Obsession with ‘pastors’ worse than drug menace

By TOM ARODY

I agree Kenyans are very religious and I am sure most of you will not agree with my view but it is the sad reality. I should also point out that I am a Christian and not bent on challenging the existence of God.

I am also not contesting the existence of miracles in life but I am worried about the impact of ‘pastors’ and ‘witch doctors’ who are taking hold of every sphere of the many hopeless people. The obsession with pastors and the mutated inexplicable prayers by Kenyans will be a bigger problem than drug addiction soon.

Many people do not want to actively package themselves to attract employers. We have prayers being done on roads because drivers and other road users do not want to think and follow road rules. Single people do not want to open up for dating but run to a ‘kesha’ to land a partner. Women who are unable to conceive with their husbands are trying to conceive with the pastors instead of visiting doctors.

Rather than go to hospital for treatment of simple diseases like typhoid or for diagnosis we have hundreds lining up for miracles, rather than making a saving for a better future we would rather panda mbegu with all our earnings in the hope of a ten-fold harvest without putting in any effort!

There is a big difference between prayers, miracles and seeking shortcuts; most of the actions we get involved in qualify as seeking shortcuts in life.

An examination of the offers and the claims by the pastors and the witch doctors and the vulnerability mainly of many people is worrying and should bother every free-thinking human being.

It is a fact that many are facing hard times socially and economically but that should not be an excuse for anyone to run to the instant-coffee type of solutions that are being offered by the fake pastors and witch doctors.