RELIGIOUS MISHAPS AND RITUAL KILLINGS: WHAT THEISTS ARE NOT (BUT SHOULD BE) DOING
"This, to me, is the true horror of religion. It allows perfectly decent and sane people to believe by the billions what only lunatics would believe on their own. If you wake up tomorrow thinking that saying a few Latin words over your pancakes is going to turn them into the body of Elvis Presley, you have lost your mind. But if you think pretty much the same about a cracker and the body of Jesus, you’re just a Catholic." - Sam Harris. Yesterday, I read about the death of a certain Kayode Badru on social media. Mr Badru had allegedly died in Gbagada General Hospital after he was inadvertently set ablaze during a prayer session in a Celestial Church of Christ. According to reports, Mr Badru had been soaked in inflammable perfume "from hair to toe" and had candles lit around him when he caught fire and got burnt. This unfortunate incident happens just a few days after the tragic murder of Iniubong 'Hiny' Umoren, a young fresh graduate who was only looking f...