I think there should be a thread or section for traditional beliefs or African religions.

Those that follow African beliefs, voodoos, are you on nairaland?

Go and ask your gods

We are here

You mean the free borns.... We are here.. Only slaves worship their Masters God...

Nah only person wey lost dey worship God wey no resemble am...

sonmvayina:
You mean the free borns.... We are here.. Only slaves worship their Masters God...

Nah only person wey lost dey worship God wey no resemble am...

Very very true: indeed, blacks worship foreign gods!

We need to get back to our roots just like the Chinese remained with the roots

I only started reading about Traditional Religion two weeks ago. I'm currently studying books about IFA divinity and I am liking it already.

amidel:
I only started reading about Traditional Religion two weeks ago. I'm currently studying books about IFA divinity and I am liking it already.

That’s what’s up.

Ifa is a good one to study

smile11s:


That’s what’s up.

Ifa is a good one to study

Which do you practice?

amidel:

Which do you practice?

I practice a lot. I also discovered a. Lot of similarities with the west African religions in Australia, papua New Guinea, South America and more.

Ogun is the vodun of war and patron deity of smiths and craftsmen. He was sent to earth to make it a nice place for people to live, and he has not yet finished this task.

smile11s:


I practice a lot. I also discovered a. Lot of similarities with the west African religions in Australia, papua New Guinea, South America and more.

Ogun is the vodun of war and patron deity of smiths and craftsmen. He was sent to earth to make it a nice place for people to live, and he has not yet finished this task.

This is great. Hope no problems so far in your study?
The problem I'll most likely have is my understanding of the Yoruba language while studying IFA. I'm not Yoruba

sonmvayina:
You mean the free borns.... We are here.. Only slaves worship their Masters God...

Nah only person wey lost dey worship God wey no resemble am...

I thought you are a jew?

#Daejoyoung here( couldn't log into my previous account)

Where is donnie when you need him most? Donnie would tell you that our original religion is the Jewish religion.

We the Free Borns are here.

amidel:

This is great. Hope no problems so far in your study?
The problem I'll most likely have is my understanding of the Yoruba language while studying IFA. I'm not Yoruba

You don’t need to be Yoruba and I’m also not Yoruba. I’m Igbo. I study a lot of African religions and even as far as Papau New Guinea. They even have an Ikenga system over there.

Ifá is practiced throughout the Americas, West Africa, and the Canary Islands, in the form of a complex religious system, and plays a critical role in the traditions of Santería, Candomblé, Palo, Umbanda, Vodou, and other Afro-American faiths, as well as in some traditional African religions.

amidel:

This is great. Hope no problems so far in your study?
The problem I'll most likely have is my understanding of the Yoruba language while studying IFA. I'm not Yoruba

If you are not Yoruba then its pointless studying Ifa. Unless for research purposes.

GeneralDae:

I thought you are a jew?

#Daejoyoung here( couldn't log into my previous account)

Lol..I just said Judaism and my Igbo traditional religion are similar..so I quote the tanakh,since that is what you are familiar with...the God we call Chukwu is same God the jews reverence too..just with a different name..

sonmvayina:


Lol..I just said Judaism and my Igbo traditional religion are similar..so I quote the tanakh,since that is what you are familiar with...the God we call Chukwu is same God the jews reverence too..just with a different name..

If that is the case and you think judaism is an authentic religion, then you are not that far from new testament christianity. Jesus wasn't against judaism per say, he only said he is their anointed one bringing the kingdom of God to them and teaching them the new ways of the kingdom. That is the major difference here, the writers of the story of jesus ( especially Mark and Matthew) considered his story as a continuation of that of jewish story leading to it's fulfillment in the grand scheme of things.

I am not saying you must accept the Christian Bible, but I'm saying for someone who considers judaism and Tanakh authentic, your constant criticism of jesus and christianity is surprising.
It's just like saying Buddhism is so false while Hinduism is authentic and true.

GeneralDae:
Where is donnie when you need him most? Donnie would tell you that our original religion is the Jewish religion.

It's all paganism... It's all Sun-worship. From Christianity to Judaism to Islam to the so-called traditional African religion. It's the same Idolatory. As it was in Egypt and Babylon, so it is today. As our people, the children of ISRAEL were idolatrous, and followed other nations to serve gods of wood and stone, so it is today.

It's the reason they are angry about any message that calls our people to repent and keep YAHUAH'S commandments.

GeneralDae:

If that is the case and you think judaism is an authentic religion, then you are not that far from new testament christianity. Jesus wasn't against judaism per say, he only said he is their anointed one bringing the kingdom of God to them and teaching them the new ways of the kingdom. That is the major difference here, the writers of the story of jesus ( especially Mark and Matthew) considered his story as a continuation of that of jewish story leading to it's fulfillment in the grand scheme of things.

I am not saying you must accept the Christian Bible, but I'm saying for someone who considers judaism and Tanakh authentic, your constant criticism of jesus and christianity is surprising.
It's just like saying Buddhism is so false while Hinduism is authentic and true.

But God never told anybody to believe in the Messiah or give their life to him or that he was coming to die for their sins..jesus has got nothing to do with God..it is and was never Gods idea..

Christianity as a religion is just a rebranded paganism by rome ..they just added their scriptures at the end of the tanakh to deceieve people..
The new testament is not a continuation of the tanakh.God can not tell you "though shall not kill" and be expecting you to offer him a human sacrifice..

See my thread "the new testament ,a closer look.

sonmvayina:


But God never told anybody to believe in the Messiah or give their life to him or that he was coming to die for their sins..jesus has got nothing to do with God..it is and was never Gods idea..

Christianity as a religion is just a rebranded paganism by rome ..they just added their scriptures at the end of the tanakh to deceieve people..
The new testament is not a continuation of the tanakh.God can not tell you "though shall not kill" and be expecting you to offer him a human sacrifice..

See my thread "the new testament ,a closer look.

lol, your understanding of christianity is very shallow indeed. Anyhow I'm quite busy now, would reply your points later but this your talk of human sacrifice is hilarious. Even if you are correct that christianity demands human sacrifice ( of which I don't know where you got that from), what about the human sacrifice demanded by your African traditions?

sonmvayina:


But God never told anybody to believe in the Messiah or give their life to him or that he was coming to die for their sins..jesus has got nothing to do with God..it is and was never Gods idea..

Christianity as a religion is just a rebranded paganism by rome ..they just added their scriptures at the end of the tanakh to deceieve people..
The new testament is not a continuation of the tanakh.God can not tell you "though shall not kill" and be expecting you to offer him a human sacrifice..

See my thread "the new testament ,a closer look.

Did humans offer human sacrifice to YAH and he accepted?

donnie:


Did humans offer human sacrifice to YAH and he accepted?

He detest human sacrifices...he calls it and abomination..

GeneralDae:

lol, your understanding of christianity is very shallow indeed. Anyhow I'm quite busy now, would reply your points later but this your talk of human sacrifice is hilarious. Even if you are correct that christianity demands human sacrifice ( of which I don't know where you got that from), what about the human sacrifice demanded by your African traditions?

You still dont get my point..the whole idea of christianity is against the laws of God..it cant be of God...
The Jesus story has got nothing to do with the jews. It was emperior constantine that wanted a single religion for his empire and gathered the presbyters to Nicea ..the product of that council was Christianity..

sonmvayina:


He detest human sacrifices...he calls it and abomination..

Did he ask Abraham to give his son?

sonmvayina:


Lol..I just said Judaism and my Igbo traditional religion are similar..so I quote the tanakh,since that is what you are familiar with...the God we call Chukwu is same God the jews reverence too..just with a different name..

Mtcheew. If you're not worshipping idols in Africa, your following pagan Europeans pretending to be Jews.

donnie:


Mtcheew. If you're not worshipping idols in Africa, your following pagan Europeans pretending to be Jews.

You are just a dunce...sorry to say..

donnie:


Did he ask Abraham to give his son?

Lol...that is the purpose of the story..he does not accept human sacrifices..only animals and plants..

So if anybody ask you for human sacrifice ,tell them God abhores it..

donnie:


Did he ask Abraham to give his son?

It was on of the 10 test he gave to Abraham to prove he was worthy of the call..abraham paased and he was called by God to be his servant..

All of the world, religions that are not Christianity and Islam are similar.

Even in Japan where their language is similar to the Igbo language, you will find a lot of similarities in the Edo and Igbo religions.

sonmvayina:


You still dont get my point..the whole idea of christianity is against the laws of God..it cant be of God...
The Jesus story has got nothing to do with the jews. It was emperior constantine that wanted a single religion for his empire and gathered the presbyters to Nicea ..the product of that council was Christianity..

So your knowledge of christianity starts with Constantine? There was no christianity before constantine? Have you read the Didache( written around AD 70-100)?

Also concerning human sacrifice, if you are an adherent of African religions that also has a history of human sacrifice in the tenets like in most of the world, then how does this click with the Tanakh and Torah?

smile11s:
All i of f the world, religions that are not Christianity and Islam are similar.

Even in Japan where their language is similar to the Igbo language, you will find a lot of similarities in the Edo and Igbo religions.

There are so many similarities between Christianity and Buddhism, and even Christianity/Taoism, just that the christianity you know is Roman catholic christianity and her protestant children.