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BELIEVING IS PRACTICING

By Ganiyu Ayanniyi Mubaraq With all due respects, I greet all believers with this revolution piece of writing. It has come to my notice since that many believers still practice what they believe no more, but, I just gained the privilege to take it to writing so as to express my view. As a popular Yoruba proverb says “A kìí ka ilé òrìşà kún ìlú”. One can imagine how diverse the Yoruba tribe is. As well, one can connote that the tribe believes that human beings are different from deities or idols. Basically, here I justify too that believing in one religious conception is also practicing it. Extensively, let me take some Yorubas as example (I’m also included), they believe in some old religious myths which are always outside their belief of either Christianity or Islam. Most of the stories are usually transferred from parents to offspring. Some of these stories might be fabricated either through real scenes or through scenes of baseless roots or maybe to create fears into m...