This Question has always been bothering my heart. The Caucasians are not as religious as the blacks, but are doing very well economically and in standard of living, why?

Abroad, churches over there are still populated by black immigrants... Yet they(blacks) are still very backwards why? .

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Our fathers talk say, "owner killed dog for meat, Na person wey branch chop dey complain of tooth ache"

That 'why' gangan has remained elusive for years

Melanin is responsible. Blacks feel they ve to breakthrough. Religion helps

who told u that op? why is it that they are committed to evangelism the most? it may seems so to u but dy ar as religious as ur myoptic mind

because they clearly use their Heads...and we don't...

elijah2u:
who told u that op? why is it that they are committed to evangelism the most? it may seems so to u but dy ar as religious as ur myoptic mind

my brother stop lying to urself... yes the white missionaries brought Christianity to us; but currently many have abandoned Christianity, right now, Most are atheist, but they are progressing far better; be truthful to urself for ones...

donbabade:
Melanin is responsible. Blacks feel they ve to breakthrough. Religion helps

u nailed it sire, very correct...

An2elect2:
I thought slavery is over. I give up

what are u giving up on? This is our problem we have been battling with for years, and responsible for our backwardness, have u travelled out of this country before? If u have U'll cry for the Africa and other black races alike; and we keep on denying this fact... the first act of setting things aright is by first accepting there is a problem, identify it, then other things can fellow; u don't keep on denying your problems... u won't grow

olafisoyeibukun:
Our fathers talk say, "owner killed dog for meat, Na person wey branch chop dey complain of tooth ache"

can't seem to make any sense of ur post; pls help me...

Because religiosity helps no one.

Maybe cos we only announce our deliciousness, we don't truly practise what it teaches.
D whites on d other hand have ttrained themselves to be discipline And to shun I'll behaviours.
We preach again st corruption stealing and all but we have no restraint collecting tithes/sad away from pole we know to have gotten their money by iĺegal means.
And then, d whites r also part of d reasons we r still poor cos of years Of slavery and colonisation. We can't just suddenly rise from d damage done. How many white countries got their independence from another? And then the use of borrowed languages Which makes many a child be termed dullard even though d real problem he or she ma have may be d language of instruction And he or she may perform better had d same lesson been taught in his or her native language.
And then, in African countries.., religion is most certainly the opium of we masses. U can imagine governors owing how many months salary and then coming to Sunday servixservice or Jim at to plead with the citizens to bear with them. And stupid as we are we take it in cossuch politician has mentioned something about God.
U imagine I'd it were d white counterparts, even d most religious of them would immediately oppose any such politician cos he/she know you shud do what's right not hide under d umbrella of being God conscious.
And also that we often restrict ourselves even whence religious rules haven't, we r ysusally content with what little we have at d moment even though we could explore more. We are content with whatever scientific findings we have even though there's room for us to devise the means to d same end. yes. We r often told to be content with what we have in terms of richefs, but we seem to in our own interpretation, to see something bad in making more money as can be made and then donating it to charity or using it for considerable developments in our country.
Meanwhile let's not forget that most of the thinhthings whites indulge in to make money are forbidden according to our religious rules and to that I say we cud instead xplore other means that r permitted by our religion and make use of it to the fullest.
Just my jumbled up thoughts, I hope someone an make sense of it

Maybe cos we only announce our religiousness, we don't truly practise what it teaches.
D whites on d other hand have ttrained themselves to be discipline And to shun I'll behaviours.
We preach again st corruption stealing and all but we have no restraint collecting tithes/sad away from pole we know to have gotten their money by iĺegal means.
And then, d whites r also part of d reasons we r still poor cos of years Of slavery and colonisation. We can't just suddenly rise from d damage done. How many white countries got their independence from another? And then the use of borrowed languages Which makes many a child be termed dullard even though d real problem he or she ma have may be d language of instruction And he or she may perform better had d same lesson been taught in his or her native language.
And then, in African countries.., religion is most certainly the opium of we masses. U can imagine governors owing how many months salary and then coming to Sunday servixservice or Jim at to plead with the citizens to bear with them. And stupid as we are we take it in cossuch politician has mentioned something about God.
U imagine I'd it were d white counterparts, even d most religious of them would immediately oppose any such politician cos he/she know you shud do what's right not hide under d umbrella of being God conscious.
And also that we often restrict ourselves even whence religious rules haven't, we r ysusally content with what little we have at d moment even though we could explore more. We are content with whatever scientific findings we have even though there's room for us to devise the means to d same end. yes. We r often told to be content with what we have in terms of richefs, but we seem to in our own interpretation, to see something bad in making more money as can be made and then donating it to charity or using it for considerable developments in our country.
Meanwhile let's not forget that most of the thinhthings whites indulge in to make money are forbidden according to our religious rules and to that I say we cud instead xplore other means that r permitted by our religion and make use of it to the fullest.
Just my jumbled up thoughts, I hope someone an make sense of it

Enieme; ur thoughts are acknowledged; but the one of u giving excuse of colonization was a great low; u cannot use that as an excuse; remember other nations were colonized, Malaysia, Singapore, U.A.E ; but thay have grown, most of this nations even got independence far after us; but see where they are today; so u can be travelling on a wrong path for 1000 years and only see backwardness; but a 10yr travel of the right part, beams of prosperity... this are facts...

Because our religion is without balance and is mixed with our ancestral animist worship which was steeped in fear and a passive response to gods that do everything and demand so much. We have just substituted Christianity but it is the same approach. We pacify God,giving tithes, fasting etc and then wait for Him to be pleased with us and do it for us. If it does not happen we wonder why and blame our family members.

The whites did this in ancient Europe until they threw off the shackles of catholicism, which was the dominant religion at the time, as well as the monarchy. Also currently they do not think religion means God handles everything in life, but helps them as THEY handle the affairs of life. We are contrary. We do not understand theology in the practical sense and so we suffer.

Filmdirect:
Because our religion is without balance and is mixed with our ancestral animist worship which was steeped in fear and a passive response to gods that do everything and demand so much. We have just substituted Christianity but it is the same approach. We pacify God,giving tithes, fasting etc and then wait for Him to be pleased with us and do it for us. If it does not happen we wonder why and blame our family members.

The whites did this in ancient Europe until they threw off the shackles of catholicism, which was the dominant religion at the time, as well as the monarchy. Also currently they do not think religion means God handles everything in life, but helps them as THEY handle the affairs of life. We are contrary. We do not understand theology in the practical sense and so we suffer.

bravo!!! This sums it up; u are spot on sire; critically dissecting and crucially analysing the bane of issue... u have done justice to the question raised!!! Welldone sire!!! I need no more response...

Upward or downward?

Raymondenyi:
This Question has always been bothering my heart. The Caucasians are not as religious as the blacks, but are doing very well economically and in standard of living, why?

Abroad, churches over there are still populated by black immigrants... Yet they(blacks) are still very backwards why? .

Because we have chosen to be lazy and to cede responsibility. We would rather blame the devil for our woes and look to god to help solve problems that we alone can solve for ourselves. "Only god can help us" or "only prayer can save us" are popular phrases you hear from Nigerians whenever our deep problems as a nation are being discussed. This shows that we are not ready for any reasonable progress. Until we change that mindset, take responsibility and the necessary action, we will ever remain backward. We would suddenly wake up from our prayers only to realize that we have become 10th world relative to the West as opposed to our current status of 3rd world.

Raymondenyi:
This Question has always been bothering my heart. The Caucasians are not as religious as the blacks, but are doing very well economically and in standard of living, why?

Abroad, churches over there are still populated by black immigrants... Yet they(blacks) are still very backwards why? .

You are inventing imaginary relationships; religion and standard of living.
Singapore is a deeply religious nation and they have risen to first world in a generation.
Kung Fu China is a religious nation and they are threatening everyone at the moment

Religion has nothing to do with standard of living. Get something sensible to ponder on

vooks:

You are inventing imaginary relationships; religion and standard of living.
Singapore is a deeply religious nation and they have risen to first world in a generation.
Kung Fu China is a religious nation and they are threatening everyone at the moment

Religion has nothing to do with standard of living. Get something sensible to ponder on

your assertions are largely false;

Raymondenyi:
your assertions are largely false;

Yours is a hopelessly spurious nonsense

They operate a religion by heart not by sight based on simplistic fundamental human views.That is they don't mix religion with thinking right on issues that don't bother on religion hence their rapid and advanced development.

McSterling:
Because we have chosen to be lazy and to cede responsibility. We would rather blame the devil for our woes and look to god to help solve problems that we alone can solve for ourselves. "Only god can help us" or "only prayer can save us" are popular phrases you hear from Nigerians whenever our deep problems as a nation are being discussed. This shows that we are not ready for any reasonable progress. Until we change that mindset, take responsibility and the necessary action, we will ever remain backward. We would suddenly wake up from our prayers only to realize that we have become 10th world relative to the West as opposed to our current status of 3rd world.

God/Gods have never helped any country to develop or solve any of their problems in reality. Believers can believe what ever they like but what ever needs to be done by humans have to be done by humans themselves. The Gods play no role in human affairs. Humans alone guide their affairs.

As people become more intelligent
they care less for preachers and more for teachers.
-Robert Green Ingersoll
Nuff said!

You are using your weight to measure the ways of the Spirits and this is not my Religion.

Filmdirect:
Because our religion is without balance and is mixed with our ancestral animist worship which was steeped in fear and a passive response to gods that do everything and demand so much. We have just substituted Christianity but it is the same approach. We pacify God,giving tithes, fasting etc and then wait for Him to be pleased with us and do it for us. If it does not happen we wonder why and blame our family members.

The whites did this in ancient Europe until they threw off the shackles of catholicism, which was the dominant religion at the time, as well as the monarchy. Also currently they do not think religion means God handles everything in life, but helps them as THEY handle the affairs of life. We are contrary. We do not understand theology in the practical sense and so we suffer.

The Chinese, south Koreans, Japanese, Singapore are all highly developed and are deeply religious. Malaysia even with Islam is catching up.

Associating religion with underdevelopment is as intelligent as associating development with melanin. There I'd an inverse relationship between melanin and development.