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A Nigerian man identified as Opeyemi, has narrated how a Baptist church asked him to take off his earring while he was on a groomsman duty in the church.

According to Opeyemi, he left and waited for his friend who fully backed his decision at the wedding reception and there is a mixed reactions about his decision as many wondered why he could not just take them off for a few hours.

Opeyemi, narrating the encounter, he said that he was at a Baptist church in Lagos as one of the groomsmen for his friend’s wedding when he was asked to pull off his earrings, adding that he left the service immediately for the reception as he would never follow such dogma.

He, therefore, used the opportunity to lambaste Nigerians version of Christianity. When people told him that he ought to have honoured his friend and acted accordingly, he said his friend was in full of him.

Reverend Later Apologizes But Groom's Best-Man Felt Wounded Already After Disgrace When Driven Out Of Church For Wearing Earrings To Friends Wedding Ceremony.

It was later revealed that the reverend who drove the groom's bestman out of the church ground for putting on Earrings to his friend's wedding ceremony, later apologized for the public embarrassment he baptized Opeyemi with.

The apology came after the groom's bestman, Opeyemi had stayed outside the church for hours till the end of the wedding ceremony which eventually deprived him of discharging his duty to which he was ed, prepared and came for.

It would be right to say that the apology did not go well with the victim but could not let his feelings known at that moment due to the respect he had for the clergyman which led him into faking a smile in a captured photo with him and the said reverend. This he did not to ruin the happiest day of his beloved friend.

While expressing how he felt after the event had ended, the embarrassed groom's bestman took to his social media handle to drag the Baptist Church Reverend and Christiandom as a whole.

Inline with this, reactions have started trailing the media space as to the right and wrong aspect of this incident which took place on Saturday, 2nd of October, 2021 at Baptist Church, Isolo area of Lagos State.

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Why apologizing when he knew what he did was right??
Does it mean he knew that he went too far??

My people how una see the mata?

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Hmmm.....@King

Truely, Religion is the opium of the people of africa..

Btw, what's with male folks wearing earrings even on both ears and then proceed to dreadlock their hair Hanty Anita??

Some even patronize wools and Lush just to keep the dreadlocks. ...

Well, I hope these guys wont run away when God would want to create Menstruation period as a part of their body system since they all want to act like Woman these days..

Well you disrespected that friend who invited you to the wedding.
And to the friend that ed him is very stupid.

That's the least I can say.

I respect everyone's opinion about life but

Sometimes we show ego and pride for the wrong reasons.

I guess that Person wasn't really your friend, probably just an associate

Why not remove it just for the sake of the person you came to honour?

You just disrespected your friend with this inane arrogant behavior!

People love being stupid for the wrong reasons. The place of work this idiot goes may make it mandatory to dress with a tie and a suit ,but the mumu never considered that dogmatic. But when it comes to respecting the doctrines of a church, he quickly refers to it as dogma. Nonsense

Every church have it's doctrines and rules, If such wasn't welcomed in the church he would have just removed it

He just want to sound woke and trend too.

Ammishaddai:
People love being stupid for the wrong reasons. The place of work this idiot goes may make it mandatory to dress appropriately when coming to work, and it might even include a tie and a suit ,but he never considered that dogmatic. But when it comes to respecting the doctrines of a church, he quickly refers to it as dogma. Nonsense

I just wonder, can he dress shabby to his work place, all these just to trend.

Well people take Christianity anyhow because they know God is a merciful God.
Try this shit in a mosque in Kano.
Na for nairaland we for dey type your RIP

He should have known better.

So @OP how did it end

Okay...


All I can say is that the man is tormented by guilt and uncertainty stemming from introspection which must have convicted him of pride, thoughtlessness and sheer iberiberism.

Perhaps, validation from people would help him know what to feel at the moment.

Vision4God:
He should have known better.

So @OP how did it end

It ended in tears
The both parties were unable to reach a compromise and that led to the young man exiting the wedding in acrimony.

Kingosytex:
A Nigerian man identified as Opeyemi, has narrated how a Baptist church asked him to take off his earring while he was on a groomsman duty in the church.

According to Opeyemi, he left and waited for his friend who fully backed his decision at the wedding reception and there is a mixed reactions about his decision as many wondered why he could not just take them off for a few hours.

Opeyemi, narrating the encounter, he said that he was at a Baptist church in Lagos as one of the groomsmen for his friend’s wedding when he was asked to pull off his earrings, adding that he left the service immediately for the reception as he would never follow such dogma.

He, therefore, used the opportunity to lambaste Nigerians version of Christianity. When people told him that he ought to have honoured his friend and acted accordingly, he said his friend was in full of him.

Mynd44
Lalasticlala

Mark 7:15
'there is nothing outside a man [such as food, earrings etc] which by going into him,
or on him can defile him [morally or spiritually];
but the things which come out of [the heart of] a man are what defile and dishonor him.'

GOFRONT:
Hmmm.....@King

Truely, Religion is the opium of the people of africa

On the contrary, as I beg to differ and propose that true and pure religion, which has no flaws or fault and such that God approves us is not opium of anyone talkless people of Africa, its false religion, bigotry, hypocrisy and the Pharisaical spirit thats the opium of people, the sheepole most especially

kristonium:
Why not remove it just for the sake of the person you came to honour?

Conflict of interest. His principle won the day

kristonium:
You just disrespected your friend with this inane arrogant behavior!

No, not all he never, because he said his friend was in full of him

I don’t see how this is news.

Damnnn niggar
Typical of a real niggarrr

The niggar just went there for wedding and nothing more


Not una church member

Those that his walking out, Like

Those against(he should have removed the earrings) , share

The reverend had no right to walk him out of the church ya and it was even a wedding ceremony shuuuu okmwèn.

The reverend could have asked the groom to talk to his friend not calling out the friend.

If it was me I go change parade for you oh forget say na my guy dey wed.
Ógbè o

kristonium:
Why not remove it just for the sake of the person you came to honour?

You just disrespected your friend with this inane arrogant behavior!

In his mind he is right and much more civilised.

That's the arrogant and selfish youth of today.

If it was at work or an embassy now they gave him the same rule, you will see him trembling to remove it.

This famakin guy should get out abeg.

Some people will just go online and screenshot people's social media page and bring it for people to fight in nairaland....

The guy is just unruly.


Why can't he just remove it, then after the church service wear it back, just to honour his friend.

Correct guy.

Do Nigeria politicians wear ear rings? Yet they are one of the most corrupt politicians on this crust .

Meanwhile, they are mostly accepted at Church and mosque anytime.

Hypocrisy in Religion

Ok

Lol

Seriously, mental health should be taken seriously.
This one get chipolopolo for head

I wonder why some guys do use earrings when you can easily use Stud..

The Reverend was not wrong, but the manner of approach was inappropriate

Mumu man

Sad tale