In the month of July 2012, I was in Ife, Osun State of Nigeria for a wedding ceremony. Two of my past students at the School for Personal Leadership were getting married and they had sent me an invitation. Seeing that both the bride and the groom have passed through SPL, it was a great honour to have been invited and I gave them my word that I would be at the ceremony in person.

So, on the 7th of July 2012 I took a trip to Ife to honour the invitation of the now Mr. and Mrs. Tunji and Dunni Adegbite. It was my first time in Ife and the wedding reception held at the great Obafemi Awolowo University. I really had a great time that day as it was the first time we were all seeing face to face. Though I already knew what they looked like from their pictures but they had never seen me before that day. And another past student of mine Adenike D-Light Akinsanya was also there. It was an awesome time together.

It was while I was on my way back to Lagos the following day that the idea for this note came to me. I had forgotten that the 7th of July was the first Saturday of the month and if you reside in Lagos that is so not a good day for a road trip, particularly if you would be exiting from the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. So, with my experience that morning while leaving Lagos, I decided to spend the night at Ibadan and return to Lagos on Sunday morning. Nike, who also came for the wedding from Lagos, left Ife by 5:00pm but couldn’t get into Lagos until 11:00pm instead of 8:00pm.

As the cab I took from Ibadan back to Lagos was exiting Ibadan, we drove right past Sat Guru Maharaji’s place and the idea for this note just flashed across my mind and I could not help but laugh within me. Those of you who know who I am talking about now must have also laughed.

All over the world there are some people who claim to be God and Sat Guru Maharaji is one of such. In 2011 an Iranian man, Abdolreza Gharabat, was hung for claiming to be God. And in January this year a man in Harare, Ananias Maponga, was arrested for the same claim. The Dalai Lama of Tibet is regarded as the reincarnation of the God of compassion. And some people actually regard these people as God.

Mind you, I am not saying they claim to be God’s representative on earth. That would be understandable I guess. These people actually claim to be God, that they created the heavens and the earth. The amazing part is that they’ve been around for a while. Sat Guru Maharaji of Ibadan should be in his 70’s if I am not mistaken.

Some of them really have a large followership and even display signs and wonders among their followers that even strengthen their claims. And everywhere there is a display of the spectacular you are sure to find a crowd there. So, their followers really believe they are God. I remember the one time I was at a close range to Sat Guru Maharaji at the Challenge area of Ibadan some years ago. I was amazed at the chants of praises hailed at him by the ordinary people around. This guy sure pulls some crowd.

As the cab driver drove past his palace that Sunday morning on my way back to Lagos, I could not help but laugh. I laughed because one day he will be dead just like any other mortal. And not too far away someone will turn on his television and what will be on the television screen will be ‘News Flash: God Is Dead.’ Then someone else in one other remote area of the country will get up and say he is the new God and the cycle will repeat itself all over.

The one whom Jesus loves,
Mute Efe,
+234-803-874-9796 (SMS Only)

N.B
A special weekend session of School for Personal Leadership will hold during the last two weekends of the month of August, 2012. To participate, text WSPL*Surname*First Name*Name of Institution or Occupation (if working)*State of Residence*Country of Residence*Email Address*GSM Number to +234-803-874-9796. Please go to my timeline to read the full details about the school. Fee is N3,750 if you reside in Nigeria and US$30 if you reside outside Nigeria.

mute4real: In the month of July 2012, I was in Ife, Osun State of Nigeria for a wedding ceremony. Two of my past students at the School for Personal Leadership were getting married and they had sent me an invitation. Seeing that both the bride and the groom have passed through SPL, it was a great honour to have been invited and I gave them my word that I would be at the ceremony in person.

So, on the 7th of July 2012 I took a trip to Ife to honour the invitation of the now Mr. and Mrs. Tunji and Dunni Adegbite. It was my first time in Ife and the wedding reception held at the great Obafemi Awolowo University. I really had a great time that day as it was the first time we were all seeing face to face. Though I already knew what they looked like from their pictures but they had never seen me before that day. And another past student of mine Adenike D-Light Akinsanya was also there. It was an awesome time together.

It was while I was on my way back to Lagos the following day that the idea for this note came to me. I had forgotten that the 7th of July was the first Saturday of the month and if you reside in Lagos that is so not a good day for a road trip, particularly if you would be exiting from the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. So, with my experience that morning while leaving Lagos, I decided to spend the night at Ibadan and return to Lagos on Sunday morning. Nike, who also came for the wedding from Lagos, left Ife by 5:00pm but couldn’t get into Lagos until 11:00pm instead of 8:00pm.

As the cab I took from Ibadan back to Lagos was exiting Ibadan, we drove right past Sat Guru Maharaji’s place and the idea for this note just flashed across my mind and I could not help but laugh within me. Those of you who know who I am talking about now must have also laughed.

All over the world there are some people who claim to be God and Sat Guru Maharaji is one of such. In 2011 an Iranian man, Abdolreza Gharabat, was hung for claiming to be God. And in January this year a man in Harare, Ananias Maponga, was arrested for the same claim. The Dalai Lama of Tibet is regarded as the reincarnation of the God of compassion. And some people actually regard these people as God.

Mind you, I am not saying they claim to be God’s representative on earth. That would be understandable I guess. These people actually claim to be God, that they created the heavens and the earth. The amazing part is that they’ve been around for a while. Sat Guru Maharaji of Ibadan should be in his 70’s if I am not mistaken.

Some of them really have a large followership and even display signs and wonders among their followers that even strengthen their claims. And everywhere there is a display of the spectacular you are sure to find a crowd there. So, their followers really believe they are God. I remember the one time I was at a close range to Sat Guru Maharaji at the Challenge area of Ibadan some years ago. I was amazed at the chants of praises hailed at him by the ordinary people around. This guy sure pulls some crowd.

As the cab driver drove past his palace that Sunday morning on my way back to Lagos, I could not help but laugh. I laughed because one day he will be dead just like any other mortal. And not too far away someone will turn on his television and what will be on the television screen will be ‘News Flash: God Is Dead.’ Then someone else in one other remote area of the country will get up and say he is the new God and the cycle will repeat itself all over.

The one whom Jesus loves,
Mute Efe,
+234-803-874-9796 (SMS Only)

N.B
A special weekend session of School for Personal Leadership will hold during the last two weekends of the month of August, 2012. To participate, text WSPL*Surname*First Name*Name of Institution or Occupation (if working)*State of Residence*Country of Residence*Email Address*GSM Number to +234-803-874-9796. Please go to my timeline to read the full details about the school. Fee is N3,750 if you reside in Nigeria and US$30 if you reside outside Nigeria.

The streets of history are littered with corpses of dead gods. Zeus, adonis, mithras, ahura mazda, yahweh,jesus and many others.

Hello Plaetton,
Did you really have to link my article just because you wanted to place a comment? You want crash the server? I trip around you O!

Y. .. Jesus drove from the temple with a whip to the merchants ...
All the merchants of religion should be flogged in a public square! Resume whom 1,500 lashes with religion.

Ptolomeus,
I don't think religion is a bad thing. It is what men make out of it that is the problem.

lol. nice piece,

plaetton:

The streets of history are littered with corpses of dead gods. Zeus, adonis, mithras, ahura mazda, yahweh,jesus and many others.

in what context are these persons gods? or do you understand the notion of being God?

noetic16:

in what context are these persons gods? or do you understand the notion of being God?

I take it you are god then, since. you apparently understand the notion of being god.

noetic16:

in what context are these persons gods? or do you understand the notion of being God?

I take it you are god then, since you apparently understand the notion of being god.

noetic16:

in what context are these persons gods? or do you understand the notion of being God?

what is the definition of God, if I may ask?

Akwenuke marho: what is the definition of God, if I may ask?

which God do h want to know about?

ooman4:

I take it you are god then, since. you apparently understand the notion of being god.

Understanding the notion of being God, does NOT make me God, it only implies that I am an informed person.

Back to reality . . . in what context are the persons you listed God? Do you understand the notion of being God?

Akwenuke marho: what is the definition of God, if I may ask?

In what context do you ask?

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