Why Nigerian Christians Should Reject Christian Court
By: V. Moses
Now before anyone attacks me, I am a Christian from akwa ibom and I am going to put up reasons why every educated Nigerian should reject this bill.
1) It Puts Southern Education to shame[/b]: In the South we pride ourselves on our secularity which makes us much more diferent from the North east sharia zones, it does not matter if your a Yoruba muslim or traditional worshipper from Okija, the average southerner who has gone to school has always supported secularism, bringing a Christian court would just show that we are no diferent from the myopic people up north we complain about.
2) [b]It would give Sharia more credibility: remember when some Northern Reps tried bringing a fake Sharia bill that would be used in the South, and we complained about it? well this Christian Bill just gave that new Sharia bill all the credibility it needs to be implemented since the North would now see South as Religious people who don’t want secular laws..
3) It just does not make Sense: The Most Catholic Nations on earth ( Brazil, Mexico, Italy and Ireland) don’t have any Christian laws, mainly because Secularism is seen as the Christian way of Political life, Christians around the world have prided themselves asPolitical Secular, and Nigerian Christians should not be the shame of the Christian world
you can add yours..
Moses writes from Akwa Ibom
UPDATE:
If a “christian court” were to be passed, which christian sects would get to determine the laws? Just Catholics? Anglicans? Methodists? Lutherans? What about the Orthodox, the Pentacostalists, etc.? Which movements would be considered acceptable to judge, out of the thousands of divisions of Christianity that exist in this world?
The very idea of a “christian court” is foolishness, and as others have already pointed out, the only purpose behind passing such a law would be to legitimize sharia as an acceptable alternative to the secular courts which should be the final authority for all Nigerians. Not a single developed country has any such thing as part of its legal system, even in European countries where Christians constitute 95% or more of the population. What basis is there then for thinking the idea has any merit? – Omohayek
