In View
Interestingly, as it was in 1271, when
Marco Polo travelled to China he found
out that the West was woefully behind
the East in many respects and nothing
much has changed today. I believe it is
because they have not tossed away the
wisdom of their ancestors to replace it
with western ideology or technology in
fact you will find a beautiful harmony in
Eastern Societies of building solidly on
the wisdom of the past and embracing
the technology of the present.
So this may account for western
fascination with eastern philosophy, fair
enough but we cannot substantiate one
philosophy for another and hope for
an instant fix. What we need to do is to
look within, preserve with the truth of
the Gospel of Jesus Christ that we know
of and hold to it. Eastern philosophies
teach that nothing lasting is achievable
in this life: absolution, redemption and
salvation is all realised in the next life
cycle or the afterlife while Christianity
offers you real accessible hope and the
reality of spiritual transformation from
the soul to the mind in this present life.
Now is the day of salvation
Jesus Christ has made it clear to us in
His own teachings that it is vain and
futile, if you try to achieve salvation
on your own merit. What the Apostle
Paul calls, “the more excellent way”:
A life where a transcendent God who,
sacrificially, in love reaches out to
humanity and offers grace to overcome
in life and power to triumph over sin,
lives in the heart of man giving him a
new and pure consciousness where we
naturally do what is right because it is
in our heart and mind to do it. That is
what Jesus Christ has offered humanity
where no other religion’s god has come
close. We do not need eastern religion,
what we need is confidence, that comes
out of a personal, relationship and that
grows in faith in, The One True God...
Yeshua Hamashiach, Jesus Christ, The
Anointed Messiah. He said, “Come unto
me all who labour and are heavy laden
and I will give you rest for your weary
souls”, not a ‘to do’ list of religious deeds
to complete in order to gain salvation
and restitution. May Africa truly enter
into God’s rest! p
Religious Beliefs in Mozambique
Religious Beliefs in Kenya
Rank Self-Identified Belief System Share of Population
1 Roman Catholic Christianity 28.4%
Atheist or Agnostic 18.7%
Rank Belief System Share of Population 2 1 Protestant 45% 3 Islam (predominantly Sunni) 17.9%
Zionist Protestant Christianity 15.5%
2 Roman Catholic 33% 4 3 Muslim 10% 5 Evangelical Protestant Christianity 10.9%
4 Indigenous beliefs 10% 6 Other Beliefs 7.3%
2% 7 Anglican Protestant Christianity 1.3%
5
Other
Note: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian but estimates
for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or
indigenous beliefs vary widely.
worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/kenya/kefacts.
htm#page
worldatlas.com/articles/religious-beliefs-in-mozambique.html
Religious Beliefs in Tanzania
Religious Beliefs in Uganda
Rank Belief System Share of Population
1 Roman Catholic Christianity 39.3%
2 Church Of Uganda (Anglican Protestant Christianity) 32.0%
3 Other Forms of Christianity 13.2%
4 Sunni Islam 12.1%
5 Shia, Ahmadiyya and Other Forms of Islam 1.6%
6 Atheism or Agnosticism 0.2%
7 Other Beliefs 1.6%
worldatlas.com/articles/religious-beliefs-in-uganda.html
Rank Belief System Share of Population
1 Christian 30%
2 Muslim 35%
3 Indigenous 35%
worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/tanzania/tzfacts.
htm#page
Religious Beliefs in Zambia
Rank Belief System Share of Population
1 Christian 50%-75%
2 Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%
3 Indigenous beliefs 1%
worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/zambia/zmfacts.
htm#page
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