IFA IS NOT A RELIGION,BUT A SOURCE OF SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE. IFA is not a religion,it is a knowledge. Or a source of knowledge. A knowledge or source of a particular kind of social and spiritual knowledge that is all encompassing and extends beyond the scope of philosophy. Understanding of It empowers a person to have some knowledge of the past,possible solution to the present challenges and the likely occurence of the future events. Upon seeing how important the Ifa knowledge is, most traditional religious practitioners seek for its knowledge and adopted it as a source of guidance. Some christian pastors and islamic clerics also do seek guidance on some complicated issue from Ifa. IFA is not a religion,it is not a cult,it is not evil,but rather, it is a source of social and spiritual knowledge and a cultural and traditional heritage of the yoruba race.

DONT LIE!

IFA CAME HAND IN HAND AS A RESULT OF TRADITIONAL RELIGION! I FIND IT FUNNY HOW NOW, NAIRALANDERS, SEEING THE GROWING POTENTIAL AND POPULARITY OF IFA, ARE TAKING CREDIT FOR THEMSELVES OR TRYING TO DISSOCIATE THE CREDIT ATTACHED WITH IFA-ORISHA RELIGION!

MOST, IF NOT ALL, IFA PRIESTS ARE BABALAWOS! REMEMBER THAT!

I'm not Yoruba but I believe Ifa is a religion, just like voodoo.

^what are you if i may ask?

Igbo, Nigerian.

^wow you are Igbo! i thought you was Yoruba because you always comment in Yoruba related threads!

thats great!

(P.S. im not being Tribalistic. that was my honest opinion. I love all my 9Ja peeps )

Lol

ifyalways: I'm not Yoruba but I believe Ifa is a religion, just like voodoo.

Any reason why you think this? I havent seen anything that even makes Ifa look like a religion. It looks more like a system of divination with numerology than anything else.

I think the yoruba traditional educationist need to start coming out with more details

Well, if the world can accept Christianity, Islam as a religion. I see no reason Ifa should not qualify as one.

What, you've just done is to list a "sub-Section" of Ifa religion.

Ifa, to the best of my limited knowledge is a religion that believes in :
Olodumare as the self existing supreme god, orisha as the head god or an intermediary btw olodumare and humanity, Esu, the trickster deity, spirits (of our ancestors), forces of nature, psychic agencies,witchcraft , magic, herbs and divinity etc.

Place that side by side by with other religions and tell me what you think.

I dont get u

After 1 whole month plus ?
What don't you get?

@ify, na wa 4u o. Na me u they monitor around? Lol. About ur explanation about ifa being a religion and having sub-religion. How can that be related?

I no dey monitor you .As per your question,brb.
I dey hung badly

Ifa is not a religion. Ifa is a knowledge. Ifa is encompassing and 'all-knowing"

Ifa-Orisha is the Knowledge of "things(physical, spiritual and the supernatural)"

Mostly, the custodians of ifa are babalawos being that, the babalawos act as the middleman/interpreter between ifa ( knowledge) and the people( knowledge seekers).

Christianity and the other likes are religion. Aborishas are the worshippers of the orishas.

This is my 5kobo.
Cheers

micklplus: Ifa is not a religion. Ifa is a knowledge. Ifa is encompassing and 'all-knowing"

Ifa-Orisha is the Knowledge of "things(physical, spiritual and the supernatural)"

Mostly, the custodians of ifa are babalawos being that, the babalawos act as the middleman/interpreter between ifa ( knowledge) and the people( knowledge seekers).

Christianity and the other likes are religion. Aborishas are the worshippers of the orishas.

This is my 5kobo.
Cheers

Ifa by itself is not a religion. it is a part of the Greater Ifa-Orisha religion.

@pegan, you got it.