COWS IN CHRISTIAN FUNERAL; A CONTRADICTION TO THE SALVATION BROUGHT BY CHRIST. By Tobe Eze

 Published already in Living Spring Magazine. Blessed Iwene Tansi Major Seminary Onitsha 2022 Edition

Introduction

In many cultural groups in Igbo land, there are animals they use for funerals. These animals include, pigs, horses, donkeys, cows etc. We are not going to trace the total history of some of these because of limited space, we are just going to give a little history and give the significance of this from the Igbo African Traditional Religion practitioners and bringing it to the Christianity of today in order to make the point clear on how it contradicts the salvation brought by Christ. This is widely accepted in Igbo land that funeral of a person must go with a significant animal. We are going to take cow as a case study for it is a widely accepted animal for the funerals more than other animals. Read More.........

NEW CASH OUT By Tobe Eze

 

I am just remembering vividly when we were small, most times along every road in our different villages you would be seeing articles or items belonging to people hanging on trees, sticks etc so that the owners would easily see them while passing. We normally see, keys, books, purses, handbags, wallets, money and so many others. It was very easy then to locate your lost items ones you could remember the road that you took. Again, I can also remember when one of my childhood friends and first among us to have cellphone lost it. The person that picked the phone was calling contacts he found in the phone and I was the person he called and told us where we should come to collect the phone. Again I can remember also how we helped a family that had funeral of their father back then that their cow broke the rope that was tiring it on the tree to recover the cow free of charge and they were very grateful. If I continue with the list, it will be innumerable. Let me go straight to the point I am trying to arrive at but before then, let us look also at this little throwback. Continue Reading......

BANDITS IN THE CHURCH By Tobe Eze

 

Recently Deborah was brutally killed in Sokoto and the social media has been filled with many agitations against Muslims and their fight for their Prophet. Many killings have been attributed to Muslims, Fulani herdsmen, bandits and unknown gunmen. As these news fill the sky, we easily forget that we may not be far from this same act. We have forgotten that Osinachi that died some months ago was also killed, not by Muslims, herdsmen, bandits and unknown gunmen but a Christian. It is alright known to us that it is no longer uncommon for us to hear about massacre in different parts of Nigeria daily. These unjust killings have made almost every Christian and other religions in Nigeria and other places to hate Muslims, Fulani herdsmen, bandits and unknown gunmen and also have mand every other person not in this category a saint. Though some educated Muslims are trying to defend Islam and are trying to point out that these killings are not in their real teaching but are from some fundamentalists or extremists, so many Christians have not accepted that defence. Nigerian government has also made so difficult for people to accept the defence for nothing serious has been done about these killings, kidnapping and vandalization of people’s properties. Let me not further in this one. Continue Reading..........

I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN (A) By Tobe Eze

Anonymous: Tobe please hide my identity because this thing happened real. Sometime last month two girls visited my house but no one was around. They later told me on phone. End of the same month, a girl visited me and beginning of this month also, a girl visited me. I am calling only girls because it concerns them not that boys did not visit. Then last week, I did serious washing, I virtually washed all my clothes and after that, I prepared to visit a friend. When I was going out, I went and told my uncle’s family that I did washing and I wish to go out, incase it starts raining they should help me with the clothes for my people were not around. They accepted and I left. It rained heavily and they forgot my clothes outside and rain dealt seriously with them. I had to rewash them when I got home. They sincerely apologized for that and I accepted it because anyone can forget. Last week, another girl visited, when I was escorting her, we met the wife of that my uncle and we exchanged greetings.  Continue Reading..........

ECHI DỊ IME (TOMORROW IS PREGNANT 🤰) By Tobe Eze

 

Chidi: Tobe Eze, so because of your Easter break, you have stopped giving us weekend diets?

Tobe Eze: You would not understand dear. Enjoyment karịrị and I could not help it. Don’t worry, I will be back soon. For all those who waited for me these past two weeks, biko do not be offended, I just decided to enjoy my Easter break and nothing more.

We all are aware of the fact that no one knows tomorrow. Even the so called seers cannot holistically tell what tomorrow holds. If this fact cannot be disputed, then we have to live our lives as those who do not know what tomorrow holds for us. We should try always to live a life that will make our tomorrow better and a life that would not make us regret our tomorrow when it becomes today. I so much support this fact that we should do good because of the unknown nature of tomorrow and I will continue to keep it. But if we take this to our human relationship, then I may try to go beyond being good because of the unknown nature of tomorrow. Continue Reading............

GIVE ME ONE BOTTLE By Tobe Eze

 

I think I need a bottle of cool beer before starting this write up. I am even confused on how to start this write up but I must start it anyhow. It is now giving me and many other a serious concern that people are now leaving vital places of learning about homes and learning wrongly from wrong hands. I wonder why we have many broken homes these days that we have sophisticated technology that should have helped us live well. Our great grand parents did not have the opportunity we have these days and they lived in unity, happily and lived long. We have living examples these days from our aged parents. Some parents are still living happily but their children have divorced. What is actually happening? Should we go back into the world of no technology or no civilization? It is no longer possible. I think what is causing this is the wrong use of the opportunity we have. If we can use the opportunity we have now judiciously, we will be happier than our fore bearers. For instance: Continue Reading........

LIFE NO BALANCE (ỤWA ADIRỌ BALANCE) PART SIX. By Tobe Eze

 

CHIOMA IS PREGNANT AGAIN (EDITH BIKO ALLOW ME TO REST)

Edith: Tobe Eze, flowing from what you wrote about Chioma being pregnant, it is true that we should not judge people, we should not condemn people because of their sins rather, we should condemn their sins. My problem is that some people present themselves as deputy Jesus. They feel they will be sitting at the right and left hands of Jesus on the last day to select those who will go to heaven and those that will go to hell. They present themselves as super human beings that cannot sin again. Chioma may not be a victim but I have seen many who are that way. What do you have to say? Continue Reading.......m

LIFE NO BALANCE (ỤWA ADIRỌ BALANCE) PART FIVE. By Tobe Eze

 

CHIOMA IS PREGNANT

Tessy: Tobe Eze, wonders shall never end. I have a full gist for you. This world is somehow ooo, people that you do not expect something from will always surprise you. What my eyes see, my mouth cannot say it and also what my ear heard. Just clean your ear very well and I will fill it with gist this weekend. My only problem is that you normally surprise people with your answer but I know you will like this gist.

Tobe Eze: This one you are trying to hype me this morning, what happened? You know I like gist very well, go ahead for I cleaned my ears when I woke up. My mind told me that someone must surely gist me today and I prepared for it from my rising. I can’t wait to hear this gist that is trying to escape from your mouth abi hand self for you are typing. Continue Reading.........

THE OVER COAT by Brendan Amadi

I buttoned the overcoat round her shoulders.

I plunged into her webs of vapour

In between her hamas

Which by these times formed veils between the trees.

As she ascended the adjoining slope’

She could hear the rustling of the branches

I felt calm, in thought.

Imagined her beautiful creature!

My gaze in thought. Continue Reading.......

LIFE NO BALANCE (ỤWA ADIRỌ BALANCE) PART FOUR. By Tobe Eze

PEOPLE THAT I CANNOT UNDERSTAND

(Let us bear in mind, instead of money dividing us, let us divide the money)

There are people that I find it very difficult to understand in this world. I have tried all I could to see reasons to understand them but no reason has come to my mind. I have asked people around me to know if I will see reasons but none has offered any reason, especially the ones that I need. May be sharing it here will help me to get reasons to understand them. If you have reasons to give, please help a brother and probably brothers and sisters outside there who are also looking for reasons

The first group now is the group of persons who will meet you as your friend to help them and after the help, you will loose the friendship. These days, I have come to understand that we loose our friends more through the help we render to them when they are in need. I had this guy as my wonderful friend. One day, he called me and told me his challenges, that he needed some money to solve some of them. He pleaded that I should borrow him 20k that he would pay me up next month or if he could get it before one month, he would pay back. Continue Reading..........