One thing we cannot take away from Christian mission in Africa, especially in Nigeria, is the alternative education system and also alternative to health care management that came with it. Sadly, these achievements have been blurred by the fact they diabolized and demonized our culture and tradition in the process. If the missionaries had introduced …
WE CAN HEAL WITHOUT INFLICTING MORE INJURIES ON OURSELVES Read More »
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu (written on 26.10.2020) 1) My dear gallant fallen youths; you went out to peacefully march on the streets in order to sooth the scars of your wounded Nation. Carrying nothing in your hands but placards and the flag of the Nation you loved so much. You carried out the …
MY TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF 20.10.2020 LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE Read More »
Here is the pope addressing the members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Vatican. Do you know that the man who discovered the BIG BANG theory, Monsignor Georges Lemaitre, a Belgian Catholic priest, was elected a member of this academy by the Vatican In 1936? From 1960 till his death he was the chairman …
Did the animal painted by so many religious stories actually exist at any time? The answer is No. It was just a mere imagination of the authors that connoted various things. “The first dragon myths appear with the Sumerian legends of the god-mother Tiamat who transforms herself into a legged, horned serpent, and of the …
Around 5 centuries before Christ, the Europeans you know today had exactly the same religious mentality we have in many regions of Africa today. They once believed that our day-to-day actions and events are determined by some spiritual forces up there. When it rained, they believed that it was Zeus, the god of rain who …
This is Plutus, the Greek god of wealth, prosperity, abundance, and agriculture. His name is derived from the Greek etymology “ploutos,” which means “wealth.” Thousands of years ago, many Greeks believed that calling upon Plutus can open the doors of wealth for someone. Today, they classify all those beliefs as mythology, which means nothing but …
PLUTUS, THE GREEK GOD OF MONEY AND OUR PRESENT AJAMBELE MENTALITY Read More »
Have you heard of Moneta, the Roman goddess of money. It is from her name that the words ‘money’, ‘monetary’ and ‘mint’ were derived. In ancient Rome, it was in her temple that money was coined. The image of the goddess Moneta was even used in printing the 1861 50 dollars note as shown in …
Our yesterday’s discussion on biblical historicity/ interpretation seemed to have brought more confusion to many of our Christians here. Well, I am not surprised that it did. Neither you nor I is the problem. Our poor educational background especially with religious knowledge is to blame. How can we explain the fact that over 99 percent …
BIBLICAL HISTORICITY /INTERPRETATION: MATTERS ARISING Read More »
1) The text in question reads: “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they …
Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu (22/02/2022) Do you know that in Igboland (and many other nations), the same reason that made people embrace education, is the same reason they embraced the “modern miracle” churches, and also the same reason they are into Oke-ite today? Ask me “how?”. During the colonial times, Igbo people (just like some …
