The three places are known to be sites of very ancient worship of the almighty. The Jews called the Supreme being Yahweh. The Arabs called the Supreme being Allah. The Yorubas called the Supreme Being Olodumare.

So why do Nigerians consider Jerusalem and Mecca more sacred than Ife?

Why do we not all troop to Ife on pilgrimage?

Why do we troop en masse to Mecca and Jerusalem instead?

because U'VE NOT TAKEN UR NYT DRUG

minister2015:
because U'VE NOT TAKEN UR NYT DRUG

i would think it is you with the drug problem, who sees God 7,000 miles away, but can't see him in your own backyard.

Because of packaging

minister2015:
because U'VE NOT TAKEN UR NYT DRUG

actually op i think something is wrong somewhere sha. Give us tbe religous story attached to your ife and we will tell you why people dont go there.

Excerpt:


Olódùmarè


Olódùmarè is the most important "state of existence". Regarded as being all-encompassing, no gender can therefore be assigned. Hence, it is common to hear references to "it" or "they" (although this is meant to address a somewhat singularity) in usual speech. "They" are the owner of all heads, for during human creation, Olódùmarè gave "êmí" (the breath of life) to humankind. In this, Olódùmarè is Supreme.

Perhaps one of the most important human endeavors extolled within the Yoruba literary corpus is the quest to better one's "Iwa" (character, behaviour). In this way the teachings transcend religious doctrine, advising as it does that a person must also better his civic, social and intellectual spheres of being; every stanza of the sacred Ifa oracular poetry (Odu Ifa) has a portion covering the importance of "Iwa". Central to this is the theme of righteousness, both individual and collective.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_religion

AGAIN I ASK - WHAT ARE A PEOPLE WITH SUCH AN ADVANCED RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY AND HERITAGE DOING FLYING TO JERUSALEM AND MECCA FOR SALVATION? LOOKING UP TO JERUSALEM AND MECCA FOR SALVATION?

hmmmmm

because blackman never appreciates what he has and everything white does is gold to him.

Our people make it that way because

1. They don't know (or choose not to know) their history. They know that of the Jews and the Arabs.
2. And/or because they've been conditioned into thinking that their cultural heritage is 'evil/demonic'.
3. Not enough white men have considered it sacred enough for it to convince the average colonised black man that they should consider it sacred.

Although I believe it's more of No. 1

minister2015:
because U'VE NOT TAKEN UR NYT DRUG

Take it easy man! He asked a simple logical question.

@op, black men has been brainwashed prior to the days of Mungo Park, and I don't think there is anything a contemporary man can do about it.

Meanwhile, what you believe in is your God, whether it's foreign or indigenous.

rinrin23:
Our people make it that way because

1. They don't know (or choose not to know) their history. They know that of the Jews and the Arabs.
2. And/or because they've been conditioned into thinking that their cultural heritage is 'evil/demonic'.
3. Not enough white men have considered it sacred enough for it to convince the average colonised black man that they should consider it sacred.

Although I believe it's more of No. 1

More of no. 2