Religion, according to Google is a pursuit or interest followed by great devotion.
Spirituality according to Google is the quality of being concerned with the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.
Quick Question -
Do you think the bane of contention in the African Society; with a case study of Nigeria, is we are more Spiritually inclined or Religious?
Or is it in reverse?
And which is actually the right path to cave a better present and future home for ourselves and our generation yet unborn.
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It's a thin line between registry and spirituality and most people assume the former is same as the latter and Nigerians are not exonerated from this notion. However Nigerians are not spiritual but mere religious bigots who assume are mundane spiritual concioconscio on the premise of religious activities.
ReplyDeleteI think that in Nigeria we are a religious set of people
ReplyDelete@Gbenga, over religiousness is the issue
DeleteWe are religious and need to go deeper.
ReplyDeleteAnd what will the deepness bring ?
Deleteunfortunately in Nigeria we have alot of confused individuals who dont know where they stand
ReplyDeleteExactly.
DeleteAnd the confused people are breeding controversy
DeleteWe need to be more spiritual than just practising religion
ReplyDeleteGold 🌟 for this comment
DeleteNigerians are too religious! That has been our major problem in this country.
ReplyDeleteThank you for ascertaining that
DeleteThere are more religious Christians than spiritual Christians in Nigeria but if we are talking about spiritual and religious, I'll say Nigerians are more spiritual than religious.
ReplyDeleteI say this because spirituality is not limited to Christianity. A lot of Christians are also fetish or subscribe to traditional spiritual orientation. Just as the genuine Christian puts God first in every dimension of their lives, fake Christians and non believers seek direction, protection and provision from traditional spiritual entities.
Being religious is empty and won't help us either way. Being spiritual according to traditional belief system is not really good because there's no emphasis on morality or consideration for other people's lives and property. Premium is placed on getting your desires met and trying to avoid any negative consequences. Being a genuine spiritual Christian however places emphasis on the good of others even more than ourselves...sort of
I just think Nigerians just go way overboard, in extremes, with whatever it is they are exposed and introduced to
DeleteWe are more religious I guess( even though you can be both). Most religions generally preach love. But our major problem lies in being hypocritical and not following the true teachings of whatever religion we practice
ReplyDeleteHypocrisy is the order of the day to most religion practicioners in Nigeria
DeleteSpirituality helps is to be more determined for better things in every thing we do but right here in Nigeria even in Africanl as a whole we are more religious than slpirituality
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