BAPTISM AND HELL FIRE: A QUESTION OF FAITH AND DEBUNKING RELIGIOUS DOCTRINAL LACUNAE.

By Namakando Nalikando-Sinyama

Before you rather hastily rush to caution me not to question what you call the 'Wisdom' of God, just know that perhaps unlike you, I was cut from a totally different cloth as I strongly believe that, this ounce or miniscule of a Brain I was endowed with was actually meant to function and be used to think through things and not so easily allow it to succumb to the debilitating Disease of Mass Conformism,The  Doctrine of Fear and Religious Intimidation. Of course, out of immense and humbling Humility and knowing full well that we can never out think God,I have opted to never ever remain forever quiet in the face of things that do not make sense . Our Initiation Vow was, "To Forever  return Hostility on every form of Tyranny over the mind of Man."

I am a remnant of an extremely Rare Breed of the last surviving few Brave Heart Human Initiates who have sworn to Salvage the image of God from gross Biblical misrepresentation . Over the many years of Christian Biblical manipulation through editing of Scripture for the sole purpose of the  furtherance of various Political ends by Religious establishments spurred on by  ulterior motives and Agendas, the True image and Reputation of a Truly Loving God may have suffered irreparable  damage. It is,therefore Our Creed and Solemn Duty to defend and Protect the image of The One True God. Once one attains a Spiritual Plane or Enlightenment akin to the Buddhist Nirvana , where Individuality becomes extinct by being absorbed into the Supreme Spirit you begin to see things a whole lot differently and realise that, upon thoroughly reading the Christian 'Holy' text or scripture with courageous open eyes and  truly functioning Brain, one is bound to be led away from God and not towards his genuine worship as you will discover certain passages that just do not add up. You will notice that, in my deposition,I have meticulously avoided inundating you with scriptural text to prove my point for the simple reason that, I want you to think on your own and not regurgitate other peoples words verbatim.

So, does Baptism actually save people from being condemned into Eternal Damnation by being tossed into  the prepared Human Barbecue/of Bokolo of unrepentant Sinners who will be roasted Forever while this spectacle saves as some form of a rather macabre source of entertainment? Do Folks realise that all this, will not be done by the caricatured image of the Horned Crimson faced,pitch folk wielding, fluke tailed goblin and most criminalised  personage or character in all the Abrahamic religions of Islam,Judaism and Christianity (As he appears on the insert  in the Manchester United Football Club's Team Logo) as is the misrepresentation of The Devil figure so common in Judeo-christian folklore but alas, we are told that it will all be supposedly done, as an ultimate expression of a final act of unwaivering and undying 'Love' for Sinners,by God. I will Kill you because I Love You. Wow!!!

Surely, even the Devil ought to be caring enough to Humanely end the lives of the unrepentant Sinners(if it must or has to come to that) by killing them off quicker to end their misery and suffering  instead of making it go on forever while actually enjoying it! Is this the picture you seriously want some of us to accept as being the unquestionable 'Wisdom' of  a truly loving God?

When people have prayed for travelling mercies and Papas on Buses and planes have equally done so then later  frisk gullible passengers off their money but Accidents still happen to people where even babies die, are we seriously to accept that these planes or Buses were rather conveniently packed with random passengers who had the same so-called appointed time to die? Tell someone who has lost a dear loved one that God Gives and Takes and as such, the empty feeling of deep loss through the death of a loved one is actually by  God's own doing or he was powerless to prevent it because The Devil is in charge of this system of things for the time being. He(God)has taken your loved because he gave,and since assumedly you are tired of having them around, he got them,really? The current unbearable levels of Human suffering,again we are told have been allowed by the Heavens only for a little while , but to what end I aks? To prove who is in charge of this system of things. What? Are you kidding me? Do you know what allow really means? Give a go ahead or permit by a supposedly higher Authority in an apparent Game of Dare(Job Test of Faith style) to see who is going to remain Loyal and be on God's side. The Cutthroat competition for Souls. This effectively makes Our existence as  Humanity on this planet be as  mere pawns in a High stakes Game of Dare in an unending Duel between the Forces of Darkness and of Light. The ever recurring theme  and narrative that blatantly espouses the clear discrimination against women and their depiction as second class creation made obvious from their exclusion from certain aspects of Worship deemed too Holy for their Biological make up. Their indictment as the actual source and trigger of human suffering from the biblical account of the emergence of human Life on the planet in the Edenic paradisaical tale courtesy of serpentine charm after the alleged consumption of a forbidden 'Fruit' of Knowledge. Have you noticed how the access to and possession of Knowledge is prevented and treated as Evil by many authorities thus ensuring that subjects must forever wallow in self-imposed ignorance to help maintain a semblance of Order through command and control  that sustains the Powers that be . This is what Human government closely stifle freedom of  Information or deliberately make you Internet bundles expensive. There is a actually sinister connection you see.

When you are told that Jesus died for your Sins  it might help a great deal to understand such utterances in their correct context. He died for which sins exactly ? Was it the  one that were committed before he was born or only those after? And since he supposedly died for all Sins,does this equally cover all futuristic ones or his death is somewhat limited and Sinners are still condemned until they Believe in him first. Do you understand that if there or s still a precondition then that makes his death not enough. Beware of such thinking,it can only be managed safely by a few of Us. A great number of humans would not dare conceive such thought due to their morbid fear of being thrusted into the very Pit of Hell.

When all is said and done, people will need to finally accept that the whole Scarecrow Hell Fire teaching and the attendant Fear of Eternal Damnation in purgatory or wherever that will be be,it has instilled in most 'believers' as a result,  is and has always been  the main basis for their Belief or Faith in God and not pure Love and reverence for him due to his reciprocal Love for them. Their worship and Belief in a God is thus not unconditional but one hinged up on and attendant or predicated on  the assumption that it is what will secure them safe passage to a fabled Shang rila or Pile up in the Sky with ravines gushing full of torrents of a dairy product and Ambrosia as a a reward for being Good or Loyal to God as opposed to being on the 'Devil's' side.

All this confusion is to be expected when We as Afrikans ,proven to Be the very first Creation on the planet allow John and Jane Come Latelys to Teach us about God as missionaries. It may well explain our levels of mass disillusionment with all things religious and consequently make us yearn for Our Old time Religion before Christianity. What was Our Afrikan Spirituality which they condemned as Paganism? What they came up with as a whitewashed version,I am afraid , falls way short and does not make much sense at all. It just does not. Sorry to rattle the foundations and tenets of faith for some believers.

It is exactly this,and more teachings that have made a lot of Churches to become deserted in huge numbers especially in the first world.