We all have reasons for everything we tend to do; whether the reasons are justifiable or not, one thing is sure, we all have reasons for every action or behaviour.
Personally and sincerely speaking, I gave up religion eight years ago given the fact that I have come to the realization that the development of any nation, is not a function of religion,religious belives or practicies. religion does not affect or transform the mind to think logically and objectively; rather, we are made to belief in superstitions and live in fear with the hell fire, brimstone message.
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you might want to argue with me as some would say or used to say that region( be it christianity, islam or whatever) is a way of life, trying to imply that it is different from religion;for me, I totally will not be in agreement with that! I still maintain my stand on the fact that the development any nation is never a function of religion
Ok, let me assume that developed or developing nations like Britain, The USA, China, The Netherlands, Germany, Japan etc developed or are developing with religion playing a major part, the question then is how come or why is it that we tend not to have any developed or developing society in AFRICA? given that in Africa, we tend to value religion/traditions more than education as education is central for the development of any nation be it in any form. as it is through education, there can be science technology which are key factors that determine the level of development of any society.
Now,looking at the african situation,using Nigeria as a case study. christainity and Islam are the two most dominant believes. christainity is mostly dominant in the southern & eastern regions while islam is dominant in the northern/western regions.
in as much as I dont believe or practice any religion, it does not mean I dont believe there is a God. I believe He exist, I believe in the law of kind... being that nothing comes into existence, without being created, therefore I personally cannot come into being without a creator.
my problem with religion in africa is that, there are more religious place of worship than industries, companies, schools, hospitals etc there are more of religious fanatics (such as pastors, Imams, members) than scholars, scientist, technitians, inventors, philosophers, thinkers, economist writters etc
we will never grow or developed and the black man will never be respected untill the revars becomes the case.
development does not come by fasting prayers, building large places of worships, having the largest congregation of poor, illitrates or ill-educated members. development is a function of Study, critical/objective thinking which comes through education.
CONCLUSION
untill the above is reversed, I bet you we will never be able to compete with other parts of the world.
I'M @NGANG,I am a lover of STEEMIT. thanks for the opportunity to share.
