JesusisLord85:

Your point being?

JesusisLord85:

Yes they worshipped the gods of the people who used to live in the land of Canaan, the people God told them to overthrow. God was angry because of this idolatry. The ghanaians and the yorubas are the same people. But to the untrained ear, their languages have no connection. A linguist will tell you there is a link. My point is, over 2000 years, much would have happened to alter dialects etc. I am not an expert in that area. BUT the book I mention "the Call to the Hebrews" goes into detail about these things. I urge you brother, to consider reading it. If you decide it is all nonsense, that is fine, but I think it brings great insights.

The ones before Jesus fled from the King of Babylon, Nebuchadnesser led one of the greatest empires, he was feared.
The Judeans AFTER Jesus fled in 70ad when the Romans came and destroyed the temple and killed many of the Hebrew people. Many of those found themselves in Egypt, among other places.

One of the references in the book talks about an encounter between a white explorer from europe, and Mohammed Bello.Mohammed Bello told the european man that the yoruba were thought to descend from the land of Canaan, and they migrated to this land, setting up towns everywhere they stopped along the way. So many other countries in Africa will have Hebrews e.g. the Lemba in Zimbabwe. 2000 years is a LONG time to get around.

Shalom

PAGAN 9JA:


similarities:

-dont have man-founder. existed since the formation of the tribes, millions of years ago.
-ethnic religions. you must have a full-blooded ethnic group to belong to one.
-belief in plurality of Higher Powers.
-belief in worship of higher powers through the creations/nature and worship of Spiritual realm through material objects. (idolatory,etc.)
-Ritualism.
-sacrifice.
-belief in basic Pagan concept of balancing of forces.
-Pure SPirituality free from laws/moral issues.
-Same/similar basic Pantheon of Gods.
-combining science with religion, in particular, astronomy and astrology.
-spirit possession, exorcism, masquerading, worship through dance , music, etc.
-combined with the cultural practices of the respective ethnic groups.
-creation myth central to and only explaining the creation of the ethnic group.

The best English translation of kami is 'spirits', but this is an over-simplification of a complex concept - kami can be elements of the landscape or forces of nature.

Kami are close to human beings and respond to human prayers. They can influence the course of natural forces, and human events.

Shinto tradition says that there are eight million million kami in Japan.

Not all kami are good - some are thoroughly evil.

The concept of kami is hard to explain.

Shintoists would say that this is because human beings are simply incapable of forming a true understanding of the nature of kami.

To make understanding easier kami are often described as divine beings, as spirits or gods. But kami are not much like the gods of other faiths:

Kami are not divine like the transcendent and omnipotent deities found in many religions.
Kami are not omnipotent.
Kami are not perfect - they sometimes make mistakes and behave badly.
Kami are not inherently different in kind from human beings or nature - they are just a higher manifestation of the life energy... an extraordinary or awesome version.
Kami don't exist in a supernatural universe - they live in the same world as human beings and the world of nature

Kami include the gods that created the universe, but can also include:

The spirits that inhabit many living beings
Some beings themselves
Elements of the landscape, like mountains and lakes
Powerful forces of nature, like storms and earthquakes
human beings who became kami after their deaths

JesusisLord85:

Read the curses upon the Israelites for disobeying God in Deuteronomy 28, and you will know why our people suffer. But look up, God shall gather his lost sheep

PAGAN 9JA:


yes it is. please dont see the physical similarities. see the spiritual and ritual similarities.

MrBible: But why did this vodun religion not stop the slave trade and the colonization of West Africa?

PAGAN 9JA:
EXACTLY. SHINTOISM IS JAPANESE TRADITIONAL RELIGION. ALMOST SAME LIKE VODUN.

PAGAN 9JA:
TerryCar, what are the characteristics of an organized religion?

CAMEROONPRIDE: ^^ of course coming from a western point of view our religions are not organized, in fact according to them we are backwards and primitives, come to think of it aren't they the same who called us uncivilized or without civilization? please our religions don't have to answer europeans standards to b considered as organized .BTW the whole article doesn't even make sense ..BWITI AND IFA(that you ignored) existed before ISLAM and Christianity, how come these religions have suddenly been influenced by Abrahamic religions?