Is Religion A Blessing or Curse For Africans

Religion is a system of belief that was brought to Africa, and Nigeria in particular, before now, our people have their beliefs and a way of worshipping God. I am not well informed about how other Africans worship theirs Gods or how their belief system works, so, I will only talk about the Igbos.

Igbos believe that every individual has their own God() and then One almighty God, We believe that  deities have powers to punish whosoever that does wrong and Boom, Religion was brought to us, and since then, Africa lost itself, people now commit all sorts and nothing happens as a consequence.

Religion is a curse for Africans:

Religion is not even meant to save Africans but to destroy Africans. Lets start from the bible, The story  recorded in Exodus about the freedom from Egypt is there only for some reasons.

1. To make Africans hate Egypt from Childhood so that they won't have interest to research of its glory.

What Is The Meaning Of Religion

 

The word religion came from a Latin word "Religare" which simply means to bind or enslave, which seems like the idea was to put people in bondage. If we also look at the meaning of church, it means the slaves master's house.

Starting in the 15th century, when European powers initiated contact and commercial activity with Sub-Saharan Africa, and continuing throughout the following centuries, organized religion played a leading role in developing, supporting, and legislating the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

World Religion Day was first observed in 1950, but the initiative to celebrate all religions started a few years before that and since after then, things change in Africa, politics, way of life, education etc.

Now, the question is, Is Religion a good or bad thing for Africans.

How Many Religions are there in the world

According to Google, there are over 4,000 religions but majority of the world are familiar with are few and some of them are:

• Christianity:
• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Judaism

And accordingly to them Christianity is the most popular because most people are Christians, the question I am pondering on now is, is Christianity the right religion ?