The old testament is full of killings and genocide. Whole tribes slain, women raped, towns and cities pillaged. From the killing of Abel to the captivity of Israel, it is a continuous story of sin and retribution. And the wages of sin was death. Literal death. No kidding. One of the stories tells of a bunch of … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2012
IDLEMINDSET | METAPHYSICS AND THE YORUBA FOLKS (AND SEX TOO!)
I like the Yoruba concept of God. It is possibly the best religious interpretation of God closest to my idea of what (or whom) God is. The Yorubas call God “Olodumare” — a name that suggests unending possibilities of the being’s essence. According to those who do that kind of research, Olodumare is “the least mentioned … Continue reading