THE IMPACT OF CHRISTI-“AN(I)TI” ON THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE.

One of the reasons why people fail to appreciate the importance of Christianity and its actual relevance in relation to contemporary times is the over –ambitiousness and incessant quest for riches by Christians, who in their flimsy excuse to realize their perceived potentials succumb to all kinds of outrageous and ridiculous beliefs. This act of unprecedented paradigm shift has culminated into a significant decadence which invariably has caused the apparent withdrawal of respect for Christianity and its hitherto cherished and admirable beliefs

I do not intend to cite any practical example of such individuals, particularly supposed men of God, who shamelessly commit all sought of immoralities with impunity. It’s startling that the Gospel (the good news) has been so much relegated that it couldn’t have been proposed by any sphere of imagination that such miscreants, charlatans and preposterous hypocrites would stand on the pulpit and proclaim the gospel.

It is not my intention by any means, to institute judgment on anybody but these issues are of moral importance and since society is highly influenced by values, if care is not taken, one could empirically deduce that these untoward and unethical behaviors which are an indictment on our norms could actually turn out to be absolute normality. Indeed this is the time where people, “have become depraved, no good scoundrels, with the tastes of a pig and the putrescent values of a maggot”.

Until attaining the status of a teenager, I had always thought that religious festivals and precisely Christian festivals, namely Christmas, New year and Easter, were solemn, sacred and moments of sober reflection and meditation about, the birth, the unrestricted and graceful entry into a new year and particularly, that Christ humbled himself on the cross for us to be saved, respectively. Its however disheartening and ironical to note that rather than engaging in such moral purposes for which these festivals are celebrated, one would marvel at the rate of promiscuity, opulent display of sexual immoralities, adultery, and all sought of unscrupulous and unchristian behaviors which have actually replaced a hitherto solemn and sober reflection of Christian festivities

Need I mention what happen in the clubs? Take for instance this Easter, I was startled, perplexed, puzzled, petrified and flabbergasted by what I saw. Indeed I never imagined that such acts of impunity could exist. I couldn’t belief my eyes, well, until I pinched myself severally, to find out if I was actually dreaming. I guess you know what I’m talking about. Imagine a club, with the lights almost faded, wearingly striking the faces of people, with no intention of evidently showcasing the identity of who it actually is, and In such an environment, I saw people who were supposedly dancing but that was too close to be just a dance, hmmmm, u’re probably thinking what I saw, yes, it was actually the act!!!!!!!!!!

It would if care is not taken be a “mysterious slur” on the Christian faith if these charlatans and miscreants, who posses ridiculous doctorate degrees submerge Christianity into the dungeons and acutely impede the very essence of the bible, which they’ve so much defiled and refused to do according to its dictates and principles. You would hear of a “pastor”, said to have raped, aborted, committed incest, stolen and engaged in all sorts of malicious and fraudulent activities that are very much uncharacteristic of a true man of God.

Essentially, it would be blasphemous for anyone by any range of standard to suggest that all pastors are fake. Indeed there are many pastors, who operate and meticulously leave under the tenet and principles of the bible. We cannot say in absolute entirety, the righteousness of these ones without somehow contradicting the bible but it is evidently clear that at least Most pastors are living up to expectation.

I would like to add finally that, Christians should not be so much obsessed with miracles and signs the departs significantly from the Bible but be more conscious about the Word(which essentially entails miracle). Christian festivals which have been so much defiled should at least for the Christians be moments of deep reflections and penance, rather than engaging in frivolous, erroneous and unchaste activities, which are in themselves an affront and impediment to the bible and probably detrimental to the Christian faith. It is my wish and utmost presumption that this piece would refine the unprecedented corrupt, ferocious, sheer apathy to the bible and the avaricious, immoral and repulsively “devilish” phenomenon that had inundated the Christian community.

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A CITY OF FILTH

Ghana is engulfed in filth and practically submerged into an array of stench.  The garbage is so overwhelming; everywhere you turn to is filled with garbage and trash. Let’s be a little precise. Take for instant the capital city of Ghana, Accra. Accra stinks so badly that the stench which emanates from it can obviously guarantee a place in the Guinness World Book of Records.

Our drainage system is a laughable failure. All the gutters are choked to the brim. This just reminds me of Psalm 23, “My cup runneth over”. The only difference is that in this case, “our gutters runneth over “.

The most captivating irony of this appalling deterioration of the capital city is the erroneous and implausible impression of a millennium city which is a spurious attempt to obfuscate the facts; fact being that we’ve gradually turned Accra into a refuse dump. How could a person, in his wildest imagination consider this filthy and stinky Accra as a millennium city? That’s quite a sarcastic joke.

It is an ineluctable fact that walking the streets of Makola is a "real ordeal". It’s very challenging trekking down those streets and coping with such a piercing stench. What is most disheartening is that we see all these things as an absolute normality. We walk along unconcerned, perhaps with utmost disgust and spit out just to show how unpleasant the stench is. I wonder if there’s any town or village in Ghana which smells as bad as Accra.

Instead of pragmatically dealing with these kinds of “trash”, our leaders decide to rather churn out more verbal trashes to add to the trash we already have in the streets. Our political stewards are so vindictive and expedient in their decisions such that they resort to all kinds of diabolic means to discredit their opponents at the expense of tackling the very essential issues for which they came to power.

Rather than initiating policies and programs to steadily deal with the ridiculous rubbish which have engulfed the city, all they do is to propagate lies, propaganda, mischievous falsehoods about political opponents and spew all sorts of malicious rebuttals.

Commuting along the  principal streets of Accra is stunningly monotonous. The green median which were supposed to be green are all dirty brown interspersed with weeds and all sorts of paths in between. The controversial Presidential Palace is not an exception of this filth. Everywhere you go (MTN) is filth, filth, and filth.  

Maybe it would at this point be convenient for me to say that the “lavender” hill is a microcosm of Accra. Indeed Accra stinks, no two ways about that. Everywhere smells so terrible. I look forward to the day where Metro TV will stop telecasting the overwhelming rubbish and trash in our minds, sorry in our streets.

I’ve read and heard from quite a reliable source that when the NDC Government assumed power and appointed Alfred beard, sorry Vendepuije as Mayor, he decided to zone Accra and terminated the contract of zoom lion, which monopolized the collection of rubbish and trash because of the unreasonable thought and obnoxious perception that it was affiliated to the NPP.

So far this erroneous impression proved useless and hopeless. Fact being that in spite of the initial prevalence of garbage, rubbish and trash, it wasn’t as overwhelming as it is now. Accra indeed has become an epitome of “borla”, pure and unadulterated garbage.

This is the kind of inimical impediment that befalls us when we decide to dabble in political expediency and relegate efficiency, just to satisfy the parochial interest of a few “greedy bastards”.

To be fair to the government of the day, I must state that it isn’t their fault in entirety that has led us to this sullen state. All the previous governments have failed woefully in dealing with the filth in Accra, not to talk of the whole Ghana. So I wouldn’t single out any government, since they all proved to be useless and ineffective as far as the governance of this country and address of pertinent issues is concerned.

It’s perhaps more important to note that our culture of undermining the laws and doing things as we’re predisposed to do haven’t been of any help. It’s said that the only practical law in Ghana is the “male and female toilet” law.

We throw rubbish around as if it’s no one’s business. If there should be any group of people who “shit”  in rubber, tie the mouth and throw it just anywhere with impunity then u probably should be asking the residents of Accra their motive behind this uncultured behavior. We don't even spare the sea and rivers this repugnant attitude of dumping refuse and waste imprudently

This is a Country where people openly defecate into drains; pour rubbish into gutters, impeding the free flow of water. These illicit behaviors contribute significantly to the perennial floods in Accra. When this happens, we tend to blame the politicians and even God. When would we learn to take responsibility for our actions?

The city authorities have done well by providing free bins for homes and along the streets but that’s not good enough. In fact it’s not good at all. Sometimes, I have to carry my trash in my bag and dispose of it when I reach the house, just because there are no bins around.

We are quick to lash out at indecent dressing and sexual lasciviousness, because we consider it as filthy and immoral. We’re however unable to deal with the filth in our surroundings. Sometimes I think we Ghanaians talk too much without acting. We criticize everything; meanwhile, we can’t deal with the basic problems that confront us or even prevent them from happening anyway. Dwelling in such a deficient ideology, we expect the politicians to solve the problems for us.

The ineluctable fact is if we don’t litter our environment, we wouldn’t be facing these problems that have become so phenomenal. It is for this irresponsible reason that we should have intimidating diseases like cholera, bilharzias, ring worm, malaria and other jaw-breaking diseases, which could have been easily preempted if we had adhered to simple personal hygiene and maintained a clean environment.

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