Does religion
make us moral?
The prevailing social realities particularly in Africa and some
other parts of the world have showed that Religion Doesn't Make People More
Moral, The moral high ground seems to be a crowded place. A new study suggests
that religious people aren't more likely to do “good” than their nonreligious
counterparts. The church as a religious institution is presumably a center that
should breed, groom and promote good moral values for a just and better
society.
What is
morality in Christianity?
The Christian ethics, which is simply theological discipline
concerned with identifying and elucidating the principles that determine the
quality of human behaviour in the light of Christian revelation. Have witnessed
series of contradiction and controversies in recent times, Thus the need for a review of the prevailing global
factors of socio-economic and societal value orientation, particularly in
comparative view of social developments within Africa and the rest of the
world, in reference to the ROLE and influence of Christianity as a religion.
With the exception of the United States of America (USA) as
the number one global economic and political power, China is currently the
world's leading economic power. In China, there is almost Zero Church presence.
Prosperity preachers are useless in China.
Finland has the most stable economy in the world today.
There are less than twenty churches in Finland. Sow-to-prosper doesn't work in
Finland.
Switzerland has the
second most stable economy in the world. Switzerland has fewer than thirty
churches. Miracle money is not welcome in Switzerland.
Denmark is the third most stable economy in the world; there
are about 23 churches in Denmark. Denmark doesn't pray for its economic
stability. These countries are considered to have the highest number of atheists,
but they are prosperous!.
However comparatively to #Africa...There are more than 10,000
churches per region including 4,000 churches in the city of Yaoundé alone! Yet
poverty is driving Cameroonians to even other poorer countries.
About 4100 churches
in only the city of Abidjan!, 7000 churches in only the city of Kinshasa! 10,000
churches in only the city of Lagos in Nigeria! Note that Lagos is just one
state out of 36 states that make up Nigeria. Yet Nigerians are leading the
world in corruption and crime
In Africa, we have more churches than schools and hospitals
combined!, More pastors than doctors & real engineers, ironically Everyone is born again yet crimes are on the
increase. Everyone is covered with the blood of Jesus yet accidents happen on
our bad roads. Even with the enormous
resources available to make these roads motor able. Everyone is filled with the
Holy Spirit yet our morals are depreciating in geometric progression. Africa's
religiosity does not reflect on the morals that are hoped for in a decent
society. The continent is perceived to be among the laziest, the most
deceiving, the most corrupt, the most hypocritical, the most hateful on the
planet today, with all our Jesus and the Holy Spirit!, Yet we visibly see
ethnocentric tendencies within the church, insincerity etc. Our people need to
distinguish between religion and stupidity or between spirituality and
brainwashing! Or fiction and realty
