my two cents....
1. christianity is missionary in nature. it goes out to acquire while one is born into an african religion. three of christianity's major acquisition strategies in africa are 1) the propaganda that the african religions and gods are not true 2) that believing in an african god is like believing in the devil 3) (in the olden days) only christians deserved to go to school and hospitals. one could only go to school or be treated in an hospital if one was catholic or anglican which forced many into christianity.
2. with 1) above, europeans were able to dilute the african culture in search away as to pave way for its total extinction.
now, there is nothing fundamentally wrong in an african religion. in fact our religions are very rich in culture. christianity on the other hand teaches that you must believe in god "who will deliver you from the devil and evil". the truth is that you are also being told, by this sentence implied, to believe in the duality of god, that is both god and devil. the reason being that if your belief in god is dependant upon his act of delivering you from the devil, you must therefore believe in the devil and his evil before you believe on god to save you. that we call devil worshiping.
so while christians worship the devil. africans do not for africans though believe in the existence of evil spirits but do not see these as some kind of anti-god.
your fears therefore stem from years of indroctination by the christian missionary forces.
go back to the roots.
1. christianity is missionary in nature. it goes out to acquire while one is born into an african religion. three of christianity's major acquisition strategies in africa are 1) the propaganda that the african religions and gods are not true 2) that believing in an african god is like believing in the devil 3) (in the olden days) only christians deserved to go to school and hospitals. one could only go to school or be treated in an hospital if one was catholic or anglican which forced many into christianity.
2. with 1) above, europeans were able to dilute the african culture in search away as to pave way for its total extinction.
now, there is nothing fundamentally wrong in an african religion. in fact our religions are very rich in culture. christianity on the other hand teaches that you must believe in god "who will deliver you from the devil and evil". the truth is that you are also being told, by this sentence implied, to believe in the duality of god, that is both god and devil. the reason being that if your belief in god is dependant upon his act of delivering you from the devil, you must therefore believe in the devil and his evil before you believe on god to save you. that we call devil worshiping.
so while christians worship the devil. africans do not for africans though believe in the existence of evil spirits but do not see these as some kind of anti-god.
your fears therefore stem from years of indroctination by the christian missionary forces.
go back to the roots.