The reason I quit religion Part 1 (Why I left Roman Catholic Church)

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• Africanus 8 years ago

  Beautiful well written article. The question that comes to mind is: How different is Christianity from African traditional religion, once you eliminate the "godlike" personalities (Moses, Mary etc). Because the philosophy und ...
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  Beautiful well written article. The question that comes to mind is: How different is Christianity from African traditional religion, once you eliminate the "godlike" personalities (Moses, Mary etc). Because the philosophy underlying all religions are the same - mental enslavement.

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• Kweku 8 years ago

  Yes, the piece is very well written - and I mean the language. The guy writes well, no two ways about that.
  
  But the material? It's nothing new at all. Millions have made similar discoveries about the Roman Catholic Church ...
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  Yes, the piece is very well written - and I mean the language. The guy writes well, no two ways about that.
  
  But the material? It's nothing new at all. Millions have made similar discoveries about the Roman Catholic Church even if not all have expressed the disenchantment so eloquently.
  
  I am looking forward to the the second (or subsequent) part(s) where I hope the writer will tell us the other Christian denominations, in the end, are also the same bullshit expressed in different ways...
  
  Oh, I, too, was brought up a Roman Catholic whose doctrine I practised until I knew better.

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• Africanus 8 years ago

  To understand what this writer was driving at you have to read all three parts of this piece. He is not talking only about the Catholic church, he is talking about religion in general.

  To understand what this writer was driving at you have to read all three parts of this piece. He is not talking only about the Catholic church, he is talking about religion in general.

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• fidelity 8 years ago

  When you get to the final home of the devil for not respecting the woman that God himself Love so much, then you know the stupid mistake you have established for your body and soul.Go and read the scriptures Lukes 1:46.

  When you get to the final home of the devil for not respecting the woman that God himself Love so much, then you know the stupid mistake you have established for your body and soul.Go and read the scriptures Lukes 1:46.

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• Reading Comments 8 years ago

  Pls my dear u should add d verse 47. What did it say? Just read n ask to be explain to I.
  Shalom

  Pls my dear u should add d verse 47. What did it say? Just read n ask to be explain to I.
  Shalom

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• haruna 8 years ago

  and the blood! always the blood!

  and the blood! always the blood!

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• AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

  Materialism has gradually crept into the church and the way some pastors crave for money nowadays is very amazing. I used to attend church at a branch of Winners Chapel International in my locality. The resident pastor and hi ...
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  Materialism has gradually crept into the church and the way some pastors crave for money nowadays is very amazing. I used to attend church at a branch of Winners Chapel International in my locality. The resident pastor and his associate pastors mount the pulpit after gulping energy drinks. All they do is scream into the microphone and the sound they generate is enough to blow the ear drums of a nanny elephant yet these chaps always think it is their unholy noise that will wake Jesus up from his 'slumber'. The other time, after harvesting some few bags of grains from my farm, I doled out one bag to be given to widows of my assembly. The pastor took custody of the food stuff and the next Sunday preached a sermon about tithing where he claimed that some members are not faithful tithers and instead of paying tithe in full, they use part of the money to buy food stuff for some widows to show everybody that they are more righteous. I quickly drew the attention of an elder to inform the pastor that the food stuff is a produce from my farm. The following Sunday, the pastor preached another sermon on prosperity where he claimed that none of his members is poor and so if any body has any gift for any member of his church they should send it elsewhere. This shocked me to the Marrow because I often see congregants and widows of this church always struggling to make ends meet even to the extent picking and gathering stones and waiting for days to solicit for potential buyers before they could sell one head pan of stones. Till date I don't know if the church has distributed the food to the widows. Is this Christianity?

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• Fred 8 years ago

  May God have mercy on you!

  May God have mercy on you!

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• NAK 8 years ago

  My people perish for lack of knowledge Hosea 4;6.there no Church that stood the test of time the HOLY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

  My people perish for lack of knowledge Hosea 4;6.there no Church that stood the test of time the HOLY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

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• Kwabena 8 years ago

  Oh my Jesus, Forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires of hell and lead all souls to heaven especially those who are in most need of your mercy (A prayer of Virgin Mary - Fatima (1917)). That's my prayer for the writer for ...
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  Oh my Jesus, Forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires of hell and lead all souls to heaven especially those who are in most need of your mercy (A prayer of Virgin Mary - Fatima (1917)). That's my prayer for the writer for he is in most need of God's mercy.

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• Africanus 8 years ago

  Pray for yourself, at least this writer has finally been able to rid himself of the religious exploitation and manipulation by the church. You who continue to submit yourself to mental slavery is the one who needs help, more ...
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  Pray for yourself, at least this writer has finally been able to rid himself of the religious exploitation and manipulation by the church. You who continue to submit yourself to mental slavery is the one who needs help, more than him.

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• KK 8 years ago

  Kwabena, am short of words, the man needs deliverance, his parents have done their part

  Kwabena, am short of words, the man needs deliverance, his parents have done their part

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• Aayel Felix 8 years ago

  I have enjoyed every bit of my brother Simon's write up. Not any different from any "enlightened" runaway Catholic. From his submission, I realized his three years of reading the scripture wasn't any different from reading an ...
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  I have enjoyed every bit of my brother Simon's write up. Not any different from any "enlightened" runaway Catholic. From his submission, I realized his three years of reading the scripture wasn't any different from reading any interesting novel. It takes physical reading and divine or spiritual interpretation to understand the content of the Bible. Mr. Simon is unconsciously on church hunt, unfortunately, the church will not take you to " the place of eternal glory" but the grace of the Most High and your personal lifestyle as a Christian. I will edge him to add a prayer for wisdom and understanding any time he reads the Bible and he will realize he just left the feet of a flying eagle to grab a flying vulture.

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