Every time the weekend approaches and I remember a phone
conversation I had very many Sundays ago, I begin to worry more. As I relaxed in
bed that Sunday morning, my phone rang. Instinctively, I picked the call
without looking at the screen. But before I could hardly finish answering with
my usual, “Happy Sunday,” The caller asked, “What is happy about the Sunday
while you are still lazing in bed, instead of being in Church?” And I countered
with, “What has Sunday got to do with the Church? Or is it because the English
were worshipping the Sun on that day?” And he replied, “I am not in the mood,
and it is too early for one of your lectures. Why aren’t you in Church?”
When I realized at this point that I wasn’t going to get off
lightly, I said, “I am not in Church because, either they don't know what they
are talking about/doing, or I'm too daft to understand. Think about religion
and its practice. Why, where and when, was it born? Is religion the
afterthought of our Creator/s, or the afterthought of man? You don’t need to be
a Rocket Scientist to know that Churches have been and will continue to deceive
themselves and the populace, because religion is the opium of the people. They
chant we are serving the Almighty God, we are serving the All-Knowing God, but
they collect tithes and donations from treasury looters, murderers and the
masses; live in luxury and build schools which the children of the masses can’t
afford to attend. They are happy to dedicate schools, businesses and mansions
built with illegal funds.”
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