Now. I will have to put in my two-cents on this. Firstly, I believe and have come to a conclusion that some of these Pentecostal [or Evangelical, Born Again] preachers are many times bankrupt on the philosophy that their religious establishments are based on or what they stand for. FYI: Joshua Mugabi is a preacher in Kampala Pentecostal Church and pens a regular column in The Sunday Monitor called Fourth Dimension.
The article entitled "The Gadaffi truimphal entry" [disregard the spelling error] was full of unfounded fears, bias and bigotry. The good man (sic) virtually promoted discrimination, anti-Islamism [if there is such a word] and to some extent, racism!!
I will highlight some of the statements in what he wrote about the visit of the Libyan Leader Muammar el Qadhafi [the spelling varies depending on where you are or who is writing]. Franky speaking, at first I was shocked...then it just made me laugh [not funny ha ha but a deep sacarcastic one].
I want this to be about the content and not about the man who wrote it [one of the persons I know referred to him as anointed one of God...(hero worship?) so I will steer clear of that]. My comments are highlighted in red.
The opener reads like this "While Palm Sunday should come with great anticipation of great Christian advancement, in Uganda today the spiritual atmosphere of light is quickly turning into darkness."
When was there an atmosphere of light yet some of these churches are run like business exploiting the gullible Ugandans that flock there in hope of miracles and change in the status of their lives. In fact, there is more darkness now than even before Qadhafi set foot here!
"the opening of the mosque that stands like Goliath against the dwarfed historical Namirembe Cathedral and the unseen Rubaga Cathedral."
Is this man serious? Uganda is home to many religions including his. Namirembe [for Protestants] and Rubaga [for Catholics] occupy prominent positions on the hills around Kampala. I don't think the new mosque dwarfs these religious building, the only thing is that they are far from each other. Take note: that this mosque has only been completed after about three decades.
Of course Uganda’s historical site was desecrated in the process of setting up the mosque.This meant that our history is of no value to our nation where new money making ventures are esteemed over what would be of national historical value to the nation.
Let me remind him that his church was once Nommo Gordinho Cinema, another historical building in Kampala. The Lugard fort that was destroyed is just one of the many historical sites that we as Ugandans have not taken care of as the craze of putting up modern architecturally ugly structures consumes us. We are all guilty...has he been to the Uganda Museum of late? Why is it that his consciousness for preservation of historical monuments wakes up when a mosque is built.
Considering the fact the Islamic conference and mosque official opening have been placed at the climax of the Christian faith festival, I’m tempted to think that all this is part of an insidious agenda to surrender our nation to Islam.
The nation will no longer celebrate Easter but the opening of this mosque. Uganda’s history would be changed from the British inheritance to Libyan influence.
I think the Christians who are the majority in this nation will eventually be the financiers of this mosque, which will forever taunt their faith.
It’s imperative that we call on all the sons of the faith to stand and be counted for their faith first and then the world.
The above statements prove why I called this bigotry (see the definition highlighted in green [which incidentally is the national colour of Libya, the pun and symbolism were intended.
Palm Sunday needs to remain a day we bring in the glory of Jesus into the nation and not any other human being.
There are many other things that take place in a single day, please don't look at the world through a tunnel vision but a 40,000 foot view, it will help your ministry.
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