POLITICS AND RELIGION- THE SAME SIDE OF A COIN
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Religion and politics is not a thing for the feeble, the faint at heart. It is one of the topics that ends in a brawl in any discussion, it had caused communal clashed with lots of life lost to it. Embracing the two is the deadliest form of living, only the wise would know which end of the snake is safe to handle!
A lot of people, including you and I are never a fan of politicians and politics, but many of us have a religion. Interestingly, once you are religious; then you have embraced politics no matter how you loath Greek and ancient politicking which is common in the present days. Before you get confused, I have a point I am aiming at, so read my point of view.
A PRESIDENT AND A POPE
There are several acclaimed men of God and Religious leaders across the Universe, Monks and Shaolin masters, Imams, and Sheiks or Sultan as the case may be. These are equivalent titles to the president and Governors, Senators and Mayors ruling over us. The difference is, politicians are known to be corrupt, it’s their “MO”, but never as hypocritical as Religious leaders.
The President and the Pope, Reverend fathers and Governors and Senators are just people hiding under a bushel, one hide under Religion and the other Federal and state laws which never stops them from committing heinous crimes like ordinary citizens, but they get away with it while an average citizen won’t. The priest and Pastors received offerings and tithe even from the most crooked human, both gangsters and the prostitute all bring their proceedings to the church and ask for a blessing over it, even public officers also brings embezzled public funds to the church and other religious places and nothing is wrong in doing so.
MORE TAXES MORE OFFERINGS
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Most of these Politicians are charitable givers even though they are corrupt, but religious leaders take and always take from the masses (both the poor and the needy must pay offering) and rich in the name of religion just like a tax!
Just like taxes, levied on all incomes and transactions; many religious preach more about offering than the actual moral and spirituality they were made for. It’s non-debatable that politicians enrich their pockets with public funds, unfortunately, most proceedings from Churches and Mosques are also siphoned by some at the top of the ladder in the Religious circle.
It is disheartening in Christianity why offerings and tithe is always a major sermon every Sunday like it’s a special degree in Theology to brainwash church-goers and unsuspecting Christians who are perishing and be scammed because they lack wisdom and the knowledge of the Scriptures.
CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS- MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
To be fair, some spiritual leaders are charitable givers, they have foundations too like the Clinton Foundation and the Obama Foundation. Sadly, most religion now has Charity organizations disguised to give back to the fatherless and the poor but with a more sinister scheme. Most charity organizations were created to launder money, a huge sum of money to some foreign account or to fund some covert operations somewhere in the world to disorganize the peace of those living there. Most religious leaders use these donations to their charities for personal business and maybe one or a few cents goes to the actual purpose for which it was donated for.
In Africa, it is a bizarre and curious case, Churches and Mosques Build expensive colleges with donations and funds from the poor church-goers, to make matters worse; these church-goers kids could never afford the tuition fees of the colleges built with church funds. Just like politicians sending their kids overseas after making policies that had crippled the Education of their states and countries.
Believe in your conviction, read your Bible and never fall prey to scammers disguised in Robes and Turbans, only then you will have uttermost peace no one could take away from you!
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My friend you really take your time in analysing events as they unfold.....i agree with you on using church funds to build some but the same cannot even afford the tuition....most private university are owned by church but their tuition fees is on the high.....Just the entry fees will buy a plot of land for you.....
I just they wonder why? Because it ought to be the other way round.....Only the rich do enrols in such school.
It's a failed system of the World, Religion doesn't count as much as what each of us actually believes.