The pastor of Daystar Christian
Centre Sam Adeyemi recently got the attention of Nigerians after he made a
statement which criticised traditional gods in Nigeria. The man of God made
this statement during a service in his church.
Sam Adeyemi was trying to make a
point of saying that the fear in humans was merely self-orchestrated and
constructed by our culture.
He made a point of saying that
due to the local gods promoted and advanced by culture, fear has been
thoroughly passed down from human to human. It is with reference to this that
he made a point of talking about Sango.
According to him, if Sango was as
powerful as people have believed him to be, he would have supplied people
electricity long before it was invented.
This direct inference to
electricity must come from the fact that Sango is believed to be the god of
lightning and thunder.
The popular cleric slammed belief in the deities as national foolishness, wondering why despite all their powers, the idols were colonised by the white man and they couldn’t do a thing.
Although Sam Adeyemi's church
members were thrilled to hear him talk like that, many Nigerians were not
particularly enthused by his statement.
In his words;
“You were only raised on a
culture of fear. There is nothing, absolutely nothing. You are afraid of Sango,
if Sango was that powerful why did he not supply electricity to our cities?
Nonsense.
It’s amasing how we have national
foolishness, you believe in Sango. I was discussing with one of us some days
ago, and he said we believe in Sango, Sanpona and that they are powerful and as
powerful as they are they could not give us electricity.
The whiteman came and colonise
Sango, Sanpona, and all of them and they could not stop the whiteman.
Foolish idols, you better throw
them away.”
There you have it. Over to the
gods…
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