I have been watching the ruling party of South Africa attend
as many prayer meetings and funerals as possible in the past few weeks to put
their points of view across to the public of South Africa as they can. It got me to wondering if so many of them
are religious why South Africa is not run on Godly principles. So I did some research.
There are approximately 55 million people in South Africa at
this moment in time. According to
statistics 82% of those 55 million belong to some form of religion.
Christians 79.8% of the 82% (35750641)
Islam 1.5% of
the 82% (654064)
Hindu 1.2% of
the 82% (551668)
Judaism .2%
of the 82% (75549)
No Affiliation 17.3% of
the 82%
Most religions are built on a moral code of some sort. As the Christians are in the majority their
moral ethic will be based on the 10 commandments.
1.
You will have no other Gods before Me. Money,
materialism, accumulation of things have become gods to people of our country.
2.
You
shall not make idols.
Presidents, pop stars, sports stars should never come before your God.
3.
You
shall not take the name of the Lord in vain. Swearing using Christ’s name or God’s name
is wrong.
4.
Remember
to keep the Sabbath day holy.
The Sabbath in Jewish terms is Saturday and when the Christians were
banned from celebrating on the Sabbath because of their beliefs they started
meeting together the next day which became the day of the Son of God. No matter what day you turn to God for
spiritual upliftment and learning you should put aside a day.
5.
Honour
your father and mother. There is a general lack of respect of all
adults from children these days. There is a general lack of respect between
adults. Adults are not setting a very good example to
the youth and it is no wonder they do not respect us. How can children know what is right or wrong
when they see adults acting the way they do.
It is up to us to set that straight.
6.
You
shall not murder: It goes
without saying that this is wrong.
Executions are wrong. In my
opinion abortions are wrong but that is another story. South Africa has become one of the top murder
countries in the world. Life is cheap. There is no respect for life.
7.
You
shall not commit adultery:
Marriage is no longer a sanctified state. It is no longer an honourable thing. The satisfaction of egos and bodies gives
precedent to sacrifice and commitment.
Sleeping with numerous partners apart from having a serious health side
effect has a social ripple effect as well.
Having numerous wives may be a cultural tradition but is it Christian?
8.
You
shall not steal: Taking hard
earned tax payers’ money and squandering it on enjoyment and enriching your own
life is the worst kind of stealing as it comes with a mindset of being entitled
to it. Even taking a pencil or a pen
from your employer is stealing!
9.
You
shall not bear false witness against your neighbor: Never pass on gossip or manufacture a story
about any person. These days the media
is being used to create huge exposés about various people who stand up
against corruption and the government of the day or cross the people in power. People’s lives and reputations are killed by
lies and greed.
10.
You
shall not covet: Envy, lust,
greed, gluttony. It speaks for itself. You are not entitled to anything you have
not worked for or earned in anyway.
In my opinion if we are being run by God
fearing people, no matter what book they read, they are not doing a very good
job about it.
I pray that God gives them a change of
heart and sees the wrong they are doing sooner rather than later.
Our country is an awesome country and
deserves to be run properly for the good of all its’ people not just a few.
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