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Immorality
has become a religion of its own in some parts of the world. In the
United States, a church is encouraging members of its congregation to attend
services in the nude. The congregants of a Southeastern Virginia church
according to BMJ MURIITHI walk
into the church fully dressed and immediately strip naked upon entry, what a
world? America started with nudist resorts, porn and strip clubs and we (some)
Nigerians call it civilization. I hope we don’t have strip clubs and porn
nowadays made by Nigerians because we always seem to follow mostly their evil
influence. In fashion and designing, I know we have learnt it but I pray you
not to learn the immoral attitude from them.
Mr. Parker the
pastor of the so called church said “Some of the biggest moments in Jesus’ life
were when he was naked.” “When he was born, he was naked, when he was crucified
he was naked and when he arose, he left his clothes in the tomb and he was
naked. If God made us that way, how can that be wrong?” he wondered.
“People
are more open as far as hearing the word of God and speaking the word of God,” Mr.
Church said, adding; “There are people that have great means, great wealth
while others don't. But you wouldn't know, and everybody treats everyone
equally here. We are very happy as a Church family."
Friedrich Nietzsche
writes his famous declaration, God is dead several times throughout his works. He said, in The Gay Science
(Section 125, The Madman):
“God is dead.
God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the
murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the
world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this
blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of
atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of
this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear
worthy of it?”
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Nietzsche’s works express a
fear that the decline of religion, the rise of atheism, and the absence of a
higher moral authority would plunge the world into chaos. The western world had
depended on the rule of God for thousands of years — it gave order to society
and meaning to life. Without it, Nietzsche writes, society will move into an
age of nihilism. He was critical of it and warned that accepting nihilism would
be dangerous. We live our lives as though God does not exist and we have
cemented our rationality and then refuse to accept our shortcomings.
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