I have heard people say that it is prayer that can solve our problems in Nigeria. It is only prayer that can solve the problem of Boko Haram, they say. Some of us who have chosen reality to superstition, people like me who are rational and chose not be believe in illusion, know that prayers without work, faith without work, is useless. Yes, you can pray but prayers without action is worthless. How can prayer solve our problems when we create our problems deliberately and refuse to solve them deliberately. We politicize Boko Haram and everything else. We politicize corruption, nepotism, religion, region, even the ongoing National Conference. Albert Einstein said our problems cannot be solved by the same thinking that created it. We have not changed our mentality yet we expect divine intervention. When you change the way you think you will certainly act differently and your problems will start to change. The politics of Boko Haram is annoying but it will be fascinating for students of politics. PDP blames APC, APC blames PDP. Interesting, isnt it? The insensitivty and apathy display by politicians on incidents like the Nyanya massacre is appalling. It simply make me feel hopeless that these generation of politicians are incapable of doing anything different than what they are doing right now which is LOOTING and LOOTING and LOOTING. And those who are not in power are screaming because they want to come and LOOT. Prayer doesnt solve problems we can solve. We solve problems that we can solve as human beings. In Nigeria we are unwilling to solve our problems and want God, Allah or some divine intervention. The truth is that things dont work that way. There is a process to everything. How can you budget millions and billions of dollars for security and tell me to pray? Let that millions and billions of dollars be channeled properly to security and see what will happen. Developed countries dont pray but they solve their problems. China, Japan, Korea...are not Muslims or Christians, India have more Hindu than both Christians and Muslims, but things are working there gradually, even the issue of security. Why is nothing working here and we pray more? Lets keep praying. People like Boko Haram will continue to bomb this nation. Let our policemen and army on check points keep taking bribe, Boko Haram will continue to succeed. Let our relgious leaders keep running away from the truth and politicizing Boko Haram, the terrorists will continue to penetrate and kill people. Let us continue to be dishonest about everything, we will continue to face tsunami of problems and bombardment from our enemies. Our enemies? As lethal as Boko Haram is, a lot of Nigerians enjoy their successes and are not happy when our army succeed in their operation. We will triumph as evil can never win. But it is not by prayer that we will triumph over evil, it is by action. The right action. -George Onmonya Daniel
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:50:22 +0000
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