A lot has happened in my life but some really hit me hard in my faith. The hardest I was hit was when my mother got sick. Pastor after a pastor was brought in to pray for her recovery and each only kept giving spiritual excuses as to why she was not getting well. My …
It may seem obvious that imagined reality has far greater possibilities than our current reality. However, humanity has a tendency to protect what we think is true now, rather than consider that most of the systems we hold sacred have gone through an evolution and continue to do so. We have arrived at our idea …
Dear God, I hope you are well and fine where ever you are.This is just a quick note to let you know our government needs one of your quick-fix miracles urgently. The government doesn’t have enough money in the national coffers. As I write this letter, they are even looking for $200million to build a …
One wonders where to look for examples in the culture of cathedral building in Africa’s antediluvian history. First of all, Africans do not have homeless Gods in dire need of housing. We also don’t believe in an insecure God who needs and demands humanity’s faith in him or her in order to be. Neither do …
To Build or Not To Build – “God at the mercy of politicians and the clergy” Read More »
This is an article by one of our Nigerian humanist friends Dr Jide Akeredolu A RATIONALIST is someone whose worldview is guided by reason. He refuses to swallow any idea or dogma that does not make sense. He critically examines any idea presented to him and takes what can stand scrutiny and discards the rest. Or he …
In Ghana there are two broad categories of Christianity. The first are the orthodox denominations (mainstream Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) and the second are the Charismatics (or evangelicals). The charismatics are the new churches which preach a version of Christianity that sees every word in the bible as literally true. They are also fundamentalists in that …
So many Christians nowadays claim that the Old Testament is defunct, for Jesus was the “lamb” to clear away its rules and regulations. This is just another scapegoat that Christians use to ignore the atrocities and bizarre laws commanded by their god. Their preachers spoon feed them that the Old Testament is no longer binding …
Believers often claim that their religion is necessary for morality. Obviously this is not the case as most people are good, decent people whether they believe in gods or not. Actually, non-believers get their morals from the same place as believers: human compassion and empathy. Christians, for example, do not get decent morals from the …