Religious fanaticism taking root

While religious organisations, the church in particular are supposed to bring about peace in the communities they serve, the proliferation of churches has however been blamed for family break-ups, job losses and even disputes between neighbours.

In fact the new type, known as the ‘fire’ churches and televangelists are causing so much havoc in African societies especially. Some of the pastors of these organisations are known to perform weird things on their willing followers. In neighbouring South Africa for instance, in recent times, people were shocked to see one pastor feeding his followers grass; another feeding them snakes, while another sprayed with an insecticide (Doom).