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Why I Prefer Orisa Worship To Christianity, Islam — Wole Soyinka - Christianity Etc (2) - Nairaland 2u1u6a

Why I Prefer Orisa Worship To Christianity, Islam — Wole Soyinka (24246 Views)

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ICTspecialist(m): 5:27pm On Oct 10, 2024
vanbonattel:
Wole is right on this one, have you ever seen natives worshipping Amadioha, Kamanu or Ozuzu before. They really rend their hearts and enjoy the worship of their ancestors.
Cave man. why should you be worshipping your ancestors?

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James77po: 5:28pm On Oct 10, 2024
Can you imagine?
"I don’t believe in the Islamic or Christian God and, for the adherents of these religions, if that makes me an atheist, so I say, I am an atheist"

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Outtamymynd: 5:28pm On Oct 10, 2024
I didn't know about that
Catechizm: 5:30pm On Oct 10, 2024
BoldBrainz:
Christians will gather in this thread and abuse the shit out of him for not prioritising their rubbish religion😊.

Very intolerant set of minions!

...and you have taken the first step to derail the thread and abuse the sh!t out of Christians for not prioritizing your rubbish self-god religion

Very intolerant minion.

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olaolaking: 5:30pm On Oct 10, 2024
xproducer:
The word of the Almighty (Revelation 1:7-8 )!

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." - John 14:6

"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." - Acts 4:12

"Thus saith the Lord the [b]King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.[/b]" - Isaiah 44:6

And now the same Isreal choose to runaway from your belief

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Henadih(m): 5:30pm On Oct 10, 2024
Did Orisa ask you so keep quiet when wrong and evil is been done. Did Orisa ask you to be hypocrite. Did Orisa ask you to insult your leaders because you want to be relevant. call another mans wife a Shippopotemous! Uselessness of out time
Sultty(m): 5:31pm On Oct 10, 2024
vanbonattel:
Wole is right on this one, have you ever seen natives worshipping Amadioha, Kamanu or Ozuzu before. They really rend their hearts and enjoy the worship of their ancestors.
ok then, which traditional sect do you and your atheist lord soyinka belong?

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InvertedHammer: 5:32pm On Oct 10, 2024
xproducer:
The word of the Almighty (Revelation 1:7-8 )!

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." - John 14:6


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You are very kind to specify that it was Jesus that said so. Are you expecting him to de-market himself? He had to promote his brand as expected. It is up to you to take it as the absolute truth. Heineken claims that is the best beer brand but Guinness will beg to differ. That's how I view religion which is more or less modified cultism.

Before opening the Bible, one knows that the content is there to promote Christ and God of Israel. The same can be said of Islam, Scientology, Hindu, Judaism, Rastafari, Buddhism, etc each one trying very hard to claim supremacy.

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Kemetian: 5:35pm On Oct 10, 2024
Afonja44:
What do you expect from a cultist?

What cult is bigger and more monstrous than Christianity and Islam?

Those two religions are dripping with the blood of literally billions of innocent people.

The Crusades, the Inquisitions, the Jihads, the Colonial Christian invasions and massacres of Africans to steal their land and resources…

Their atrocities are endless.

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HydraFeeds(m): 5:36pm On Oct 10, 2024
Soyinka and I share the same sentiments.

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bixton(m): 5:37pm On Oct 10, 2024
God1000:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/10/why-i-prefer-orisa-worship-to-christianity-islam-wole-soyinka/amp/


Prof is completely mistaken about what Christianity is for him to categorize it as a religion of violence.

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Kemetian: 5:38pm On Oct 10, 2024
HydraFeeds:
Soyinka and I share the same opinion.

Same here.

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RightChannel: 5:39pm On Oct 10, 2024
Right from time you are an atheist and founder of cultism in Nigeria!

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InvertedHammer: 5:39pm On Oct 10, 2024
bixton:



Prof is completely mistaken about what Christianity is for him to categorize it as a religion of violence.

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Read the old Testament well.

I don't know about Christianity but the God of Israel is a very violent God who killed in thousands. He led the Israelites to different wars to kill and plunder all the way back from the times of Abraham.

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Kemetian: 5:40pm On Oct 10, 2024
ICTspecialist:
Cave man. why should you be worshipping your ancestors?

It’s Ancestor Veneration, not worship.

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Exousiang01(m): 5:43pm On Oct 10, 2024
CodeTemplarr:
Vague praise to confuse more people into embracing village mindset.

Village mindset.

Unfortunately you are actually the one who needs civilization.

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Kemetian: 5:43pm On Oct 10, 2024
PROF MUST GO FURTHER AND DEMAND THAT WE BUILD A NATIONAL TEMPLE FOR TRADITIONAL RELIGION IN ABUJA.

How can we be in AFRICA, and have a National Cathedral and National Mosque, but no National Temple for our own traditional religion?

IT’S AN UTTER DISGRACE AND EMBARRASSMENT.

Talk about spitting in the face of your history, heritage, and ancestors.

And you wonder why you have problems as a country?

DO YOU KNOW WHY GHANA IS ALWAYS SO PEACEFUL AND ORGANISED?

They have not shunned and abandoned their traditional religion.

In Accra and other towns and villages, they have well-built and maintained shrines and even small temples where traditional religion is observed PROUDLY AND FREELY by the people.

That is why their ANCESTORS AND DEITIES have protected them.

In Nigeria you are still waiting on foreign imported ‘saviours’ like “JESUS” and “MUHAMMAD”.

Anything but BLACK.

Useless, brainwashed country under mental slavery.

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buragidi(m): 5:43pm On Oct 10, 2024
Christ4ever:
Give your life to Christ while there is still time.

It's never too late to return to Christ.

So that he can start giving the 10% of his hard earned income to a lazy and jobless man behind the pupilt. Sorry, I forgot that Adeboye has now removed subsidy from tithe. It's now 40%

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Ijaya123: 5:44pm On Oct 10, 2024
Afonja44:
What do you expect from a cultist?

YouGoRepent:
Yoruba cultist founder

He is 80 years old already and has lived a fulfilling life so far while your dumb brothers have been killing themselves all in the name of the same cultism.

You can see that "ori gbogbo yin ko pe"

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ivolt: 5:44pm On Oct 10, 2024
CodeTemplarr:
Vague praise to confuse more people into embracing village mindset.
A dogmatic mind cannot understand a complex lifestyle.

It is simplistic to reduce this to village vs non-village mindset.

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Pootle: 5:46pm On Oct 10, 2024
his right, spot on. not a fan of white and arabic man as a superior being to me

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HydraFeeds(m): 5:47pm On Oct 10, 2024
CodeTemplarr:
Vague praise to confuse more people into embracing village mindset.
ignorant

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HydraFeeds(m): 5:48pm On Oct 10, 2024
Kemetian:


Same here.

More and more people are being awakened.

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buragidi(m): 5:49pm On Oct 10, 2024
xproducer:
The word of the Almighty (Revelation 1:7-8 )!

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." - John 14:6

"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." - Acts 4:12

"Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God." - Isaiah 44:6


How do you know it's the word of almighty?

Africans have got no business with christianity and Islam. All the fables in those books has got no focus or reference to Africa. Please show me where Port-Hacourt, Ibadan, Enugu or Kano was mentioned in your Bible or Koran.

Africans embracing these foreign religions are mere meddlesome interlopers. No wonder the continent keeps drifting backwards as they keep praying to the gods who do not understand their languages.

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YesDaddyTill203: 5:49pm On Oct 10, 2024
Christ4ever:
Give your life to Christ while there is still time.

It's never too late to return to Christ.
Rubbish trash.

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Jokerman(m): 5:52pm On Oct 10, 2024
Don't worry Sir

When you close your eyes to this world, and find yourself in the other world, then I hope it won't be too late before you realise Satan and his Fallen angels are the ones disguising as Orisa and other little gods .

My prayer is that you find salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ before you leave this world, just as I am praying Jesus Qualifies me too.

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nairalanda1(m): 5:52pm On Oct 10, 2024
Afonja44:
What do you expect from a cultist?

You are probably driving and using Japanese or Korean products, and Japan is a country that is majority Shinto...ie idol worship. There are shrines to their gods everywhere, and people worship their gods , and keep shrines to their ancestors in their house.

Also, South Korea, at least 30% of the populaiton is christian, most follow ancient Korean paganism. Even in the DPRK, a tiny minority follow pagan religion

Soyinka has a lot in common with those people...so calm down

(Plus, your ancestors used to worship the gods, so why are you also mocking them?)

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Archworld(m): 5:53pm On Oct 10, 2024
God1000:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/10/why-i-prefer-orisa-worship-to-christianity-islam-wole-soyinka/amp/

Same reasons you preferred Buhari over GEJ
We understand that being old does not mean you can make the right decision
nairalanda1(m): 5:53pm On Oct 10, 2024
ICTspecialist:
Cave man. why should you be worshipping your ancestors?

ICT specialist, why should you use products from Korea and Japan and even China, where some people worship their ancestors.

You better not buy any Japanese car o. Only 1% of the populaiton follows christianity. Most of them are Shinto followers...so your toyota or honda was made under the direction of someone who has a shrine to his late ancestors in his house and prays at a local shrine where his ancestors are entomed.

Same thing with Koreans. Koreans follow something called Chendoism. Idol worship, with some modernization. I guess you better stop using samsung, hyundai and all korean products, since na ancestor worship dem dey do

Also, avoid indian products...ancestors and gods they worship...

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BoldBrainz(m): 5:54pm On Oct 10, 2024
Catechizm:


...and you have taken the first step to derail the thread and abuse the sh!t out of Christians for not prioritizing your rubbish self-god religion

Very intolerant minion.

Thank you for marking the . Dolt!

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tete7000(m): 5:54pm On Oct 10, 2024
Everyone has right to his/her belief. We will however know the truth when we die and find ourselves in the world beyond here. That, I am sure of.

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