Every morning I wake up, I’m hit with “Godly” messages on my phone and on my radio. Friends and family send messages of “Thanking God for today” and praying for today. At this point, I’m immune to all that. I respect people for their beliefs and all that. But I do get bothered by some of the blatant hypocrisy by so called christians especially when they don’t know they are being hypocrites. A survey was conducted not too long ago which asked the question, “Do You Consider Yourself Religious?” Interestingly enough, most African respondents answered “yes” with Ghana and Nigeria being in the high 90% with respondents in Europe and Asia being in the low numbers.


If a person does consider himself/herself religious, one would expect that country/community to have high morals and follow the laws as its said in the Bible right? Not so fast. A recent Transparency International survey reported that most of the countries which reported a high perception of corruption in their country were from Africa with South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria making headlines.



So the question is: If we are so religious as we claim, then why are we so corrupt compared to other countries where people don’t associate to be with any religion?



It’s funny to see public officials who swear on Bibles and Qu’rans to uphold the laws of the country and be of moral standing and then be involved in scandals involving bribing and cronyism

Pot calling the kettle black?

Even churches are not immune. Churches, where people go for all night services, prayer services, cross over nights and so on are the worst institutions where corruption and immorality breeds. There have been far too many stories of pastors sleeping with women from their congregation and charging “consulting fees” for members of the church. The people or sheep who attend these church services are not doing themselves any favors. They go to these churches, read the world of God and pray but still come out the same. It’s like going to the bathroom, being all dirty and still coming out dirty after their done bathing

I know people who post daily quotes from the Bible and get all preachy but in their personal lives, they don’t really practice what they preach. Why stand on moral high ground when you’re just like everybody else: Sinful and imperfect.



I can go on and on with this topic. But I think I’ll stop here.

Religion is a huge scam

Hey!

Really?

That awkward moment when you intend to impress your likes but ended up fooling yourself


I only see a religious fanatic doing his stunt.

ok

olufemimajek:
Every morning I wake up, I’m hit with “Godly” messages on my phone and on my radio. Friends and family send messages of “Thanking God for today” and praying for today. At this point, I’m immune to all that. I respect people for their beliefs and all that. But I do get bothered by some of the blatant hypocrisy by so called christians especially when they don’t know they are being hypocrites. A survey was conducted not too long ago which asked the question, “Do You Consider Yourself Religious?” Interestingly enough, most African respondents answered “yes” with Ghana and Nigeria being in the high 90% with respondents in Europe and Asia being in the low numbers.


If a person does consider himself/herself religious, one would expect that country/community to have high morals and follow the laws as its said in the Bible right? Not so fast. A recent Transparency International survey reported that most of the countries which reported a high perception of corruption in their country were from Africa with South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria making headlines.



So the question is: If we are so religious as we claim, then why are we so corrupt compared to other countries where people don’t associate to be with any religion?



It’s funny to see public officials who swear on Bibles and Qu’rans to uphold the laws of the country and be of moral standing and then be involved in scandals involving bribing and cronyism

Pot calling the kettle black?

Even churches are not immune. Churches, where people go for all night services, prayer services, cross over nights and so on are the worst institutions where corruption and immorality breeds. There have been far too many stories of pastors sleeping with women from their congregation and charging “consulting fees” for members of the church. The people or sheep who attend these church services are not doing themselves any favors. They go to these churches, read the world of God and pray but still come out the same. It’s like going to the bathroom, being all dirty and still coming out dirty after their done bathing

I know people who post daily quotes from the Bible and get all preachy but in their personal lives, they don’t really practice what they preach. Why stand on moral high ground when you’re just like everybody else: Sinful and imperfect.



I can go on and on with this topic. But I think I’ll stop here.

O.P i love this......this has been bothering me ever since i became a man. U r a man if insight,wisdom n conviction.unlike pple who r so gullible wen ever it concerns religion....i think religion especially in Nigeria is a huge scam too....

I think Nigeria is this corrupt(though it is not among the top 6 most corrupt countries on earth) because it is made up of three major ethnic groups (Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba) with different ideologies.

So it is like "get what you can while the union lasts", religion is just a scapegoat.

Power is what breeds corruption, not religion.

I think we will fare better when IPOB are given what they want, likewise IPOO and IPOA but then Nigeria will cease to exist.