Sunday, 27 July 2014

Heaven is No Longer Appealing

Growing up i  was constantly threatened with ‘going to the devil’s place’  anytime I did anything the community considered wrong.  For instance to deter me from telling a lie like I did not eat the sugar , I would be told all liars will go to strange place called hell or devil’s place. This place  was a big lake of ever-burning fire and  located many kilometers under the earth surface. A figure of a horned and ugly creature with a long tail toasting and turning people with a fork in a barbecue manner was  the picture created by people shaping my upbringing : parents, siblings , relatives, teachers and the clergy
I was told of  bad legacy the devil has had since the beginning of the world , it tricked the first people to commit sin and that why I had to go to school and  do the chores.
But there was an alternative, a very beautiful place called Heaven . I was told all ‘good’ people go to heaven, somewhere above the clouds. It is place they will spent the eternity  with the heavenly creators singing and placing their creator. Heaven was so hyped by the clergy of the past that people fancied the place.
Times have changed , our world is now  shaped around the information and communication , the statement that  the ‘world is a global village ‘ is more vivid than ever. We are either on our Smartphone chatting , calling ,texting , tweeting or reading something online, else we are watching tv or listening to the radio. Imagine of a place where there will not be any internet connection, no parting over the weekend or the premier league? Am not looking forward to such a place.   It is time the clergy changed their lines from a place furnished with gold where a chosen few will entertain their master forever and instead tell us of say free wi-fi, cirocs, politics-free and the mysterious technology.
It is sad that my religious beliefs were shaped by the fear of hell other than faith and believe of a divine power. Am not alone majority of Christians are being guided by this fear in their actions instead of basic human morality.
I know someone has already condemned me to the burning of hell for talking ‘ill’ of paradise. But some questions are mind bogging: How on earth  are you supposed to enjoy yourself in heaven while your entire lineage is crying because of the  torment in hell. At least according to Jesus’ parable of Lazarus and the rich man, a sibling will be begging for a drop water to cool his or tongue from you.


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