Reading more recently on matters of religion, I have discovered that enlightenment never ends. We have to understand the meaning, history, and purpose of religion before we can live our lives as we are supposed to do.

Karl Max, for instance defines religion as 'the opium of the people'.

To look at this in another way. I did say religion is a practice constructed by men in an attempt to establish moral conduct and to explain after-life. This is why religion is closely tied with tradition.

It is here that I want to address the issue of Christianity and their mistakes. When Christ came to earth, he did not ignore or disregard the Jewish tradition. He simply thought us a way of life. Now during the spread of Christianity, e.g. the catholic church. Foreign missionaries criticized our traditions as being evil. For instance, some who bless kolas nowadays, bless it in the name of Christ, rather than the traditional way. In Nsukka, Catholics are not allowed to sweep their village arenas because of the claim that evil spirits live there and so many other acts adopted on mere will of the leaders. We have to learn to think critically and not remain enslaved to what we have been thought. As for me, I firmly believe that a good and holy man such as Jesus Christ was saying the truth when He said that He was the Son of God. I do not know of any other religious symbol who has claimed such fact and I believe it's true. The only reason why someone should not be a christian is therefore is the person does not believe in the claims of Christ, which by the way does not concern me. But there's no use adopting a tradition like paying of tithe and other tradition tied doctrine imported in a christian church. I also urge those who are ignoring their motherland to stop doing so since Christ Himself did not do so.

Remain blessed