The Pastor's and the Imam's Shame is now Pride to Believers of Opposing Faiths: Religion, Opium of the Masses

Whites' dominance over the Black race persists due to the foreign religions imposed upon us, which divide our attention, fuel disunity, and misguide our development focus, breeding endless hatred. Why can't we see this? We possess our own faith and belief systems, which have been cultivated and passed down to us by our ancestors; however, we have, perhaps unwisely, chosen to disregard them. Our faith and beliefs were symbols of our mindset, morality, civility, culture, and heritage, which these whites came to study.

They succeeded in their reconnaissance surveys and finally went back to find other ways to implant their own religions and doctrines down our throats, deliberately designed to keep us constantly on each other's nerves. Because the white man discovered early on through their voyages to Africa that we are highly intolerant and unforgiving regarding our faiths and beliefs, it was easy to conquer Africa and enslave us with Western cultures and religions forever.

Through meticulous and comprehensive study, these white researchers concluded that a mechanism exists to subtly transition Black individuals from their own faiths and beliefs to those of their own. Hypotheses were developed from problem statements into models, and the outcome yielded a generic framework that is best suited for realising goals set.

Today, the whites who are the 'authors' of these religious doctrines experience tranquillity while we mistakenly perceive our treacherous shame as a form of pride rooted in naivety. The reason was simple: it was magic to command superiority and dominance over Africans and their resources, and they had complete control over them. But if you ask me what the hallubaluu is all about, it doesn't make sense and wouldn't change the axis of the earth either.

What has gone viral now is a fallout of the victory chalked by the whites in fracturing our clans once glued before today. Chinua Achebe bemoans this in chapter 20 of his book "Things Fall Apart", wherein this was nicely put, and Obierika states that the white man’s religion has fractured the clan by placing a knife on the things that held them together, causing them to fall apart. A perfect execution by all standards, if you ask me.

What is intricately wrong with the Black man is beyond my comprehension, but what I have to conclude is this: we are not penultimate to the white race in the face of humanity and dominance but rather escorts. Yeah! Hate it or like it. Nothing is pedestrian about the assertion except that one is in for the cosmetics; otherwise, every conscious person ought to understand his or her being and surroundings.

We are where we are now because of religious indifference that has come a long way with this insatiable hatred, sensationalism, intolerance, and, above all, with this ludicrous "will never let go" attitude, no matter what may come. Undoubtedly, everyone finds peace, unity, discipline, morality, and civility in our own as Africans more than in any of these imposed foreign faiths, but will these aforementioned feeble character traits allow us to see reasons and behave ourselves accordingly? Not that I am aware of!

I am yet to witness any ardent practitioner of ATR coming up furiously in arms with anyone else belonging to these foreign faiths and their belief systems and in defence of a supposed mighty power that suddenly becomes helpless in circumstances like men of God and imams who refuse to reason amongst themselves for a common goal.

Unbelievable! It seems that the very principles meant to guide behaviour and foster understanding often fall by the wayside in the face of conflict among believers of these Western religions. Instead of uniting for a greater purpose, like in the past, many appear to cling to their divisions, overlooking the potential for harmony and mutual respect.

Perhaps it is time to reflect on the narratives we have accepted and challenge the structures that perpetuate such divisions. Only through genuine dialogue and a commitment to shared values can we hope to overcome the barriers that keep us apart and pave the way for a more inclusive society.

Well, the gods are not to blame.