poundfoolish wrote:@Mtu Biz. tell us your story...
To atheists we are all brainwashed in some way.. where is the line?
I have seen the effects of this thing. a sister is in to such nonesense. I can only say such brain washing comes from a combination of 3 things
1. Small mind
2. Hopelessness
3. lazyness
when you are too lazy to work/read/better yourself and cannot thing even how to run a mama mboga kiosk you become hopeless and start looking for some mystical answer to why you 'sweat' isn't adding up you become gullible.
Meanwhile there is a smart ass somewhere tired of sleeping hungry and realises how the 'fear of the unknown' has such grip on human souls. Hence they start a 'church'/cult and demand that they shouldn't be questioned because you cannot question God and they are servants of God.
Idiots with the 3 combinations above are easy pray..VOILA!! it hits the fan
@Pound my story is long and turbulent... before i go there let me say again, this 'nonsense' as you put it can sweep anyone, it has nothing to do with laziness or small mindedness, it has everything to to with an individual who has accepted as truth a misrepresentation of life in its context and with regard to God.
Any individual who especially during their formative years did not have an authoritative point of reference with regard to what life is all about will eventually fall prey to those who claim this authority.
This may not necessarily be a christian or biblically sound authority... even a consistent kusema na kutenda type dad or mum is enough.. someone to whom the child sees consistency in word and deed.. when this person teaches the child against certain things, that sticks.
When you Child pesters you with those endless Why questions.... answer them! If you don't know the answers find out, otherwise huko mbele anangojewa na mbweha.
My story shortly..