ARE PARENTS ALWAYS RIGHT?

ARE PARENTS ALWAYS RIGHT?

In a recent discussion I had with some cyber group, We talked about the idea of being an Atheist and our kids growing up in the 'right way' of God or 'wrong way' Non believers. It triggered my thinking.. I remembered about 2 years ago when i was having an argument with one friend of mine who changed from his Religion his parents had baptized him (Catholic) to Islam. We were one day chatting and he told me he had just come from the mosque to Circumcise his few months old son. I asked him Why could he subject his son to that amount of pain by mutilating his genitals.. He told me as a father, he had to initiate his son to the right and good upbringing which included growing up in a good religion that taught manners. He also said that as a father he know what was right for his kids. Then I asked him... If parents know the right from wrong how come he changed from Catholic to Moslem.. He told me his parents were living in darkness and didn't know the right. I asked him How do u know the religion you are in is what your son would want to associate with?.. From my understanding, there are 98% Chances that the religious people of the present generation belong to certain religious sects because of their parents. The other 2% are for those people who change on the later years. What I mean is.. You are a a Catholic simply because by the time you were born, your parents were Catholics and they introduced you to it when u had no idea what it means and u grew up in it. And consequently, they keep telling you that the religion you are in is the right one and others are wrong. Moslems naturally would not like their daughters to marry non Moslems, because they believe it's their religion that is right. But it's Okay for their sons to marry non Moslem women so they can turn them. Because normally women easily change leaning towards their husbands culture and beliefs except for a few big headed. When I was Baptized, I was given a name by my Dad.. with my curiosity.. I one day asked my Mom what my name really meant.. She never had an answer.. And I couldn't ask my father because we were not that close growing up and u couldn't ask such stupid questions.. HOW DARE YOU?. So since my Mother couldn't explain to me, things didn't make sense the only thing I knew was I was the last Born. So When I reached P.7 and we were filling in the forms for Primary leaving Examinations, in one of the counselling, someone had earlier hinted that names mattered a lot later on in life.. So this was the last chance I had.. I changed my name to what suited me.. I called myself "Tiharihondijo" "There is no one else" Since there was no one else following me. It also had a connotation of No one else apart from God. By that time I was still following my Fathers Religion. As I grew up, many questions kept coming to my head about the god that we prayed for everyday, We never had lot in our family but we could at least grow our own food and get any other basic need. When I was around 8-9 years, in Sunday school they had taught us that we should never use God's name in swearing if we had done something wrong or else God would punish us there and then. One Day I was chatting with my Nephew Bob who was almost my age and I lied to him about something I cannot remember well.. he doubted me but the only way to confirm was if I said 'I swear in God's Name" because I wanted him to believe.. me I said it.. But I was so scared and waited for what will happen to me inn the next few hours.. I wanted to see how God will kill me and burn me in eternal fire.. I spent the rest of the day restless.. But as the day went by I kept forgetting slowly and the next day I was still alive and had forgotten about everything. I realized that actually 'God' couldn't do anything to me. From then, I started lying to kids my age and get away with it by just swearing in God's name. As i grew up, things that were taught to us in Sunday schools couldn't make sense anymore.. They said City in heaven was called 'Jerusalem a city built in Gold and silver and bronze ever shinning' but as we studied more and more, I realized actually Jerusalem was a city in Palestine. fast forward.. I realized these things of God couldn't make sense anymore.. The More I read the Bible and interacted with so called religious people, the further away it pushed me from God.. My father never wanted anyone to argue anything about God.. he would rather slap you than insult his God or ask anything about his God. Today here I am an Atheist. I haven't changed a bit. The life i used to live is the life am still living..

WE DON'T NEED KINGS ANYMORE

ABOUT KINGS. Many times i have heard people discussing things to do with Kings and all that. Many people still believe a King is Born. Personally I think people who still believe that rubbish are still thinking in reverse. No one is Born a King. When we were studying History of Kingdoms in Secondary, it was never mentioned anywhere that so and so was Born and found with different qualities and abilities that made him a King. All I learnt was that a Person would organize a group of people lead them, go to war, fight battles, and conquer Territories and he /she rules them. Now that's how Kings were made. Apparently in all those that call themselves Kings or want to be Kings, no one has fought any battle to conquer any territory. They still live on the blood, sweat and grind of their Great, Great, great, Great. Grand fathers. Since the King had soldiers and wealth, everybody had to respect the King and he King in order to maintain his status, of course he had to make orders and Rules that would most definitely favor his stay in even when he was dead. His family would remain ruling those territories. Those people used to rule uncivilized people, who had no choice but o respect him. because whoever would show resistance o any opposition towards the King, he would be instantly killed. That would make any orders from the King unquestionable. If he decided that his son would take over, after his death, no one would dare say NO. Apparently, many people have gone to school and have been exposed. We No longer have territories to conquer because we live in a world where we chose someone that we think should be leading us just like any other organised society. That gives us mandate to chose another leader in case we are not satisfied with the same person. That was not done with the Kings. I come from the Western part of Uganda in what used to be the Kingdom of Ankole. And I don't think any civilized society needs a king anymore when they have a president and some other leaders whom they vote into power. Its the 21st Century and we don't have Kings and I don't think we need them anymore. I loved president Museveni's submission on Kings in Ankole Kingdom. I might not be interested in voting Museveni for the 4th Term but I love his submission about Kingdoms. The Kings can be somewhere else but Ankole We are far better than that. We are a step a head of others. We can't go back the ICE AGE.

WHEN BOTTLE TOPS USED TO BE MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD

About 23 years Ago, Bottle tops (Covers) were the most precious Possessions any teenager would have(We used to call them encoko or obudankara). I remember those days when we would spend the whole day playing that game and in our school bags instead of books the biggest part would be occupied by those tops. Some would be soo dirty because we used to play them from the soil where we would dig a small hall on the ground and get a nice stone to smash the target. Whenever one would not be having any but wanted to join the game, you would ask from a friend to give u one so he can multiply them after playing and winning others, Normally if a friend knew u were not good at the game, he wouldn't dare give you coz he knew you would lose it to sharp shooters. The day I learnt that most witch doctors are crooks and people would ignorantly believe because they had no choice. We were in Primary 4 by then I was used to share a seat with Jonan whom we came from the same village and were somehow related. In the same class, there was another boy called Emmanuel. Emmanuel was soo cunning that in class he knew that some kids were ignorant. What Emmanuel did was to become a witch doctor. Guys started fearing him. Whenever you would lose your pencil or a pen or a book, u would go to him and he catches the thief for you. Now in return. (we call it okutaasura) You would give him either 2 bottle tops (obudankara). But he would mostly demand for money first which would be either 50 shillings or 100 shillings. How he used to do it There used to be this plant i don't remember its name in English but in Runyankore they call it 'Ereka' which they used to clean Banana sap from hands after peeling. Now What Emmanuel did was; he would get a branch of that plant and roast it a bit, and come with it at school. Whenever u would approach him to report about your missing item, he would first ask you the names of 2 or three suspects, then he gets there small pebbles and label each pebble a name from each suspect names u had given him. He would then Put stones and put them on his school bag. then after fix that plant in his nose and he starts singing as he knocks repeatedly on the bag slowly.. Whichever stone would run away from others, that would be the thief. Now Jonan used to trust that guy much. In fact he introduced me to him when I lost my pen. He asked for either 50 shillings or to bottle tops if I wanted him to catch a thief for me. I just looked at him and laughed. God enough I didn't have any of those both money and the bottle tops. But I looked at him and knew he was conning my friends. Today, those bottle tops are part of rubbish. And life still goes on