WE MUST ALL SAY NO TO SPIRITUAL MONSTROCITIES.

The three- hour “Uhuru Park Show” hosted by a section of the clergy and which boasted of a batch of like minded politicians attempted to create the impression that its audience is growing substantially. They may have nearly succeeded in doing so were it not for the fact that these men and women of the cloak forgot that such a function was likely to carry with it a pack of unintentional goals. One such unintentional goal (and which had far reaching ramifications) was in letting the all important prayer become a footnote in the whole exercise. This function, complete with all the paraphernalia of a political rally only helped portray the fact that the "maverickness” of a section of the clergy had definitely hit an all-time high. You see, they not only used the guise of prayer to unofficially launch the no campaign, but they also went ahead to choose their campaign symbol contrary to the rules and regulations of the IIEC. In choosing the symbol of a whistle and instructing the naysayers to blow themselves out of breath wherever they are, the clergy were indirectly telling all and sundry that they are not only defiant of the regulations as laid down by the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) on noise pollution but that they were also telling the larger public that they are more than willing to be insensitive to the public`s desire for a noise free environment. Not even God likes noise. Definitely, the electorate is sure to refuse to be subjected to noise pollution by the whistle blowing naysayers and this may breed a fertile ground for unnecessary confrontation. Such antics signal the clergy`s intention to create not only a rapaciously chaotic but also inefficient and irrelevant protracted referendum campaign. Moreover, whistle blowing will only help portray the clergy`s stance as nothing more than a whimsical kaleidoscope of confused signals. It is such behavior that has made the electorate learn not to stop questioning the moral legitimacy of the clergy`s mawkishness on many other socially sensitive issues. Not even in the primordial society were people held captive in the miraculous whimsy of the supernatural. After all, God, in his own wisdom, deemed it absolutely necessary to abundantly bless man with scientific knowledge so that he (man) can put it to good use to save mankind. By insisting on subjecting mankind to oppressive weight of blind faith, the clergy are actively participating in their own relegation to the dusty cabinet of spiritual monstrosities. In the words of Thomas Browne (1605-1682) “If there be any among those common objects of hatred I do condemn and laugh at, it is that great enemy of reason, virtue, and religion, the multitude; that numerous piece of monstrosity, which, taken asunder, seem men, and the reasonable creatures of God, but, confused together, make but one great beast, and a monstrosity more prodigious than Hydra.” Indeed, the clergy must think it necessary to subject certain dogmas to a critique of reason if they are to command the respect of humanity. TOME FRANCIS, BUMULA. http://twitter.com/tomefrancis