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I hope these martyrs include the policemen killed during the protests.

A lot of us have seen the video and there has been different responses to it where Pastor Bolaji Idowu, founder and lead pastor of Harvesters International Christian Centre (HICC) was addressing an issue in church about financial responsibilities of men to women in relationships. This must have hit a sour side of some women who believe that men are responsible for providing them with some level of financial relief and they responded "men dey".

The slogan "men dey" came from afrobeatz, it is a slogan that simply says "if this man or men are not willing to do something or cannot do something, there are men that are able and willing to". Basically when Pastor Bolaji told his congregation that they shouldn't expect men to give them money gifts or buy them iphones, they responded with if some men are not able to afford these things, there are men who will and the pastor's response? He removed his shoes, dusted then and said "do you know what the Bible says about when you reach somewhere and they don't accept your message, you dust your shoes" the he ended with "he that has ears, let him hear".

The action the respectable pastor did was actually a commandment of Jesus which are recorded in Matthew 10:14, Mark 6:11, Luke 9:5 and it was applied in Acts 18:6

Lets look at these verses. Note that this is a direct commandmend of Jesus

Matthew 10:14

[14] If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.

[15] Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

Mark 6:11

‭Mark 6:11
[11] And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

‭Luke 9:5

[5] If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

‭Acts 18:6 ‬

[6] But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

Note that Pastor Bolaji while performing this action of taking off his shoes to dust then also made reference to this verse which he might have join as a joke and not out of anger but, he is their pastor and if you ask me, he somewhat cursed them or gave then up for judgment in that case.

While I do not hold brief for the congregation, I find their action nauseating and needless as to directly say that to the pastor means you are telling him he doesn't know what he is saying.

My question is Pastor Bolaji since cannot claim ignorance of his action, should he be allowed according to Christianity to curse his flock just because they refuse to listen to him? He could have prayed for insight and soft heart but that action he did, fell short a little

Pastor Bolaji Idowu of Harvesters International Christian Centre (HICC) was addressing his church youth (especially ladies) about they should grow and grow wealth with their partners and he spoke about how some young women have inflated expectation of wealth from men when the church members replied in 2 simple words "Men dey". Meaning some men are not willing to spoil them, there are men that will and what did Pastor Bolaji do, he busted his shoes in a way to signify he is done with the message and ended the service.

The extent of delusion in this our generation is actually scary and worrying. It is so troubling that even in places you expect common-sense, the level of blind commitment to destructive delusional fantasy is just mind-blowing.

Omo ehn.

The rude awakening that awaits all of us. pic.twitter.com/Wh8mGhqPXP

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So basically nobody in Big's camp, Diddy's camp, or the entire East coast was involved in Tupac's murder.

That is something to ponder about