Onuokwu:

So if a snake is lying in bed with your children, you'll be singing praises to it or recording it on camera?

o'boy:
am sure you are a lost jesus worshipping soul,your jesus that could'nt even save himself yet you all blindly worship him

Krucifax:

There is something seriously wrong with your head. A man heard the screaming of his family, he went to investigate the cause and found a snake in their bedroom(not garden,not front yard,not car park,not roof)bedroom as in inside house!

Okay please tell us. Should he have interviewed the snake to know whether it is harmful or not? Or is he a qualified veterinary doctor to tell one specie from the other?

His only crime is to be living among backward lunatics like yourself. And to compare a snake and the holy bible shows your upbringing was an obvious disaster. Goat!

chrisxxx: I can only support the pastor's action on the assumption that he did not know that killing such snake was a taboo. And the proximity of the snake to his children was a health and safety threat. If that had been done deliberately he has gone contrary to his Bible's and The Bible's teachings.
Did he ever care to ask why Jesus instead of killing the legion of demons hearken to their pleas of being sent to invade the swine?
Did he ever ask why Jesus said Caesar should receive tax?
Did he ever try to know why there was Baal-Jesus even while Jesus was on earth?
Did he ever try to know why God has allowed Satan and his cohorts to exist till this period and still existing?
Let him answer the above questions amongst others.
Don't call me a pagan, I am a Christian just that I understand the Bible better even than some pastors.

Coldfeet: I want to give that Rev a big hug!!! deity my ass! Let them call out dia own gods and let's see who is supreme! Yes I agree its dia tradition but that snake should have known better not to crawl into a Christians home where Christ is Lord and Master! Am sure now other snakes will stay off! That village might still be doing human sacrifice they should be checked nansenze!


Can't believe what I read from Ifyalwys!



Am igbo and it shames me to read what some of my people are spewing here! How can u be a Christian and still honour arushi! (deity)? This are the kind of Igbos that still hold strongly to Osu beliefs! Blood of Jesus!!!

subnormal: Reading through most your comments, I get the feeling that most NLs will prefer the thread title to be 'python kills whole family in Anambra'. A snake is a wild animal, maybe some of you believe it won't hurt you, but others may not subscribe to that belief. When such 'unbelievers' encounter your god, they may not pay him homage as you wld cos to them, it's a dangerous animal.

baby_mama: It looks like most Igboland has this stupid custom about pythons being sacred
They have it in mine too
My great uncle was a hunter and sometimes caught pythons in his trap and ate them
And he lived to a ripe old age and passed away peacefully
If a python entered my father's or grandfather's compound,it is sure to get a double barrel gun on it's head and thrown into the bushes.
We are a Christian family and don't subscribe to any deities or gods and idols and have no ties to traditional beliefs
They should cage their gods or ask them to stay in the bushes where they belong
The moment they wander into the homes of non worshippers,they had better have disappearing powers or else

Sweetlemon: I had to take notes of all the monikers here supporting the snake-god so I can start avoiding them like plagues on NL

o'boy:
It has never been Heard in any idemili town that a Revd father killed a python before,i pray i would be around the time a Pastor kill eke in my hometown,i will personaly Cut him bit by bits And feed the carcass to crocodiles @ idemili river
when you are in Rome,behave like romans

Sweetlemon: I had to take notes of all the monikers here supporting the snake-god so I can start avoiding them like plagues on NL

Amusaopeyemi: Thought this killing of idemili's scared python was just a joke in Chinua Achebe's arrow of God and things fall apart.

Enoquin: I hate silly coincidences...shoo? Watched the Iron Lady, the online media started talking on Margaret Thatcher and her decisions on the falklands and then she died.

Re-read 'Arrow of God' by Chinua Achebe yesterday where Ezeulu's son in his struggle between his tradition and his 'christian' conversion put the idemili python in a box seeking to kill it, commiting sacrilege. The strange thing was that the occupants of the house knew that there were two pythons living in the roof of the kitchen...
Now, I am reading of this Idemili python sacrilege...

The question to ponder on is 'this snake doesn't bite or harm anyone and this has been on-going for generations, why not?'
I know the pythons found in Akwa Ibom and Cross River are killed and I know those ones will harm you but why not the Idemili Python, what makes it different apart from the theory that it is a royal snake?

I seek to know and not be insulted

Odenigbo Aroli:

Let he who have ears listen! Respect our traditions and we won't have any problems with you. Omenana ndi dili fa!

Nwanne,daalu,rinne.

ifyalways: Over zealous religious fanatics.I hope they roast his arse.
How would he and his fold react if his bible is pissed on?
Did Jesus convert anyone by shitting on his/her sacred stuff?v

victorazy:

Ur mentally ill. Did u read the story b4 showing ur ignorant here moosh. Did he kill d snake in a shrine or in his house?

na2day!:


All these our Christian brethren from the east, na wa o!
I'm amazed, really amazed!
No wonder we read recently that kidnappers even conduct prayer programs for successful operation.
Do you people know what Christianity is all about at all?

So you all value the life of an errant python over that of the pastor's children.

Lilimax:
Likewise me.
My grandmother will always threathen to tie the python on the waist of anyone that bed wets.

Mr knowitall.:
mr

akigbemaru: Did you all see the hypocrisy of the 99 percent Christian igbo people? Serve Jews and Jesus in a broad daylight but serve the talking serpentine when the chips are down at night!

Odenigbo Aroli:

Let he who have ears listen! Respect our traditions and we won't have any problems with you. Omenana ndi dili fa!

Nwanne,daalu,rinne.

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 .

Sweetlemon: I had to take notes of all the monikers here supporting the snake-god so I can start avoiding them like plagues on NL

Gboliwe: The Rev. acted on impulse. He is actually a strong man to have been able to kill a snake by himself. I mean, compared to me, I would have screamed to high heavens.
Any way, the villagers should let their god fight for itself.:
@Ifyalways:

ajibaby 2:
overzealous my foot, so he should rather watch the snake kill his children. How do you reason for God's sake. When a snake come visit you in the house, you should sit and dine with it. The pastor did what he needs to do "kill the damn thing".

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?