The true face of Christianity to many Nigerian Church goers is the actual face of their general overseers, pastors or bishops that they see regularly in their Churches or on the national television stations across Nigeria. The words of these men are the final spiritual authorities in the daily life of many Nigerian Christians who go to the Churches that these men pastor or run. Any objective criticism of the words or actions of these men are considered by their followers to be evil, satanic, demonic, anti-Christ, heresies and abominations of the highest order that deserve instant divine discipline or even physical death.
These men are highly revered and feared by many to the point that their followers see them to be next to God, the true mediator between them and their God, perfect, sinless and infallible human beings. They even call them my lord, daddies and mummies instead of the official titles of the various offices that these men occupy. Their books, self-invented teachings and personal philosophies are the best sellers amongst their fanatical followers and are also highly rated by their disciples more than the sound doctrinal teachings of the Bible. Many of their followers know these men more than Jesus Christ the true Lord and the only Savior of mankind. Many Nigerian Christians can easily quote the words of these men more than the words and the teachings of Jesus Christ the Lord.
Many Nigerian Christians have been indoctrinated by these men to the point that everything that happens in the life of a typical Nigerian Christian today is a miracle without taking into account one's personal choices or responsibilities on daily basis. The witches, wizards, demons and generational curses are blamed for all their misfortunes in life. The pentecostal Churches are now the new healing centers because the government hospitals and the clinics are completely empty because of decades of neglect and corruption. Millions of sick Nigerians that cannot afford to go to the few privately owned hospitals or travel overseas for medical treatments rush to these healing and deliverance Churches. Religion has turned millions of Nigerians into bigots and fanatics. Nigeria for now is a failing nation is all reality
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