'Nkolika Ebele' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Prof IBK,
Pilate could not have condenmed Jesus, if the people did not choose Barnabas. If they really identified with Christ, they would have asked for the release of Christ rather than Barnabas. The point is that the mass do not always know or support what is in their interest.
Nkolika
From: Ibukunolu A Babajide <ibk2005@gmail.com>
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: SUNDAY MUSINGS: In Defence of Kayode Fayemi {Re: Fayose Is Constitutionally Ineligible To Run For Governor
Prof. ,
Elevating the obvious lapses and inability to grasp basic fundamentals of statecraft because of elitist pride to the analogy of Jesus Christ is not only flawed but risible.
Ekiti is not occupied by Rome. There is no Pontius Pilate here. The people loved Jesus but the priests hated him because he came with his liberation theology. Jesus was unmarried and did not have an Erelu ruling alongside.
Need I continue? The Igbo adage that says if you do not know where the rain began to soak you to the skin you may not know how to get out of it. This is the time for serious review and an opportunity to meet your people at the grass roots and engage with them. The guerrilla tactics of coming from abroad to come and Lord it over them is not working.
Cheers.
IBK
On 30 Jun 2014 10:20, "Mobolaji Aluko" <alukome@gmail.com> wrote:
Nkolika:May your tribe increase! You cannot imagine how many times I use your reasoning below to comfort MYSELF and others who might come to me wondering how one human being can be so mean or wicked to another, or how one can feel so un-appreciated despite one's effort. Immediately I counsel as you did below, that dispirited person always walks away comforted, saying, "Yes o, I know, I know...."With Jesus Christ, "The stone that was rejected is now the cornerstone......", and there continues to be weak examples among mere mortals.....And there you have it....Bolaji AlukoOn Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 10:15 PM, 'Nkolika Ebele' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
I do not think we should be very sad about the failure of Fayemi at the polls. The human spirit has not changed. If Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, who did so many good things for the people was rejected by the same people he came to save, who is Fayemi? A prophet is not recognized in his homeland. Truth still suffers a lot on earth, and it is even worse in Nigeria --
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