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Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by Dacronym(m): 10:20pm On Jun 08, 2018
Those of you conversant with African Religion and practices, is there emphasis on Love for Man and Neighbour-not romantic love between lovers-as we see in other Major world religions
Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by dalaman: 11:07pm On Jun 08, 2018
Christianity teaches love just the way Islam teaches peace.

These are just selling points of the religions and has nothing to do with the reality on ground.

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Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by Dacronym(m): 11:24pm On Jun 08, 2018
dalaman:
Christianity teaches love just the way Islam teaches peace.

These are just selling points of the religions and has nothing to do with the reality on ground.
Okay what of traditional African Religions
Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by hakeem4(m): 4:33am On Jun 09, 2018
Dacronym:
Those of you conversant with African Religion and practices, is there emphasis on Love for Man and Neighbour-not romantic love between lovers-as we see in other Major world religions
they do
Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by hopefulLandlord: 4:54am On Jun 09, 2018
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Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by johnydon22(m): 7:43am On Jun 09, 2018
Dacronym:
Those of you conversant with African Religion and practices, is there emphasis on Love for Man and Neighbour-not romantic love between lovers-as we see in other Major world religions

Yes. Egbe belu ugo belu" is one of the most fundamental principles of Igbo odinani
Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by 0temSapien: 7:47am On Jun 09, 2018
All religions balance the practice of hatred with the teaching of love. Any religion that teaches hatred alone can never survive.

Histar 6:11-13
11. And they fought Histar for five years, but the hands of Histar prevailed. And Mezen became great, such that Histar in his lifetime had millions of homos on earth whose religion was Mezen.
12. And Histar died, being seventy-five years. And the religion of Histar was revisited in a short while after his death. For the Jews in Merkes and Anghloz had begun to gain strength.
13. And they, being given freehand in the governing of Merkes and Anghloz did declare against the belief of Histar. And the religion of Histar was seen as a religion which encouraged racism, having no words of wisdom and morality in it at all, except violence.

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Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by CAPSLOCKED: 7:47am On Jun 09, 2018
dalaman:
Christianity teaches love just the way Islam teaches peace.

These are just selling points of the religions and has nothing to do with the reality on ground.



NA SO.
Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by Dacronym(m): 11:50pm On Jun 09, 2018
0temSapien:
All religions balance the practice of hatred with the teaching of love. Any religion that teaches hatred alone can never survive.

Histar 6:11-13
11. And they fought Histar for five years, but the hands of Histar prevailed. And Mezen became great, such that Histar in his lifetime had millions of homos on earth whose religion was Mezen.
12. And Histar died, being seventy-five years. And the religion of Histar was revisited in a short while after his death. For the Jews in Merkes and Anghloz had begun to gain strength.
13. And they, being given freehand in the governing of Merkes and Anghloz did declare against the belief of Histar. And the religion of Histar was seen as a religion which encouraged racism, having no words of wisdom and morality in it at all, except violence.
They may not necessarily teach hatred, they may teach you to be good, so that good may come to you, your generation etc.
But to be loving, like respect your fellow man, equality/equity, love your Neighbour like yourself, values on self-sacrifice, etc are strong hallmarks in The teachings of Jesus Christ.
Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by 0temSapien: 12:22am On Jun 10, 2018
Dacronym:

They may not necessarily teach hatred, they may teach you to be good, so that good may come to you, your generation etc.
But to be loving, like respect your fellow man, equality/equity, love your Neighbour like yourself, values on self-sacrifice, etc are strong hallmarks in The teachings of Jesus Christ.
But the teachings of this same character reveals the hatred of a supposed creator towards its creations. That's where the character got it wrong. A creator ready to throw his creations into everlasting fire forever is not only detrimental to people's emotions but to their minds too.
BTW, there's no Jesus Christ, it is a made-up character.
Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by paxonel(m): 1:59am On Jun 10, 2018
Talking about the word LOVE , is there anything like that in the Quran?
Is it there in any of these African traditional IFA reference books?

Because, it is more powerful to say i love you than to say i want to live in peace with you.
Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by Dacronym(m): 3:50pm On Jun 10, 2018
paxonel:
Talking about the word LOVE , is there anything like that in the Quran?
Is it there in any of these African traditional IFA reference books?

Because, it is more powerful to say i love you than to say i want to live in peace with you.
I see your point
Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by Dacronym(m): 3:51pm On Jun 10, 2018
johnydon22:


Yes. Egbe belu ugo belu" is one of the most fundamental principles of Igbo odinani
What does that mean translate pls?
Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by Dacronym(m): 4:00pm On Jun 10, 2018
The real African traditional religion, in its purity practiced without influence from Christianity, Islam etc (which is almost non-existent to be honest) Tends to be more philosophical
eg most teaches that life is entirely fixed and Some persons have been predestined to be greater than the others
but the gospel teaches that Nobody is special per say, God is not partial (Acts 10:34-43), that a man reaps what he sows(Gal 6:7) Anything good or bad can happen to anyone Ecc 9:7
Pls correct me if I'm wrong, I only want to learn
Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by Nobody: 2:44pm On Jun 11, 2018
African traditional Religion teaches love,trust and hard work. My grandma once told me that then in my village when she was a kid, that people leave their farm produce they want to sell in front of their house and go to farm. That if you want the product,you can take them and keep the money equivalent.
Things changed when the church came because people now have alternative god that they believe forgives them when they do wrong without remorse.

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Re: Do Traditional Religions Teach Love Like Christianity Does by johnw47: 12:01am On Jun 12, 2018
0temSapien:
But the teachings of this same character reveals the hatred of a supposed creator towards its creations. That's where the character got it wrong. A creator ready to throw his creations into everlasting fire forever is not only detrimental to people's emotions but to their minds too.
BTW, there's no Jesus Christ, it is a made-up character.

1Jn 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1Jn 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
1Jn 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

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