I
wish to debate the issue at any possible platform or through any
available/affordable media. Perhaps there are other people like my
neighbours, the Yirira: abandoned, ignored, neglected by evangelists,
politicians and fortune hunters. Despite centuries of the spirit of
the ‘saviour’ the Yirira are not even aware of their ‘inspired’
and miracle-performing kinsfolk who were caught in the imperialist
net or submitted to the colonising authorities. Reasons why such
people remained/remain isolated:
The
first lot of venturers to the continent were Christian missionaries,
empire and wealth hunters. The area around Chewore (and as most in
the Zambezi Valley) is composed of mostly very rugged terrain, arid
and non-arable, and with no prospects of minerals there was/is no
prospect of Mighty Jesus realising the plight of those in such an
area. Let there be found some diamonds, platinum etc in Mbire
District – Jesus’ controlling disciples will say – ‘Let there
be a super tarmac to Mbire yesterday’. In fact, even protesting EU,
US will provide means to relocate the Mbire residents to a more
habitable environ (as if there never was one before). And some
preacher/prophet will propound that Jesus knew of the Mbire plight
long before he was born, it is just that he was waiting for the
inspired ‘Man of God’ (the preacher/prophet).
The
current equally selfish ruling elite will as usual blame the plight
of the Yirira on the ‘negligent racist colonial regime, as if they
(current leadership) did not adopt the same cruel, selfish and
self-glory-seeking mentality, exaggerating their role in the struggle
to overthrow the exploitative colonial system. As if they did not
instead adopt it and indeed worsened it; much worse than the colonial
leaders: the colonialists had to prove to have some substantial
wealth acquired before getting into the legislature; our
self-proclaiming ‘messiahs’ from colonial exploiters are
exploiting the followers much worse. They use just political
clout/rhetoric (hollow promises) then abuse donor and public funds to
enrich only the ruling elite and their relatives, loot and share
spoils with even (former) colonial exploiters like the Sam Levis,
Bill Irvines, Thomas Meikles, Rautenbachs etc, even allocating them
diamond fields, platinum fields, gold fields etc.
The
best people such as the Yirira can benefit (if minerals are found
around their home) is the ‘generosity’ of leadership to relocate
them, as if the leadership ‘moulded’ the relocation site. All in
all what it now proves is that our leaders were only bitter because
the colonialists denied them participating in the splendour (looting
from the public and donor coffers, abuse of power) overall, in
religion – politics – general system (socio-economic). What has
changed is the complexion of leaders, the imperial system is further
entrenched in the so-called opposition groups are for the same
selfish imperial system socio-economic (just different sides of the
same – worthless – Zimbabwe banknotes) vying to abuse the powers
that the current are abusing, e.g. did we not have thousands of
homeless people in Zim while our president and recent prime minister
built/refurbished extra palaces/castles in Borrowdale, Highlands,
Pleasure Mountains (Mount Pleasant) apart from already existing plush
residencies (private/personal)? And that in 2008 many of us had our
funds frozen by RBZ decree, courtesy of Governor Gono, endorsed by
central government (during the period of limited withdrawals the
elite were allowed to withdraw as much as they wanted), but no
redress to the non-elite.
You
will find that given the Zim population and the Zim bounty of nature,
our poverty is not a result of scarcity of basic necessities. It is
the direct result of downright
selfishness:
please note: despite claims by African leaders and claiming to be
revolutionaries, they have all been won back by imperialism. Look at
Zim in particular: the same Westminster-type parliament, with the
same pomp and glory as king/queen when opening parly after of course
the 5-yearly circus called poll (here it is just to endorse the
leader to dictate for the next 5 years and be foiled again with
campaign rhetoric). How does anyone claim to be a revolutionary when
he/she adopts (and worsen) the imperial religion (during the colonial
era struggle against Christianity was banned by the fighting cadres,
leadership pretended to support the comrades perhaps to impress
non-religious China, Russia, DPRK), socioeconomic and the imperial
legal system anyway?
Well,
back to the heap of bullshit called divine inspiration: the reality
is that every parent or leader wants to groom his offspring/followers
according to his ideals. The reasons I have given concerning the
Yirira cover many people in similar situations (e.g. islands
undiscovered by religionists/propagators. I do not know enough about
the Koran, but the maker of the environment/universe can never be the
selfish pompous, tribalistic, cruel (warmonger, ruthless in
Deuteronomy 7:1) despot and erratic – at first the claims to have
created a perfect man, later the man is found to be defective and
needs circumcision etc, as depicted in the Bible. The story of the
resurrection proves the lies: he Jews are not the most stupid people
in the universe (perhaps my timid and gullible fellow Zezurus are),
i.e. he was sent specifically to save the Jews. If indeed he had
resurrected, even the most ardent critic/doubter would have been
proved wrong. As it reads (apart from the gullible) we have the story
of a king/queen who can be seen by all before death but, when he/she
resurrects is seen by the co-called royal ones only! (Blessed are
they who believe without seeing.) Gullible! Imaginative!
How
effective, how powerful is divinity when a criminal selfish Jacob
gets divine blessings which should have gone to honest diligent Esau,
fair and infallible god? Should not Jacob have got the same result as
Ananias and Saphira? Again, we get a selfish, cruel adulterous king
David, instead of being pelted to death, he grandsires ‘The King of
the Jews’. Wonderful, infallible divinity! Thus, in the name of
primitive humanity, in the desire/wish (a prayer is a wish) for
eternal life (Oh! How I wish there were!), people have created rival
monsters (imaginary –God and Satan), always at each others throats,
no winner but also imagined answers. Hence when primitive
dreams/hallucinations are interpreted by Daniel: … primitive
mathematicians (a) Seventh Day Adventists come up with 31-08-1844,
(b) Jehovah’s Witnesses come up with 1914 as the return of Jesus
Christ. We have many people who were teenagers by 1912 still around,
among my associates no-one saw or heard of Jesus then. However, if he
did not come then that means he is still coming yesterday. As usual,
the divine answers are all imaginary (interpreted by chosen seers).
In my personal perception/perspective, the reason many shun reality
is the false grooming plus respecting wishes. Hence, by suspending
logic I cite two orators:
(1)
‘… when you die you cease to exist like the beasts you kill often
to feed yourselves, the maker (nature) loves everything it made,
equally, no favours to any particular species…’
(2)
‘… if you obey me, because I often talk to the creator, who says
I have domain over all other species, you will be resurrected after
death and live for ever…’
Of
course, orator 2 gets favour most. It is hope/wish versus
fact/reality. Despite millions of years of human existence with
continuity by offspring, there is no single person, despite highly
propagated fables, who was ever resurrected. According to scientific
(and reality) explanation of death only wishful thinking and the
suspension of logic make people think there ever was/will be any
resurrection. If the leading humans were not egoistic (selfish), the
most selfish animals in fact, and primitive hallucinations/dreams and
their propagation aside, who can confirm to you (humans) that the
maker/creator loves you more than the lion, tiger (rats– pests), cattle,
moths etc?
Face
reality!
GODWIN
HATITYE, HARARE, ZIMBABWE
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