News Item: Rael honors South African President Jacob Zuma, confers ‘Honorary Guide of Humanity’ title
(Category: Press Release)
Posted by Raelian Movement
Saturday 24 December 2011
TOKYO, Dec 24 – In recognition of South African President Jacob Zuma’s controversial comments about Christianity’s detrimental effect upon Africa, Rael, leader of the International Raelian Movement today awarded Zuma the title “Honorary Guide of Humanity.”
Zuma recently criticized Christianity in very strong terms, saying it is responsible for creating African orphans. And sources say that, in contrast to religious people who refer to the pre-Christian era of Africa as “the time of dark days,” Zuma maintains that no orphans or old-age homes even existed in Africa until Christianity arrived there.
Zuma’s comments echo Rael’s repeated calls for Africans to eliminate the presence of ex-colonizers and Christianity across the continent and to restore the pre-colonial borders and ancestral religions of Africa.
“By adopting the religion of the colonizers, they betrayed their ancestors,” Rael commented in a recent interview.
In a similar vein, Zuma has said, “South Africans should return to the old ways of doing things.”
Rael went even further in 2008, when he launched a wide apostasy campaign on the African continent with these words:
“The need for spiritual decolonization is really urgent, so the people of Kama [the ancient, pre-colonial name for Africa that was used by its indigenous inhabitants] must apostatize from Christianity, a religion that insults the memory of their ancestors. Those ancestors can’t rest in peace because they’re watching their descendants practice the religion of the colonizers, who forcibly conquered them through bloodshed and made them convert to Christianity the same way.”
According to Rael, traditional African religions are part of the cultural inheritance of Africans and should again be taught in the schools and made known to the public.
“The spiritual decolonization of Kama is an indispensable condition for the future development of this continent,” Rael explained. “Mao Tse Tung understood this principle; he launched the Cultural Revolution that was needed to take China to the superpower status it now enjoys.”
To learn more about Rael's vision for Kama, visit www.raelafrica.org.
This news item is from Raelian Press Site
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(Category: Press Release)
Posted by Raelian Movement
Saturday 24 December 2011
TOKYO, Dec 24 – In recognition of South African President Jacob Zuma’s controversial comments about Christianity’s detrimental effect upon Africa, Rael, leader of the International Raelian Movement today awarded Zuma the title “Honorary Guide of Humanity.”
Zuma recently criticized Christianity in very strong terms, saying it is responsible for creating African orphans. And sources say that, in contrast to religious people who refer to the pre-Christian era of Africa as “the time of dark days,” Zuma maintains that no orphans or old-age homes even existed in Africa until Christianity arrived there.
Zuma’s comments echo Rael’s repeated calls for Africans to eliminate the presence of ex-colonizers and Christianity across the continent and to restore the pre-colonial borders and ancestral religions of Africa.
“By adopting the religion of the colonizers, they betrayed their ancestors,” Rael commented in a recent interview.
In a similar vein, Zuma has said, “South Africans should return to the old ways of doing things.”
Rael went even further in 2008, when he launched a wide apostasy campaign on the African continent with these words:
“The need for spiritual decolonization is really urgent, so the people of Kama [the ancient, pre-colonial name for Africa that was used by its indigenous inhabitants] must apostatize from Christianity, a religion that insults the memory of their ancestors. Those ancestors can’t rest in peace because they’re watching their descendants practice the religion of the colonizers, who forcibly conquered them through bloodshed and made them convert to Christianity the same way.”
According to Rael, traditional African religions are part of the cultural inheritance of Africans and should again be taught in the schools and made known to the public.
“The spiritual decolonization of Kama is an indispensable condition for the future development of this continent,” Rael explained. “Mao Tse Tung understood this principle; he launched the Cultural Revolution that was needed to take China to the superpower status it now enjoys.”
To learn more about Rael's vision for Kama, visit www.raelafrica.org.
This news item is from Raelian Press Site
( http://www.raelpress.org/news.php?extend.261 )