:16pm On Sep 24, 2014

UyiIredia: The worse slavery is in misunderstanding what the mind actually is.

Deep as it is steep, this comment. Bull's eye.

You should not be surprised that these here:

mazaje:
What is this one saying?. . .

plaetton:
Lol.
You stand alone on that one.

Martian:
Yes......... No............... What??!!

- - - -> Can neither grasp the trajectory of the comment nor its purpose and its meaning. Worse still, they will labor under an implacable veil for the rest of their days until some seemingly bizarre experience bestirs the first ripple of serious observation of themselves, their minds and the world around them.

I have since decided not to waste my breath. It was a wise saying, that one about casting pearls before swine.

I hope you are well.

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by plaetton: 8:47pm On Sep 24, 2014

DeepSight:

Deep as it is steep, this comment. Bull's eye.

You should not be surprised that these here:

- - - -> Can neither grasp the trajectory of the comment nor its purpose and its meaning. Worse still, they will labor under an implacable veil for the rest of their days until some seemingly bizarre experience bestirs the first ripple of serious observation of themselves, their minds and the world around them.

I have since decided not to waste my breath. It was a wise saying, that one about casting pearls before swine.

I hope you are well.

Lol!

It actually bestairs the mind, if I may borrow this big word from you, that you blindly, sheepishly and slavishly think that not believing in invisible sky-fairies is some kind of deficit.

The issue here is about the slavery of religion, the most pernicious type there is , and the clear devastation it is having on the African mind.

What reality are you living in?
Do you not see the mental and now real physical devastations that T.B clown Joshua and others like him are wrecking on my nation?

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by mazaje(m): 8:54pm On Sep 24, 2014

plaetton:

Lol!
It actually bestairs the mind, if I may borrow this big word from you, that you blindly, sheepishly and slavishly think that not believing in invisible sky-fairies is some kind of deficit.

The issue here is about the slavery of religion, the most pernicious type there is , and the clearly devastation is having on the African mind.

What reality are you living in?
Do you not see the mental and now real physical devastations that T.B clown Joshua and others like him are wrecking on my nation?

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by plaetton: 8:58pm On Sep 24, 2014

mazaje:

That is just the best summary.

Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by logicboy01: 9:40pm On Sep 24, 2014

DeepSight:

Deep as it is steep, this comment. Bull's eye.

You should not be surprised that these here:

- - - -> Can neither grasp the trajectory of the comment nor its purpose and its meaning. Worse still, they will labor under an implacable veil for the rest of their days until some seemingly bizarre experience bestirs the first ripple of serious observation of themselves, their minds and the world around them.

I have since decided not to waste my breath. It was a wise saying, that one about casting pearls before swine.

I hope you are well.

See this Patrick Obahiagbon wannabe.

Full on rhetoric, empty on common sense.

#sophistry
#verbose nonsense

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by finofaya: 10:00pm On Sep 24, 2014

UyiIredia: The worse slavery is in misunderstanding what the mind actually is.

What, actually, is the mind?

Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by Nobody: 2:36am On Sep 25, 2014

Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by wiegraf: 3:32am On Sep 25, 2014

finofaya:
What, actually, is the mind?

Chickens are fruits

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by Nobody: 4:57am On Sep 25, 2014

DeepSight:

Deep as it is steep, this comment. Bull's eye.

You should not be surprised that these here:

- - - -> Can neither grasp the trajectory of the comment nor its purpose and its meaning. Worse still, they will labor under an implacable veil for the rest of their days until some seemingly bizarre experience bestirs the first ripple of serious observation of themselves, their minds and the world around them.

I have since decided not to waste my breath. It was a wise saying, that one about casting pearls before swine.

I hope you are well.

A mind is an orb of being that transcends matter, energy and time. It dwells in eternity with the infinite source and comes to this plane to experience life in order to become closer to the source.

There are seven planes of existence guarded by seven cockroaches, but that's another story.

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by DeepSight(m): 2:21pm On Sep 25, 2014

^^^ Enjoy o.

Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by Nobody: 3:14pm On Sep 25, 2014

DeepSight:
^^^ Enjoy o.

It's like shooting fish in a barrel.

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Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by UyiIredia(m): 3:50pm On Sep 26, 2014

Martian:

Yes......... No............... What??!!

Carry ya madness go anoda place.

Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by UyiIredia(m): 4:17pm On Sep 26, 2014

DeepSight:

Deep as it is steep, this comment. Bull's eye.

Thanks.

Deep Sight: You should not be surprised that these here:

- - - -> Can neither grasp the trajectory of the comment nor its purpose and its meaning. Worse still, they will labor under an implacable veil for the rest of their days until some seemingly bizarre experience bestirs the first ripple of serious observation of themselves, their minds and the world around them.

I have since decided not to waste my breath. It was a wise saying, that one about casting pearls before swine.

I hope you are well.

Well, I have not given up yet and I don't intend to. I hate unfinished projects. I must convince at least one atheist on Nairaland; there are still some who have hope. Some I would rather ignore. I don't think that bizarre experience comes to everyone; some dose of good talking, some hope and some prayers are my only alternatives.

Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by UyiIredia(m): 4:24pm On Sep 26, 2014

Martian:

A mind is an orb of being that transcends matter, energy and time. It dwells in eternity with the infinite source and comes to this plane to experience life in order to become closer to the source.

There are seven planes of existence guarded by seven cockroaches, but that's another story.

And your mind is a bunch of chemicals. Is the equivocation not plain to you?! Your brain is a physical object. The WORKING of your brain is not a physical object). Yet somehow your working brain being your mind is physical. Maybe I should say that speed is physical. If you can't first see that your mind is unevidenced (chances are you will never see your brain) I doubt we can begin to rationally talk about God.

Re: Why Do We Embrace Foreign Religion And Culture At The Expense Of Our Own? by Nobody: 4:30pm On Sep 26, 2014

UyiIredia: And your mind is a bunch of chemicals. Is the equivocation not plain to you?! Your brain is a physical object. The WORKING of your brain is not a physical object). Yet somehow your working brain being your mind is physical. Maybe I should say that speed is physical. If you can't first see that your mind is unevidenced (chances are you will never see your brain) I doubt we can begin to rationally talk about God.

Yes.......No..........What?

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