RosaConsidine:


While this is certainly the truth, we can't fault religion for it. Religion did not refuse to fix bad roads - people did. Religion did not refuse to fix crumbling schools - human beings did. Religion did not even ask for these shiny buildings, neither did it erect them - again, it's the product of human minds and hands.

I think why religion takes so much precedence over rational thought and hard work in this country is because, let's face it - it's much easier and we are an incredibly lazy AND hypocritical bunch. It's easier to go to church to pray that God makes our leaders do the right thing than to hit the streets and actually demand for better leadership. It's easier to ask God tp help you get good grades than to study hard and learn. It's easier to believe that God did tell that pastor to tell us to bring money for a private jet than to confront the pastor and his ostentatious lifestyle. It's easier to believe that some people in our villages our manipulating our destinies and are the reason for our failure than to admit that we've done a lot of things wrong that are causing things to go wrong in our lives. So for the average Nigerian, subconsciously, religion is the easiest option as against rational thought, planning and real hard work.

I'll finish with a little case study I've observed: some pastors in church programs I've attended would come on the pulpit and say God said that s certain number of people should bring a certain amount of money and in one week, God will return that amount to them tenfold. Of course, like MMM, people would troop out. Who doesn't want more money for doing basically no work at all. Come meet our god, the money doubler! I found it curious that of all these situations, not one of these people have come back to testify that God indeed doubled their money or returned it tenfold. Does it say God does not have the power to do that? No, but if I were God I wouldn't double their money either because I can tell that almost all of them are giving because they want huge returns without doing any actual work. Till Nigerian stop being greedy and treating religion like a ponzi scheme, these scenarios would continue to happen.

You are on point.
Even God himself said in the Bible "faith without work is dead".....





It is also easy to blame religion on the ills of the society.

joseph1832:
Shhhhhh don't tell anyone.

Lips sealed

Ishilove:

Lips sealed

Allow me to part it with my fingers, and tease the tip with my tongue.

joseph1832:
Allow me to part it with my fingers, and tease the tip with my tongue.

Joseph take several seats to the left

Ishilove:

Joseph take several seats to the left

If those seat will lead me to those ample bosoms of yours, I'd gladly take them.

I might bring a prophylactic though, hoping I'd get lucky and hit crude oil.

hahn:

Just like you should meet ishilove

does Ishi.love and I have anything in common?

Ishilove:

I'm experiencing all the reality I can handle right now.

I just think hahn is a closet romantic. A douche bag, but a romantic nonetheless. He is matchmaking me with all the douchey atheists on Nairaland.

How quaint.

I am romantic ooo

I love my wife scarra

joseph1832:
May be cos you need a dose of reality. Ain't that right, hahn. I know most religious folks are alien to reality.

Lol. She needs *in bernie mac's voice* THE DICK

Ishilove:

Why are you bent on matchmaking me with all your atheist comrades? Seriously I'm curious

Oh my bad! I always confuse hardmirror and hopefullandlord

No vex

Hardmirror come ooo

hahn:


I am romantic ooo

I love my wife scarra

It is pretty obvious. You also sound like a newly wed. Congrats

Stop matchmaking me with Nairaland's douchebags abeg

Ishilove:

It is pretty obvious. You also sound like a newly wed. Congrats

Stop matchmaking me with Nairaland's douchebags abeg

4 years

I will stop

hahn:


4 years

I will stop

A whole 4 years and the love is still strong like this? What's the secret?

MZLady39:



Yes that's me....I don't deal fraudently. Thank you...and He is a wonderful God. All people are fearfully & wonderfully made.

Hey u accused me of insulting you and when i asked you to show me where i did, you ran away... Perhaps you actually needed me to insult you.


Foolish woman

frank317:


Hey u accused me of insulting you and when i asked you to show me where i did, you ran away... Perhaps you actually needed me to insult you.


Foolish woman

I'm offensive and I find this religious.

joseph1832:
Allow me to part it with my fingers, and tease the tip with my tongue.

Someone is fantasizing about trannies