(By Adesegun Damazio) - Die
by fire.
No,
no one has to die by anything, not especially when death is invoked through a
religion that promotes peace.
Save
for a few times when I've had to attend other churches either out of compulsion
or eventful engagements, I've been a Catholic all my life and owe my religious
views to the teachings I've imbibed from Catholicism.
This
belief, is one which triggers boredom when I come across people who pray for an
unhealthily long period of time. As our faces are different, so are our needs.
But on closer inspection, it's quite easy to tell that these prolonged prayers
are often a repetition of litanies, with only the wordings changing. If I had
my way, the Nigerian version of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal will be
reformed to a point where members begin to pray more peacefully.
This
belief, is one which triggers discomfort when I hear people pray death and
destruction over people they consider "enemies". But then, have you
ever bothered to ask why you alone might have so many enemies to start with?
Could it be because you're one heck of a troublemaker yourself who can't help
but offend "them" or do these "enemies" just pick on
easygoing people because they can?
