CHRISTIANS AND AFRICANS

CHRISTIANS SAY AFRICANS WORSHIP ANCESTORS, BUT WHAT ARE DEAD SAINTS AND JESUS TO CHRISTIANS?


Africans serve many Gods by offering sacrifices and prayers through such intermediaries, but what are Christians doing when they say Mass through a plethora of subordinate deities such as: St. Michael, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Jude, the Archangel, the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, etc?

Christians say they do not believe in ancestors, but what are their dead Saints and Jesus to them?

Christians say they do not believe in reincarnation, but they are waiting endlessly for the return of their ancestor, Jesus. Some say he has come and gone again.

Christians wear medals, crosses, crucifixes, rosaries, and other objects of their religion as pendants; eat the flesh and drink the blood of Jesus in Holy Communion; wrap psalms in pouches, or scapular charms made from pieces of cloth, to carry about on their bodies or in their vehicles as talisman; sprinkle blood of Jesus all over the place, or drink it to ward off evil forces; put bibles under their pillows, and crosses on their walls, for protection; kneel before priests and ‘fetishly’ stuffed alters in supplication; retreat regularly for vigils to pray and chant endlessly, clutching rosaries, pendants, and other religious symbols, to their ancestors, (saints, Jesus, Yahweh etc); go on pilgrimages to their holy lands, to touch and kiss stones, walls, or worship rivers and mountains.

When African traditional faith followers, such as Sango, and Amadioha adherents, do these same things for their deities, the Africans are described as being fetish.

Both are into base witchcraft rituals, the only difference is that while one relies on artificial, or man-made objects, (such as bread, wine, and rosaries), the other uses natural elements, pleasing to, and recognized by the Gods.

By Naiwu Osahon