Chidera Favour:

nothin wll happen d person my broda am frm Anambra n we kill all sort of snake in our community.snake is just lik oda livin organism placed under man's dominion durin creation story and it has not 2 b exemted frm killn.
@op. If at all dt d pastor went 2 kill d snake in dea shrine I could hv blame d pastor bt he killed d snake inside his own private house.wht is dea god lookn 4 in anoda person's private lif? A pastor 4 dt matta light n darkness has notin 2 share in common.even in Nigerian law dere is a way u wll kill a human being it wll become a self defence talkn more of ordinary snake...pls d pastor was defendn his family jooh!

Every_LadY:

I use to have some respect for this handle.Am sure u are from Anambra,and u are a professing member of a church denomination,but ur comparison here eludes my intelligence.Ur outburst against the pastor's action inexplicable.I weep for the next generation of Nigerians.

ItsModella:
Exactly. If you like be a Christian from now till thy kingdom come, if you kill an idemili python, you must accord to it the burial rites of a human being; coffin, grave and all.

ItsModella: The specie of python in question is small unlike the long, scary ones seen at zoos and forests. So y'all should chill on the exaggerations.

NAIRALANDAKPU: WTF?? Buy a coffin for a snake? Give it burial rites like a human? ITSMODELLA Be enlightened my dear and come out of darkness.

saviola77:

Some years ago someone told me that there are only few true christians from the east; comments on this thread seem to confirm that. I will never for the life of me understand why people still hold on to silly traditions, even people who should know better.

softy:

Hey sista, leave that one oooooo!

Python as a snake is a constrictor.....u can google it......whether small specie or big one, they are willed to suffocate their prey at any time t.

What dyu know about snake self I really want to know!........dont give me craps on Dstv NatGeo!

softy:

Hey sista, leave that one oooooo!

Python as a snake is a constrictor.....u can google it......whether small specie or big one, they are willed to suffocate their prey at any time t.

What dyu know about snake self I really want to know!........dont give me craps on Dstv NatGeo!

Lilimax: I come from Anambra state and in Anambra state, they don't kill PYTHON to be precise.
They kill everyother snake except python.
The snake does not bite people. I grew up to meet this tradition but when asked they said it is a
sacrilege to kill python.
Provided it does not bite me, I move on.
Let them perish with their tradition and belief .

saintneo: EKE NEKWA ONYE UKA ~ PYTHON, CHRISTIAN HERE

I was born and raised in Anambra, I have always known of this tradition in Anambra. These snakes visit home stay with children without harming them. I have never heard of a case where there was injury or death as a result of this snake. In my place in Enugu, there is snake we don't kill as well ~ Awgo Ocha(White Snake) usually small in size.

Somehow, there seems to be an equilibrium between these snakes and their communities. It is the same equilibrium we have with other animals like dogs. Also, these snakes could be endangered species.

I'm against the killing of this snake. Firstly, this snake was sleeping in the children's room. For the snake to be sleeping, it means the snake had being there for longer period without harming anyone. Why didn't the pastor secure his children first before seeking its destruction? Why didn't the pastor show any mercy?

subnormal:

WHat you are trying to say is that you wld wait to be bitten by a snake before attempting to kill it....am not sure that is very reasonable. The venom wld av paralyzed you before you had the chance to strike back. Back to the pastor, he did what any right thinking man will if his family is threatened.

yuzedo: Saw the title and assumed it was one of these overzealous, "charging" pastors trying to prove a point to his followers, sorta like what went down in Umuofia (Things Fall Apart), but the way this man put the story, he might be the one wronged, though i don't completely believe his account. This account might just be to garner public sympathy when in reality he might have been boasting and proving strong-head instead of fulfilling traditional rites that predate him.

Certain snakes are not killed because i'm sure preservation was infused in tradition simply to ensure their specie do not go extinct.

If you can't observe a community's laws, move the FUCKKK out. Cos i'm sure if they asked him to pay fine in America, he'll be agile about it. If they brutalized him for securing his family however, then it is most unfortunate.

softy:


There are some situations in life u will find ur self and in terms of safety, then ur instincts will work better.....especially when it comes to ur lovely children.

Stop blaming the pastor jooor!

noskeybaba:

I.D.I.O.T! WHAT IS SILLY ABOUT THE TRADITION? HAVENT U HEARD ABOUT LIVE AND LET LIVE? THE PYTHON WILL NEVER HARM ANYONE, THE PASTOR KNOWS THE TRADITION FORBIDS KILLING OF PYTHON YET HE DID, SO LET HIM FACE THE MUSIC.

softy:


There are some situations in life u will find ur self and in terms of safety, then ur instincts will work better.....especially when it comes to ur lovely children.

Stop blaming the pastor jooor!

noskeybaba:

MU.MU IT WILL NEVER NEVER HARM ANYONE FROM ANAMBRA. IF IT COMES TO UR HOUSE AND U DONT WANT IT, U SIMPLY USE STICK AND TAKE IT TO THE BUSH. AND THROW AWAY THE STICK WITH IT COS IF U TAKE IT BACK, IT WILL SURELY RETURN. IF U STAY IN ANAMBRA U HAVE TO BEHAVE LIKE ANAMBRARIANS. (IF I GO TO ROME DO LIKE ROMANS) kapish?

PAGAN 9JA:


YOU SIR! WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE IDEMILLI SNAKE?! CMON SHARE WITH US OR SHUT UP!

EKE IDEMILLI IS HARMLESS! EVEN A CHILD KNOWS THAT! a child ëspecially" since they keep children company. .

subnormal:

THe idemili is harmless, agreed, but do you know that some specie of snake have large territories making it difficult to determine if the snake is in fact frm the town. What will you have done if the Pastor had watched the python devour is family because it is supposedly harmless. Will the idemili god bring his family back to life?

subnormal:

WHat you are trying to say is that you wld wait to be bitten by a snake before attempting to kill it....am not sure that is very reasonable.

Mortiple: I share your sentiment bro! She used to be one lady I practically fell in love with even without seeing her in person or picture (for real). I really don't know what went wrong.

By the way, she is NOT from Anambra State; was once a Christian.

subnormal:

Won't hurt anyone frm Anambra...how do you know the pastor and his wife are both frm Anambra? A snake is a wild animal that shld be put down if it comes too close kapish

noskeybaba:

HE IS AN IGBO MAN, WHAT WE DO IS JUST FIND STICK AND SIMPLY TAKE IT TO THE BUSH. HE DELIBERATELY KILLED IT AND THAT ANGERED THE PEOPLE.

vxtr: . . Never knew such backward community still exist in this century.

Every_LadY:

spare us this explanation and argue intelligibly.U come face to face with danger,what will ur natural instinct tell u?Find stick?

Ogojohn: the person who killed the snake by mistake will only lay a green leave or a white cloth as a mark of honour to to snake., Please mind you this is for only Eke Idemili .

noskeybaba:

I REPEAT, IT WILL NEVER HARM.