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Overzealousness Amongst Nigerians And Its Andverse Effects by odumchi: 7:33pm On Dec 22, 2014
I find the overzealousness and religious extremism that Nigerians sometime display disgusting. When we hear about religious extremism and violence in Nigeria (and other parts of Africa) it's mostly discussed with reference to Islamic terror groups and whatnot, but I'd like to open up a platform for discussion on an equally dangerous and underrated group of fundamentalists: radical Christians.

In southern Nigeria, radical Christians may not be planting explosives or spilling blood, but they are engaging in activities which have reprocussions that're several times as destructive. They are the ones that can be found in rural communities, burning indigenous religious objects, masks, carvings, and structures all in the name of a "crusade". They are the very people that believe that anything involving local traditional practices are evil and heathen and wouldn't give a second thought to burning a 200-year old skillfully-crafted wooden African mask, all while failing to recognize that even the Irish (the most Catholic people in the world) treasure what little they have of their forefathers' dying Gaelic culture.

The thing that pushed me to write this was a particular post in my town's Facebook page in which several individuals started questioning the essence of masquerade performances during the Christmas season since it doesn't relate to the birth of Jesus. That's when the severity of the narrowmindedness of our people really hit me. What's most alarming is that the activities of these overzealous Christians, if not checked, will result in the permanent loss of thousands of years of human history. Sadly, the greatest threat that Africa faces is cultural suicide at the hands of its own people. I fear that the fact that a large number (if not the majority) of people think this way is a sign that the war may already be lost.

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Re: Overzealousness Amongst Nigerians And Its Andverse Effects by itstpia111: 10:50pm On Dec 22, 2014
odumchi:


The thing that pushed me to write this

i was wondering about that.
Re: Overzealousness Amongst Nigerians And Its Andverse Effects by tpiar: 10:34pm On Jan 31, 2016
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