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Aha! Should have pre-empted that; I did see u hit back with that one.
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So you take one sentence in my previous post and ignore the rest? You're trying really hard to trap me, aren't you.
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You choose not to know.
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Says who?
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Who says the written word is the only means of knowing?
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And who said that the written word is the only means I relied on, Miss presumptuous Nafusi
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I have a document saved on my computer, dealing with research done by a couple of my cousins with regards to religious practices in my family going back to the early 1800s. It does suggest some sort of duality similar to what RD has been saying. But then again, this contradicts the research done by
these people, which suggests some sort of Deism, yet the afterlife concept of
Warumunyi is quite similar to the Jewish concept of
Sheol, which would line up with some research one of my great uncles did who says that our people are the descendants of the Biblical Job, (which would then mean that I'm closer to home than you originally thought).
Yet others would claim a link to an ancient Ku****ic empire through Shungwaya, which would explain why at some point our peeps, together with the others in that area referred to themselves as
Washiranzi. (And if this is the case, that's bad news for RD, because it would mean that Zoroaster picked up the concept of the devil from us.
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The rest are either too busy worshipping a white Jesus and saying that our ancient practices are demonic, or simply don't care and would rather yell 'Arsenal damu' and worship a white Andrei Asharvin.
Either way, the results remain inconclusive, I didn't simply choose not to know like you originally assumed. Since you're very keen, you're welcome to share your opinion, but then again yours would just be one in a variety of competing theories.
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I know enough (Kenyan, actually Luhya) to make me doubt the authenticity of xtianity.
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This is a non-sequitur. Knowing about Luhya spirituality should not make any impact on the authenticity of Christianity. (Unless the Luhya's are similar to the Waislamus
). Of course, being part of the 2nd or 3rd largest ethnic group in Kenya, you have a lot to people to work with. Making up only less than 1% of Kenya's population, and being absorbed by the people of the 'Nine towns' at a very rapid rate, I don't have that luxury.
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There is a reason the likes of Rome still want Africa in an intellectual slumber. Poverty is a big vehicle.
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One word: Capitalism. In a capitalistic world, especially in a global economy (where it's not just small businesses but whole nations competing), there has to be poor people.
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If Africans ever get a chance to stop and think about it...xtianity has no future.
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Of course, this implies that I didn't stop and think about it.
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And I keep going back to that line of reasoning because u are unable to address the dilemma of the masses incapable of experiencing whatever you have.
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My stand is simple, Truth is something that is demonstrated, not presented in theoretical form.
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Of course u have admitted you know not.
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Ati?
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Which leads me to wonder? Don't u think that is reasonable doubt, doubt enough to dent xtian authenticity.
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Doubt is reasonable, but doubt doesn't lead one to constantly question someone else because they hold dearly to what you have doubts about. In an online discussion, it's a chance to reason together. And also, just because you doubt something doesn't mean that thing loses it's authenticity.