14th September, 2021
Former presidential media aide and social media commentator, Reno Omokri has claimed that poverty is the reason most people are religious and churchy.
He said because these same people stop going to church when their needs are met.
In a post he made on Instagram, he said when people relocate abroad and see that their prayer requests are easily met in their new locations, they lose their religiosity.
He said this buttressed his position that poverty is the reason some people are religious.
“Poverty is why many people are religious and churchy. When these same people relocate abroad and see that their prayer requests are easily met in their new locations, they lose their religiosity.
“Religion is a reaction to poverty. Faith is a more reliable judge of Godliness,” he said.
“Religion is a reaction to poverty and faith is a more reliable judge of Godliness that is why after salvation Christ taught more about wealth because without wealth your spiritual health is at risk as poverty alters your perspective.
“Poverty makes you make enemies out of innocent people and you blame ancestral curses and village people for your poverty when in fact the problem is your location which is overpopulated and underfunded.
“The fear of poverty rather than love for God drives some people to church and makes them religious or churchy. It’s true most people go to church because of poverty and turn to stop when they relocate to places that their needs are been met so easily and not the fact that they love God.”
However, a user disagreed with him and said many well-to-do individuals spend more time in Church than the poor.
Omokri then replied: “Read the word ‘many’ in my post and the word ‘some’ in your response. Then take time to learn and understand the difference amongst the words some, many, and all. Consult a dictionary if you still need help.”