Is Religion just an avenue for
‘Mumugiosity’?
Veteran musician Charly Boy shares
his opinion about the extents of
Religion in Nigeria as well as the
effect of ‘Mumugiosity’, a word he
coined himself with Linda Ikeji ‘s
Blog.
Read the article below!
“
For starters, don’t pick up the
dictionary to look up
‘Mumugiousity’, I coined it
myself but you go soon grab
weytin I wan yarn.
As I approach this topic I want
to be careful so readers don’t
get the whole essence of this
write up, twisted. E no dey
hard some people. Religion is
a touchy subject for a lot of
people and in my household it
is generally not considered
“polite conversation.”
For some, an attack on religion
is an attack on their god or
gods. I only wish to put down
certain points or aspects of
organized religion I’m not
comfortable with, I am not
questioning anyone’s belief in
a personal god.
In Nigeria, religion has helped
us to remain sane or else we
all for donkolo with the way
our environment is stifling us.
Religion can give people a
sense of community and make
people feel welcomed. But life
is never that simple sha. Kai!
Oh lord.
In Nigeria especially, religion
has turned a lot of my people
into MUMU’s. Instead of
learning to discern truth on
their own and formulate their
own mindset, they’re told how
to think. These are the people
engaged in ‘Mumugiousity’. For
them Religion has turned them
into group soul’s, sheep, cows
and goat with their Shepherd
as their pastors, who have
erased their trust in their own
intellect and gradually
convinced them to put their
trust in them(pastors) as the
only true men of god,
convincing them that without
them they would be lost.
Hummmm! They fall for this
like very poor people would fall
for a bag of rice. Odikwarisky…
You have become ‘mumurized’
when you can forgo the little
intelligence you have and on
top of all that, you become a
hypocrite. Religion is filling
mumupeople with fear; it is
one of the main reasons why
mumupeople are afraid of
living. And when I say ‘living’ I
don’t mean just surviving. To
survive is one thing, even
stones do that, but to live is a
completely different thing. To
live means to be sensitive, it
means to feel, to grow, to
discover your potential and
achieve to higher states of
being each and every moment.
These days nothing happens
without it being remote
controlled from the village,
someone must have sent it,
there are more demons waiting
to destroy us, chineke God are
you there?
Once you are a religious mumu
you will not tolerate religious
ideologies that are different
from the one you follow. This is
why you can see religious
mumu people fighting
nonreligious ones.
To identify with a religious
ideology, and call it the only
truth and way, leads to
tremendously negative
consequences – hatred,
tribalism and all kinds of
violence. Just think of how
many wars have been carried
out throughout history by some
mumu’s in the name of God
and religion.Abegi!
To live means to learn and life
is a continuous lesson. When,
however, you grow into
‘mumuship’, conditioned to
believe what is right and
wrong according to religion,
and told that to doubt religion
means to go to hell, naturally
you become afraid of seeking
true knowledge. You stop
searching to find the truth, to
learn, and hence to grow as a
human being. You can’t
believe how many of us have
stopped growing…Millions.
To blindly follow any ideology
without asking questions
simply means to restrict your
perception, suppress yourself,
and live in hypocrisy — in
other words, to live in suffering
and misery.
Many mumu people choose to
follow, even though they suffer
from this choice, simply
because religion frees them
from personal responsibility. To
live spontaneously one has to
take responsibility for oneself,
and this is certainly painful.
Life is made of choices, and to
make the right choice is not
always easy. So ‘mumu’ people
prefer not to choose for
themselves, but to have others
choose for them. They prefer to
walk on paths made by others,
instead of creating their own
path. But unless we stop
having some of these wayo
people telling these mumu
people what to do or what not
to do, some of us will never be
free. And unless we are free,
we will never be happy and
peaceful.
Yes, you can have a personal
relationship with God starting
with giving love to your
neighbour, just don’t let some
masquerades turn you and
your life to ‘Mumugiousity’. Fire
burn dem.
Credit: Linda Ikeji
www.bellanaija.com/2014/10/17/charly-boy-shares-his-thoughts-on-religion-mumugiousity-read/

charly grand dad again ?

Long story but he has a good point. There are many blind sheep been led to the slaughter in the name of religion.

Dude makes perfect sense.

I like what he writes becaue it is the truth.

Many nigerians lost their brain, and the brain belongs to this charimatic/pentecost so called God of Men.

infact what he writes about is one of the chief factors responsible for our lavk of advancement as a people among so many others.

Nice one from Charly Boy.

Charly boy for president!!