Hopefully, we will not be making the same kind of noises should Pope Francis 1 decide to grace Nigeria with a state visit as some of his predecessors have done earlier.
In many of the world's religions, rain is a sign of blessing, water is a purifying agent and rivers are holy: the Ganges, the Jordan River, Lake Kinneret etc...
According to Christian geography, the River Jordan is where John the Baptiser baptised Jesus of Nazareth.
Tolerance would dictate that we respect the president of Nigeria's religion, even if the Boko Haram people may not be happy about President Goodluck Jonathan's pilgrimage to pray for the end of bloodshed and the beginning of peace and stability and greater prosperity in Nigeria.
Let us count our blessings.
Who knows, it's possible that as a result of presidential prayers Nigeria just beat Iran by four goals to one in the World League, Youth division.
On Tuesday, 29 October 2013 01:35:15 UTC+1, seguno2013 wrote:
This is interesting. Don't they have rivers in Bayelsa State where the President can go with other Nigerians to pray? Or don't we have better rivers in Nigeria where the President and fellow Nigerians can go and pray? What is so special about river Jordan in Israel that attracted the President to abandon his high office at this material time to waste Public taxpayers' money in Israel? How many times have we seen the Prime Minister or President of Israel come to Nigeria for such a frivolous jamboree?I cannot imagine our President will go to a dirty river in Israel when we have better rivers in Nigeria.During the time of Jesus it was recorded in the Bible that people with shin disease and the physically challenged went there to bathe. And that Jesus performed miracles there. Did our President go to river Jordan to see a miracle water because such is not in his country?Na wa o!Yemoja will forgive you all. Aase.SO
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