DOES A GOOD NAME WORTH MORE THAN SILVER AND GOLD?

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The name given to a child after birth is very important. Parents are the best people to tell you the reason they chose that name for the child. In the African culture, a country like Ghana names a child according to the day he or she was born.


Others, too, are named after someone due to the good things or what the person achieved before finally leaving the earth.

Many names are taken from the Bible by Christians all over the world. You often see someone called Joseph. In the Holy Bible, Jesus’ father was Joseph, and also Mary, because Jesus’ mother was Mary. 

In the Christian life, these two people were good. But no one likes to name their daughter Jezebel, Athaliah, etc, because they were very bad people in the Holy Bible.

Like superstition, many keep away from names that have a bad history or record, from Biblical history to our present human history. 

I have yet to meet someone called Jezebel anywhere. Due to what Adolph Hitler did, the family name Hitler had completely disappeared, evidently letting people know that a good name is worth than gold.

I have never heard someone called Judas until I read of a boxer in Ghana called Judas Clottey. Judas, everyone knew betrayed Jesus; therefore, this has been a name not often used for a child, yet Mr. Clottey named his beloved son Judas because he probably doesn’t follow superstition or one inheriting the bad ways or character of others named after.

My question is, “Does a bad name influence people?” According to research, badly chosen names for babies could influence them when growing up. But in what way? Low self-esteem? 

Underestimation, low education, and smoking. Imagine naming your son Ananias and your daughter Sapphira.  Ananias means “Jehovah is gracious,” but he wasn’t faithful to himself. He and his wife sold a plot, gave part of the money, and concealed part of it. When the truth was discovered, both died tragically.

However, if names influence people, what about those with good names but are thieves, armed robbers? And mafias? In my opinion, a name given to someone doesn’t matter as much as the upbringing of the person. 

Bringing up a child to be a responsible person in the future is a very difficult responsibility, yet it's the parents who have to give him or her the best educational, shape, and pattern of life to the child, to be a responsible person in society.

HOMOSEXUALITY: WHY AFRICA CAN NOT ACCEPT

The cultural values in Africa can't accept homosexuality.



Homosexuality is seen as an abominable act in Africa. However, this social vice, which is less popular on the continent, is now becoming famous in many African countries, turning the countries into an unnerving place to live in, because church leaders and many organizations against this practice wouldn't like to embrace this type of culture to add to their own culture.

At times, I do ask myself time and time again, do Europeans think Africa will accept whatever they are interested in? Africa had nothing to do with Christianity before the white missionaries ever went there. 

They thought Africans to follow the Bible teachings. Well, later the truth was discovered. The reason was not to let Africans know about Christ but to loot.

Fortunately, many parts of Africa derived interest in the Bible and studied it thoroughly, therefore living by its teachings. An African Christian explaining his point to defend his hate against homosexuality would take one deep step into the Bible to give you a reference.  

Two of such scriptures confirming that homosexuality is an evil act can be read in 1st Timothy, chapter 10, and 1st Corinthians, chapter 6, verse 9. 

The question is, "Why are Europeans and other Gay Rights Organizations now fighting for the practice of homosexuality to be recognized in Africa when they have already been there with the Holy Bible, a book telling Christians how evil the practice of homosexuality is?" 

The teachings of the Holy Bible can't be reversed, so I am afraid to say that Africa can never change its mind or opinion on the negative aspects of homosexuality.

Africa is already overwhelmed by many diseases, such as AIDS, Ebola, and malaria; therefore, it makes sense that they don't want that practice. Europeans, Americans, and some organizations are the first people whose voices are heard whenever there is a bad situation in Africa. But whenever there is an epidemic, the response to contain the situation never comes or comes very slowly.

Africa has learned a lot from their misfortunes, which is the reason it is fighting against homosexuality today. Unfortunately, the path Uganda has taken to deal with this issue is totally out of course, and the death penalty for homosexuals is sheer madness. Violence against homosexuals is not an option or a solution.