Ndị go back to your root, y'all have a mail from Father Augustine. 😃😃😃

Mocking the Ancestors: A Response to Father Augustine Dear Rev. Fr. Augustine, 1. I write this letter not in anger, but in deep disappointment—and with an even deeper sense of duty. Having listened to your recent video where you sarcastically dismissed calls for a return to our roots, I was struck by the casual cruelty of your words and the apparent disdain with which you handled the spiritual heritage of an entire people. 2. You mockingly suggested that returning to our roots would require us to forsake football, education, phones, TikTok, democracy, and modernity in general. 3. You made it seem as though the only logical outcome of honouring our ancestors is a total regression into caves and chaos. And while I am not surprised by this rhetoric, I am compelled to call it what it is—silly, defensive, and fundamentally dishonest. 4. But I do not fully blame you, Father. You are doing what any businessman would do when the future of his enterprise seems uncertain. 5. You are threatened. You fear that if young people begin to question the spiritual structures that have dominated their minds and lives for over a century, you might have to find an honest living like everyone else—one that does not involve waking up, wearing robes, misinterpreting texts, having amoral affairs and receiving offerings from confused people hoping for divine intervention. 6. Let us not pretend. For over a hundred years, the Igbo people have accepted Christ and Christianity. No one is denying that certain benefits accompanied the missionaries—education, literacy, and technology came as riders. But so did devastation. 7. Christianity arrested the cultural and religious evolution of our people. It interrupted our ability to refine and elevate our indigenous spirituality at our own pace, the same way Hindus in India did with theirs. 8. It offered sanctuary to criminals, where confession was cheaper than justice. It froze a people in a dependency loop, where they look up to heaven for things they could have built with their own hands. 9. Father, you speak as if the church has only ever done good. But have you considered the damage? 10. Religion, particularly Christianity as practiced in Nigeria, is at the heart of many of our societal dysfunctions. 11. You and your fellow priests teach that anyone, no matter the crime, can receive absolution simply by confessing to another man behind closed doors. 12. Where is the justice in that? In civilised societies, there is no such escape. There, you pay for your crimes. No magical forgiveness. No spiritual cover-ups. Just accountability. 13. Perhaps the most tragic legacy of Christianity in Africa was psychological. It made the black child see a white saviour as the only path to salvation. White Jesus. White Mary. White angels. White prophets. These were not mere artistic choices—they were instruments of indoctrination. 14. The result? A deep, subconscious inferiority complex that persists across generations. Look around, Father: there is no single First or Second World nation governed by black people. Not because we are cursed, but because we were convinced to kneel rather than build, to pray rather than plan. 15. I have relatives—good people—who have worshipped your Christian God for three generations. Not one can say with certainty what benefit they’ve reaped. 16. In fact, the more devoted they became, the more helpless they felt. They forgot how to work their land, lost the instinct to build, and gave it all up, hoping that the God of another race would rescue them. 17. And yet you laugh at those who say, "Let us remember who we were." You scoff at the idea that we had something worth preserving. 18. Of course, African Traditional Religion was not perfect. No religion is. 19. But let us be honest: our ancestors, without Bibles or Qur’ans, survived tens of thousands of years. They secured our land, defended their honour, and preserved our genomes. They didn’t start world wars. They didn’t enslave millions across oceans. They didn’t build economies on the blood of others. 20. Yes, some of their practices were outdated, but reform is not abandonment. The fact that a religion needs an update is not proof that it must be discarded. 21. You ended your video by saying that Christianity is a “heavenly culture” meant to “sanitise” human ones. That, Father, is the very heart of the problem. You believe that your way is divinely superior. 22. You think the Igbo culture must be disinfected. You have internalised the colonial mindset so deeply that you can no longer distinguish between spiritual truth and imported doctrine. 23. Let me be clear: no one is telling you not to believe in Jesus Christ. But what we are saying is simple—respect our right to remember. Respect our right to ask questions. Respect our right to trace our lineage without mockery, without fear, and without your tired sarcasm. 24. This generation is done kneeling before inferior arguments. If your church must remain relevant, let it compete on ideas, not intimidation. Let it prove its value—not through guilt, but through growth. 25. May the ancestors forgive your mockery, and may your eyes be opened to the world beyond your pulpit. Yours sincerely, Preacher Orie, 14-06-2025 RT

You do not absorb everything foreign wholesale, or discard yours totally. The man is being clever by half. The Asians have been able to strike the right balance, Africans have unfortunately not been able to.

He actually made a lot of sense 😂, Since everyone want to be mad lol

Father missed that we should stop driving cars, using money and living in block houses. Stop wearing trouser, shirts and gowns. Stop visiting hospitals. I will never supper a religion that require me to kill foul and pour the blood in one corner pot every Friday.

Chọọ chọọ for 4 minutes and still didn't make sense 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Man thinks everyone reasons like those in his congregation. Top tier fooling

People have misunderstood this going back to root. It doesn't mean you should worship idols or stuffs like that, it simply means recognising that our ancestors are not evil as portrayed by white men, doing good and keep your hands off evil. Knowing that no white man died for you

Not only that, they should also stop wearing clothes. Ka anyi nachiya to iyi akpa aji na akwukwo ogede

I'm a Catholic but In my opinion, I believe Fr. Is missing the point. People actually have the right to remove or keep what they consider good or bad for them Its not a Boko Haram agenda. Religion is/was a tool used for horrible crimes globally. Education, sports etc weren't

Onye Iberibe. You are a fool. You take what is good and beneficial to you and discard the rest. That is the sensible approach everyone has been following. Go and take your medications.

Akuko. I believe both. I pray and observe my traditions