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PONTUS PILATE, A ROMAN, GENTILE & GENERAL, REPRESENTED US VERY WELL ATTHE TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION OF JESUS, THE CHRIST, ABSOLVING US, THE GENTILES OF HOMICIDE!
The nation of Israel never did as the Ninevites, despite being delivered from slavery and all the pampering in the desert by God.
Let them stop deceiving themselves. Its time they grew up and realised that they are not special. They are, in fact, the most ungrateful nation on earth.
They even murdered the only son of the Almighty God who liberated them from 400 years of slavery in Egypt and another more severe 400 years in Babylon!
That was why Hitler tried to wipe them off the face of the earth. Have you so easily forgotten what their elders said to Pontus Pilate when he wanted to release Jesus, the Christ?
They shouted, “Crucify him! Crucify him! Let his blood be on our heads and those of our children!” Of course Pilate washed his hands publicly.
By that single action, we, the ‘Gentiles,’ were exculpated!
I HAVE PROVEN MY THESIS BEYOND ALL REASONABLE DOUBT! BUT, BEFORE SIGNING OFF, AS A CONSULTANT CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, THIS IS MY PRESCRIPTION TO THE HYPOMANIACAL ISRAELITES!
What the nation of Israel should do to regain the favour of the Almighty God, the Creator of this world, is to:
The nation of Israel never did as the Ninevites, despite being delivered from slavery and all the pampering in the desert by God.
Let them stop deceiving themselves. Its time they grew up and realised that they are not special. They are, in fact, the most ungrateful nation on earth.
They even murdered the only son of the Almighty God who liberated them from 400 years of slavery in Egypt and another more severe 400 years in Babylon!
That was why Hitler tried to wipe them off the face of the earth. Have you so easily forgotten what their elders said to Pontus Pilate when he wanted to release Jesus, the Christ?
They shouted, “Crucify him! Crucify him! Let his blood be on our heads and those of our children!” Of course Pilate washed his hands publicly.
By that single action, we, the ‘Gentiles,’ were exculpated!
I HAVE PROVEN MY THESIS BEYOND ALL REASONABLE DOUBT! BUT, BEFORE SIGNING OFF, AS A CONSULTANT CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, THIS IS MY PRESCRIPTION TO THE HYPOMANIACAL ISRAELITES!
What the nation of Israel should do to regain the favour of the Almighty God, the Creator of this world, is to:
1. Reject ‘the lord of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob’ and repudiate the false claims their ancestors had made to be ‘a chosen race’!
2. Reverse the curse their ancestors Ham earned by looking on the nakedness of our Patriarch Noah.
3. Renounce the reproachful oath their wicked ancestors brought upon them when they murdered the Son of the Most High God!
Even Jesus prescribed the solutions to their sinful past in Luke 11; but they never listened to him, so he concluded that they were a wicked generation!
I S
M
INTEGRATIONAL
SPIRITAN MOVEMENT, a.k.a. KENEZIANISM
IS THE
CREATOR’S RELIGION EMBEDDED IN HIS NATURAL LAWS THAT ARE ETERNAL, UNIVERSAL AND
IMPARTIAL
By:
Rev. Prof. J. J. Kenez, D.Sc.
The Vessel of the holy Spirit of the
Creator of the Universe
Religion was/is a superstitious search by humanity for its origin, existence, meaning and relevance before the scientific era. The search was led by acclaimed sages among the elders of a community who defined its theories and practices. It is later ratified and recommended for legislation and implementation by state apparatus by convincing stratagem or coercion by politico-religious leaders. Thereafter, it is fine tuned and administered by ordained priests and priestesses who hand it down along ancestral lineages from one generation of lukewarm adherents, fanatics and mystics to another. Gradually, strong personalities emerge claiming divine appointment and so pull strong followers who idolise them as role models with supernatural powers. This obsession confirms them as beacons of adulation and finally leads to full scale idolatry.
Religion, which is superstition sanctioned by the state, is actually an addiction to man-made doctrines and dogmas invented, patented and copyrighted by a few demagogues.
• It enslaves the mind more than psychoactive drugs,
• Benumbs human creativity and resourcefulness thereby
• Restricting the development of the human potential and capital.
It is the main
cause of poverty of the mind and underdevelopment of third world countries as
its side-effects are indolence, redundancy, laziness and dependence on finished
products and services. In the final analysis, it is the predisposing factor to
lack of initiative, debilitating ignorance, fetish belief-systems, abject
poverty and perennial ill-health.
Perhaps its only advantage is that it makes the polity docile and amenable to the whims and caprices of their oppressive leaders. Often, it hoodwinks its adherents into believing that ‘The God’ or ‘the gods’ they worship speak to them through the voices of their egocentric clerics who therefore can conveniently exploit them to satisfy their demonic desires of sensual pleasure and inordinate ambitions of amassing wealth. Their wanton indulgence in gluttony, wine and women is seen in every action and definitely this is the foolproof evidence of their demonic genealogy.
Perhaps its only advantage is that it makes the polity docile and amenable to the whims and caprices of their oppressive leaders. Often, it hoodwinks its adherents into believing that ‘The God’ or ‘the gods’ they worship speak to them through the voices of their egocentric clerics who therefore can conveniently exploit them to satisfy their demonic desires of sensual pleasure and inordinate ambitions of amassing wealth. Their wanton indulgence in gluttony, wine and women is seen in every action and definitely this is the foolproof evidence of their demonic genealogy.
Rev. Prof. J. J. Kenez,
The International Animator of Integrational Spiritan Movement (ISM)
Composed from11th March
1990 to Monday
30/08/2010 @ 02:08:28
HRS GMT.
The International Animator of Integrational Spiritan Movement (ISM)
Composed from
The
most rational way to inculcate love, justice and peace among all men and women
in the world is to jettison man-made doctrines and dogmas invented and patented
by any and every religious leader. The Creator did not need artificial
compilations for any and every creature he made. He is omnipotent as well as
omniscient, so he embedded all the rules each creature needed to serve him,
live a good life and be in good terms with all other creatures on his planets. The
scriptures assert that everything created was/is good!
There
is nothing man has created. No angel or demon can create. No one can stop or
change the destiny the Creator has for each being living in this world. Man has
only been uncovering the secrets locked in the created universe and misappropriated
the praise and honour due to the creator. That is why whatever man has invented
is misused sooner than later. Man kills whatever it did not create and as the
law of compensation demands, man has always paid with gradual or sudden death
through internal dissatisfaction with the self, emotional depression, ethnic
jealousies and mass homicide that resulted and still results in political or
religious genocide, fratricidal and international wars. Check the history of
mankind from the creation story in scriptures of all religions and show me any
that had no religio-political undertone? Inter-religious harmony could have
been instituted centuries ago since all cultures had legends similar to the one
man, Enoch, who pleased the Creator so well, that he was translated to enjoy
eternal bliss in fellowship with the Supreme Being. There is no scripture in
the world that does not accept that there is only one Supreme Creator of all
that exists. The only difference is that some explain away polytheism as if God
has an administrative structure similar to our mundane ways of ruling
ourselves. There are really no pagans in this world! Replace their many gods
and spirits with angels and prophets, you will notice for the first time that
you have the same result; One God, One Created Universe and therefore One Human
Family.
We
are all his sons and daughters, with same blood chemistry, similar genetical classifications,
varied facial differentiations, but, we have same anatomy and physiology and we
mate and produce human babies alike! Laughter, crying and singing are
international languages. Anger, fear, hatred, depression and sorrow are human
emotions that have no boundaries. Conception, gestation and birth are exactly
the same as well modalities of dying due to accidents, diseases or old age.
What else does any intelligent being need to prove that all humans are equal at
birth, but differentiations arise due to parentage, geographical locations,
education and inherited or achieved social statuses occasioned by opportunities
each one experiences in both clement or unfavourable internal and external
environments?
Interracial
squabbles are man-made! The non-partisan events we organise like the World Cups
and Beauty Pageants confirm we are children of one Father and so could live
amicably. Scientific discoveries and inventions all of us use passionately
prove that all mankind can live in peace. Let us eschew ethnocentric bias,
prejudice and parochialism. The multiplication of faiths, denominations and
churches are the handiwork of the evil one. Let us wake from centuries of
hypnotic enslavement and justify our claim to the appellation: HOMO SAPIENS
SAPIENTIS! Therefore, what we need is to go back and imitate Enoch, the first
human that was taken up to be with the Creator lest he be corrupted by other
immoral peers of his time!
IF THE
STORY OF ENOCH IS TRUE, THEN WHY ARE WE GOING ASTRAY?
Genesis
5
5:1 This is the book of the
generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God
made he him;
2 Male and female created
he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they
were created.
3 And Adam lived an hundred
and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and
called his name Seth:
4 And the days of Adam
after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and
daughters:
5 And all the days that
Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
6 And Seth lived an hundred
and five years, and begat Enos:
7 And Seth lived after he
begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
8 And all the days of Seth
were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
9 And Enos lived ninety
years, and begat Cainan:
10 And Enos lived after he
begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
11 And all the days of Enos
were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
12 And Cainan lived seventy
years, and begat Mahalaleel:
13 And Cainan lived after
he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and
daughters:
14 And all the days of
Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
15 And Mahalaleel lived
sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
16 And Mahalaleel lived
after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and
daughters:
17 And all the days of
Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
18 And Jared lived an
hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
19 And Jared lived after he
begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
20 And all the days of
Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
21 And Enoch lived sixty
and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22 And Enoch walked with
God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23 And all the days of
Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with
God: and he was not; for God took him.
25 And Methuselah lived an
hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
26 And Methuselah lived
after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and
daughters:
27 And all the days of
Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
28 And Lamech lived an
hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29 And he called his name
Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our
hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
30 And Lamech lived after
he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
31 And all the days of
Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
32 And Noah was five
hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
KJV
Has anyone ever bordered to find out why
the details of how long each patriarch lived were graphically deposited in this
chapter?
I once met three
philosophers arguing about the nature of God. The Christian theologian among
them insisted on the Trinitarian doctrine, the Oriental Christian emphasised
that the Holy Spirit proceeded only from the Father whereas the Roman Christian
argued that the Holy Spirit proceeded from both the Father and the Son!
I laughed at them. They got angry. In unison, they demanded to know why I was laughing them to scorn. I said, “Why not bother yourselves about the things in the world that you can comprehend? Leave God alone!” One of them interjected, “Why do you say that, are you wiser than the Holy Church fathers and the great theologians that handed down these doctrines?”
“Thank you very much for being truthful. You just called them ‘doctrines’ and that’s exactly what they are! You can’t arrive at any meaningful conclusion in your argument since all we can ever know or say about him is, “God exists!” And what that really means is this: “God is the Almighty Being that created everything that exists in the universe. Anything else anybody says or we say is puerile, futile and simply mundane guesswork!” I concluded.
In I.S.M. we do not theorise about what we have no existential answers that can satisfy human reasoning! We limit ourselves to provable and rational concepts, no mysteries, no dogmas and no doctrines. You are very welcome to disproving anything we posit, provided you can defend your position convincingly, and carry along seventy-five per cent of humankind. We are okay!
I S M IS ON A RESCUE MISSION
To liberate those who desire independence from the shackles of dogmatism and indoctrination, ISM only requires those who are willing and rational enough to think for themselves to apply simple logic and arrive at certain basic universal truths devoid of intellectual enslavements.
1. Read the KENEZIAN CREED and see for yourself whether the truths catalogued there apply to all beings on planet earth.
3. Finally, analyse the principles of equality of all races of mankind contained in HARMONISATION OF YOUTH SOCIALISATION;
If these do not open your eyes to the futility of ethnocentrisms embedded in most dogmatic religions, then you are lost to individual thought and clear rationalisations. You are either a fanatic or a misguided mystic!
ISM is founded on the discovery of all the natural and eternal laws in creation and full obedience to all of them. In brief, Kenezians worship the Absolute Truth wherever it is found; on, below or above the earth! TELL, LIVE, PROPAGATE AND DIE FOR THE TRUTH! These and only this principle guide the true sons & daughters of God!
THE KENEZIAN CREED
Nuggets of Wisdom by Dr Kenez Danmbaezue for the Unification of all Belief Systems.
1. I am of age; therefore, I affirm that I exist! I am “ME”, you are “YOU” and we are “US”. I affirm that I am a Created Being living in the present, hoping to come to an end as other creatures I have observed, do come to a definitive end.
2. I therefore know that all finite creatures obey some natural laws that govern existence. I affirm that these laws are also eternal and like every other law, must have a Giver. I deduce therefore that there are commensurate sanctions for any deliberate violation of these laws.
3. When I observe the heavens and landscapes, hills and valleys, rivers and oceans, sunrise and sunset, equinoxes and eclipses, I am certain that this Eternal Lawgiver is Great and Powerful in all respects and possesses Superhuman Intelligence, Power and Control over all of us?
4. When I inspect living and non-living beings, their beauty and variety, their numbers and their sizes, especially their modes of survival in varying environments and particularly their ability to reproduce their kinds, I confess that this Eternal Lawgiver must be Beautiful, Loving and All-Creative.
5. I respect “IT” in all “ITS” creations while admiring in particular those that move about. For I do realise that I share the traits they have; we all have the same basic structures, we survive by performing similar functions, have similar feelings and produce comparable results. I cannot but bow in reverence and worship this Almighty Being, the Eternal Lawgiver, who sustains everything on this planet.
6. This Almighty Being set all things in motion. “IT” directs their courses and life spans, keeps them in space and time, now and always. Moreover, because there are no accidents in nature when “IT’S” laws are strictly adhered to, I attest to the fact that “IT” is the greatest GOOD; the All-knowing, All-caring and Ever Present Being.
7. To “IT” be all my respect, obedience and loyalty, as I extend my hands of love and brotherhood to all human beings, co-heirs and offspring of this Almighty Creator and Father of all. Therefore, my creed concisely is this:
(a) THE UNIVERSE IS MY COUNTRY AND INHERITANCE,
(b) ALL MANKIND, MY BLOOD RELATIVES AND EQUALS,
(c) SEEKING THE TRUTH, LIVING THE TRUTH, PROPAGATING
THE TRUTH AND DOING GOOD AT ALL TIMES – IS MY RELIGION.
My 50th Birthday Gift to Mankind.
Composed by DR J. K. DANMBAEZUE between 1970-1998
& Ratified by the Holy Spirit of the Almighty Creator in1999
This is the concise version. There is a more comprehensive /longer version
DR. KENEZ DANMBAEZUE’S PLEAS TO EVERY TEACHER OF HIS
CHILDREN
*****(Each paragraph/plea can be used as the theme of Morning Assembly Talks)*****
Dear Teacher,
Preamble: Your job is an onerous one, commendable by both God and man,
My child will look up to you as a role model, a mirror to view the world;
You will have to father him for 5 hours a day, 5 days a week and 35 weeks per year,
That’s long enough to make or mar his future, his classmates and that of this country.
1. Teach him to look around and admire the beauty in nature, himself inclusive,
Let him know that for every child he sees, there are two parents – a father and a mother;
So for the birds he sees, trees, animals, hills, rivers, sun, daylight, night and moonlight,
There is but One Almighty Father, who created and takes care of us all on a daily basis.
2. Teach him to trust and obey The Almighty Creator with worship in humility,
And to love every other being, as we all are sons and daughters of the same Creator;
Let him realise that when it rains, it’s for every one: plants, animals and man,
The Creator’s kindness and benevolence does not choose those to hate or love.
3. Teach him that for every lie he tells, he will tell ten more lies to cover it up,
And for ten lies, he needs one hundred more lies – that is foolishness;
So let him learn that truth is golden, more precious than wealth and riches,
Knowledge, wisdom and fame are the rewards earned by truthful people.
4. In school, let him love and respect his classmates and fight to protect the weaker ones,
Allow him to taste bitter and sweet things; and to combine laughter and suffering;
That way you will have prepared him to deal with wicked and honest human beings,
Thereby teaching him to differentiate good from evil and to do good all his life.
5. Teach him that lying, cheating and stealing produce criminals and rogues,
Teach him that a kobo earned is better than a hundred won by lottery;
It’s better to go hungry for days than enjoy a meal prepared with stolen money,
Or eat crumbs of bread among finest friends than a loaf among dishonest men.
6. Teach him that a passage studied, understood and memorised,
Is far better than one simply crammed and repeated like a parrot;
The former leads to ingenuity, resourcefulness and creativity,
The latter to imitative behaviour, and lack of self-confidence;
Teach him that it’s more honourable to fail an examination,
Than to copy, cheat or use “expo” methods to pass any examination.
7. Finally teach him that it is better to be neither too poor nor too rich,
Than to become wealthy by stealing, deceit and cutting corners;
The former leads to contentment, peace of mind and long life,
The latter to arrogance, greed, restlessness and sudden death;
Explain to him what “Honesty is the best policy” really means,
And the practical implications of the saying: “More haste, less speed”.
Postscript: You’ll have to believe and practise these yourself,
Before you can teach them to my son and his mates;
But be assured that if you succeed in this assignment,
You will be a hero and the father of heroes and heroines;
And that’s what our dear country needs most.
May God guide your endeavours!
Dr. J. K. Danmbaezue, D. Sc., FACRS,
*My 53rd Birthday Gift to all Educationists,
Inspired by Abraham Lincoln’s letter, Gestation Period: 1997-2001
*****(Each paragraph/plea can be used as the theme of Morning Assembly Talks)*****
Dear Teacher,
Preamble: Your job is an onerous one, commendable by both God and man,
My child will look up to you as a role model, a mirror to view the world;
You will have to father him for 5 hours a day, 5 days a week and 35 weeks per year,
That’s long enough to make or mar his future, his classmates and that of this country.
1. Teach him to look around and admire the beauty in nature, himself inclusive,
Let him know that for every child he sees, there are two parents – a father and a mother;
So for the birds he sees, trees, animals, hills, rivers, sun, daylight, night and moonlight,
There is but One Almighty Father, who created and takes care of us all on a daily basis.
2. Teach him to trust and obey The Almighty Creator with worship in humility,
And to love every other being, as we all are sons and daughters of the same Creator;
Let him realise that when it rains, it’s for every one: plants, animals and man,
The Creator’s kindness and benevolence does not choose those to hate or love.
3. Teach him that for every lie he tells, he will tell ten more lies to cover it up,
And for ten lies, he needs one hundred more lies – that is foolishness;
So let him learn that truth is golden, more precious than wealth and riches,
Knowledge, wisdom and fame are the rewards earned by truthful people.
4. In school, let him love and respect his classmates and fight to protect the weaker ones,
Allow him to taste bitter and sweet things; and to combine laughter and suffering;
That way you will have prepared him to deal with wicked and honest human beings,
Thereby teaching him to differentiate good from evil and to do good all his life.
5. Teach him that lying, cheating and stealing produce criminals and rogues,
Teach him that a kobo earned is better than a hundred won by lottery;
It’s better to go hungry for days than enjoy a meal prepared with stolen money,
Or eat crumbs of bread among finest friends than a loaf among dishonest men.
6. Teach him that a passage studied, understood and memorised,
Is far better than one simply crammed and repeated like a parrot;
The former leads to ingenuity, resourcefulness and creativity,
The latter to imitative behaviour, and lack of self-confidence;
Teach him that it’s more honourable to fail an examination,
Than to copy, cheat or use “expo” methods to pass any examination.
7. Finally teach him that it is better to be neither too poor nor too rich,
Than to become wealthy by stealing, deceit and cutting corners;
The former leads to contentment, peace of mind and long life,
The latter to arrogance, greed, restlessness and sudden death;
Explain to him what “Honesty is the best policy” really means,
And the practical implications of the saying: “More haste, less speed”.
Postscript: You’ll have to believe and practise these yourself,
Before you can teach them to my son and his mates;
But be assured that if you succeed in this assignment,
You will be a hero and the father of heroes and heroines;
And that’s what our dear country needs most.
May God guide your endeavours!
Dr. J. K. Danmbaezue, D. Sc., FACRS,
*My 53rd Birthday Gift to all Educationists,
Inspired by Abraham Lincoln’s letter, Gestation Period: 1997-2001
A CROSS-CULTURAL HARMONISATION
OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
*THE PANACEA FOR RACISM*
By
*THE PANACEA FOR RACISM*
By
Dr. J. K. Danmbaezue, D. Psych., FACRS,
Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Existential Family Therapist.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR, Kenez Health Klinik, &
ANIMATOR, Happy Family Network International
Block: C, House: 82, Federal Housing Estate, Trans-Ekulu,
Being the Paper presented at
THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON RACISM
Held at Durban, South Africa
From 23rd August – 2nd September 2001.
Abstract
This guest paper emphasizes the origins and development of prejudice, discrimination, ethnocentrism, stereotypy and religious bigotry as the seeds that germinate into racism or political radicalism, dominant and minority ethnic groups that culminate in stressful relations, violence and wars.
A cross-cultural harmonization of child-rearing practices is the author’s therapeutic prescription if youths must be re-oriented towards the universal brotherhood of mankind. We have the same basic anatomy and physiology; we share the same air, water, food and rest periods. Blood groupings, emotions, motivations, and libido allow for similar sex attractions, pregnancies and births. So, where do these ethnic superiority and inferiority complexes come from?
The “Kenezian Creed” and “The Letter to Educationists all over the world”, epitomise the ideals that this Existential Therapeutic Programme enunciates. The panacea for racism is a systematic re-education, religious liberalism and socio-political equality, which should form the foundations of cross-cultural harmonisation of youth counselling and personality development initiatives.
Dr.
INTRODUCTION:
Philosophy demands the delimitation of concepts, terms or nomenclatures for clarity of discussions, analyses, conclusions and recommendations. The following are relevant in our case:
Prejudice is “a system of negative conceptions, feelings and action-orientations regarding the members of a particular group”; whereas “Discrimination” refers to “overt action in which members of a group are accorded unfavourable treatment on the basis of their religious, ethnic or racial membership” Zanden, (1972).
Ethnocentrism is “an exaggerated tendency to think the characteristics of one’s own group or race superior to those of other groups or races” whereas “stereotypy” means “a pathological symptom of mental or nervous disorder showing itself in continuous repetition of seemingly senseless words and syllables, or of certain posture’s and actions”. Drever (1972).
Religious bigotry refers to “an obsessive belief and practice system whereby a person or group of people has strong and unreasonable opinion and will not listen to or accept any contrary views or religious opinions of anyone who disagrees”. Hornby (1976).
Racism or Racialism refers to “any set of beliefs that organic genetically transmitted differences (whether real or imagined) between human groups are intrinsically associated with the presence or absence of certain socially relevant abilities or characteristics, hence that such differences are a legitimate basis of invidious distinctions between groups socially defined as races” Berghe (1967).
Ethnic Group is a parallel term for race “which is often socially defined on the basis of cultural characteristics superimposed on perceived physical traits defined by the group and/or is defined by other groups as different.... by virtue of innate... inherited on genetically induced behavioural patterns”. A. H. Coleman-cited in – Krauss (1976) and this naturally leads us to Dominant and Minority groups – which are the remote and immediate causes of violence, terrorism and wars.
A Dominant Group is “one within a national state whose distinctive culture and/or physiognomy is established as superior in the society and which treats differentially/unequally other groups in the society with other cultures or physiognomy “Marden and Meyer (1968), and correspondingly;
A Minority Group is a “culturally or physically distinctive and self–conscious social aggregate, with hereditary membership and a high degree of endogamy, which is subject to political, economic or social discrimination by a dominant segment of an environing political society” Williams (1964).
Analytically therefore, the recurrent decimal in all these definitions is that racists are misguided, self-opinionated and neurotic people who need ego trips or massage to suppress their feelings of inadequacy, otherwise termed INFERIORITY COMPLEX.
Ethnology and Ethnography do not support apartheid, religious bigotry or racism. For want of space and time, there are two traditions in ethnic relations and socio-anthropological studies, which this existential author subscribes to (i) the psychosocial orientation, which is phenomenological, and (ii) the socio-cultural orientation, which is existential. Both form the contrasting research perspectives that most scholars patronize. However they should complement each other.
Individuals are born “tabula raza” - a clean slate! It is parents and relevant others that write on and crowd this slate with parochial traditions! No child hates another child! Hatred is a learned behaviour! So many films and dramas portray this. Individual prejudice comes mainly from the internalization of the prejudicial norms of one’s society. A case in point is the historical origin of Hitler’s hatred for the Jews. A mistaken identity and maltreatment in his primary school days when he freely associated with Jewish children -–was the remote cause of anti-Semitism which he internationalized, followed by ‘German blood superiority’ he championed which eventually led to the two world wars he engineered!
The adult populations manufactured Black-white relations in
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT:
It is interesting to note what anthropologists, psychiatrists, sociologists and psychologists have concluded after varying researches into various aspects of child-rearing practices all over the world. Collumb and Valatin (1970), French psychiatrists, concluded thus:
“The social changes attendant on modernization cause far reaching disturbances in traditional family organization and bring about alterations in the relationship of the child to the family group. Love and authority are no longer provided for the child by the communal group of the whole family but (only) by the biological parents.... Are the parents able to take on these loving and disciplinary roles alone? Cut off from their extended family group on all sides, can they overcome their own problems and fears and make themselves ready to fulfill their new functions? How does the child experience these changes? Is it already possible to set out their pathological consequences? It is difficult to say; however, one may state that the number of maladjusted children, the number of adolescents with problems is growing considerably, especially in towns. The present generation will be followed by another which will have the same incidence of schizophrenia
as in West” p. 127
This international Conference in
law-and-order, autonomous-principle, and finally the universal-ethical-principle.
Time and space may not allow a detailed discussion of these stages. However, let it be known also that: Bandura & Walters, (1963) have their SOCIAL LEARNING AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH, while Goshin, (1969) has relevant topics in their HANDBOOK OF SOCIALIZATION THEORY AND RESEARCH; while Hoffman Martin has his “Moral Development Theory” cited in Paul. H. Mussen (Ed.)
All point to this one fact: That what we give or fail to give growing children, teenagers or adolescents form the base of all racial discriminations, hatred, fear and apartheid tendencies. There are no known genetic traits, or inherited behavioural patterns that warrant racial discrimination. The adult population manufactured, patented and marketed RACISM. Therefore, it remains their duty and urgent responsibility to dismantle and obliterate the consequences of their mischievous and xenophobic creations; apartheid, religious bigotry, anti-Semitism, Zionism and all other forms of racial inequalities that they breed!
The creator of the Universe did not input any racial inequalities in his created universe and beings. Nor did Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, even mention any scientific basis for racism. Politicians, warmongers, and demonic rulers who traded in human beings and monetary values invented racism based on their inferiority complexes, xenophobic reactions and vainglorious exploits. For how long must we all suffer for their mischief? The onerous duty of liberated minds, as exemplified by the participants at this United Nation’s Conference will come into sharper focus as we deliberate on the therapeutic measures proposed by this paper.
CROSS-CULTURAL HARMONISATION
In the light of the foregone scientific references, this psychotherapist has developed two basic inter-ethnic and inter-racial compositions – spanning a period of thirty years and has labelled them “THE KENEZIAN CREED” and “THE LETTER TO TEACHERS OF HIS CHILDREN”. The pair is crucial re-orientation ploys to revolutionize the religious and educational climates of the world and subsequently ameliorate or slow down the incidence of/or the increase in racial tensions, religious fanaticism and ethnic cleansing.
“CROSS-CULTURAL” here is used as an adjective meaning “involving, or containing ideas or elements from two or more different cultures, while “HARMONIZE” to make something harmonious e.g. colours that harmonize well (i.e. together produce a pleasing effect) or the cottages harmonize well with the landscape. In music “harmonization” means to play or sing notes that accompany the main tune and produce harmony with the lead singer”. Hornby (1995) pp 279 & 544
From the above the therapeutic regimen for racialism and other ethnic stressful relationships lies in the Homo sapiens sapiens accepting that each culture must harmonize with the lead race; that is, the HUMAN RACE. If musicians can harmonize with the lead singer why are whites, blacks and yellows unable to harmonize? Its is due to ignorance, petty jealousy, morbid fear of strangers and unbridled self-pride. An attempt must be made to de-emphasize religion which is the greatest harbinger of fanatical zeal to discriminate against and dominate others. MISINFORMATION or DISINFORMATION – also known as propaganda that completes the racial tones dictated by maniacal leaders, politicians and governments must be halted and reversed systematically.
The Kenezian Creed sifts the L.C.M and H.C.F. of the human race. Then it dresses them in philosophic, ethical and scientific language which harmonises with the main language of nature – “WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS, WITH SAME CREATOR, SAME BLOOD AND PLASMA, SIMILAR ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY and WE INTER-MARRY AND PRODUCE SAME SPECIES. Of what value are our World Cups, Olympics and Arts Festivals, if at the end of the day we still discriminate and derogate others based simply on the colour of their skin, eyes and/or the texture of their hairs? Does emotion and motivation vary among the races of mankind? No, is the only right answer! Any man or woman can learn the language of the ethnic groups they are born into and mingle with; hence, English, French, Swahili, German and some other languages have gained international appeal and usage. In the like manner, let’s amplify those areas of cognition, memory and recall that unify the races rather than propagate
those minor differences that separate and antagonise us.”
“In education, any child irrespective of skin colour, genetic endowment and child rearing practice can become a genius in nuclear physics, computer science, acrobatics and music. There has never been, nor will there ever be a scientific proof of the superiority of one race to another. These xenophobic rationalizations are ego defence mechanisms that emanate from depraved and demented minds and must not be allowed to drag us to another world war. A word is enough for the wise.”
The systematic incorporation of the tenets of the following compositions into primary school/educational curricula will eradicate racism worldwide:
THE KENEZIAN CREED
Nuggets of Wisdom for the Unification of all Belief Systems.
1. I am of age; therefore, I affirm that I exist! I am “ME”, you are “YOU” and we are “US”. I affirm that I am a Created Being living in the present, hoping to come to an end as other creatures I have observed, do come to a definitive end.
2. I therefore know that all finite creatures obey some natural laws that govern existence. I affirm that these laws are also eternal and like every other law, must have a Giver. I deduce therefore that there are commensurate sanctions for any deliberate violation of these laws.
3. When I observe the heavens and landscapes, hills and valleys, rivers and oceans, sunrise and sunset, equinoxes and eclipses, I am certain that this Eternal Law-giver is Great and Powerful in all respects and possesses Superhuman Intelligence, Power and Control over all of us?
4. When I inspect living and non-living beings, their beauty and variety, their numbers and their sizes, especially their modes of survival in varying environments, and particularly their ability to reproduce their kinds, I confess that this Eternal Law-giver must be Beautiful, Loving and All-Creative.
5. I respect “IT” in all “ITS” creations while admiring in particular those that move about. For I do realise that I share the traits they have; we all have the same basic structures, we survive by performing similar functions, have similar feelings and produce comparable results. I cannot but bow in reverence and worship this Almighty Being, the Eternal Law-Giver who sustains everything on this planet.
6. This Almighty Being set all things in motion. “IT” directs their courses and life spans, keeps them in space and time, now and always. And because there are no accidents in nature when “IT’S” laws are strictly adhered to, I attest to the fact that “IT” is the greatest GOOD; All-knowing, All-caring and Ever Present Being.
7. To “IT” be all my respect, obedience and loyalty, as I extend my hands of love and brotherhood to all Human Beings, co-heirs and offspring of this Almighty Creator and Father of all. Therefore, my creed concisely is this: (a) THE UNIVERSE IS MY COUNTRY AND INHERITANCE, (b) ALL MANKIND, MY BLOOD RELATIVES AND EQUALS, (c) SEEKING THE TRUTH, LIVING THE TRUTH AND DOING GOOD AT LL TIMES – MY RELIGION.
My 50th Birthday gift to Mankind. Composed, Revised and Ratified between 1970-1998
DR KENEZ DANMBAEZUE’S PLEAS
TO EVERY TEACHER OF HIS CHILDREN
*(Each paragraph/plea can be used as the theme of Morning Assembly Talks)
Dear Teacher,
Your job is an onerous one, commendable by both God and man,
My child will look up to you as a role model, a mirror to view the world;
You will have to father him for 5 hours a day, 5 days a week and 35 weeks per year,
That’s long enough to make or mar his future, his classmates and that of this country.
1.Teach him to look around and admire the beauty in nature, himself inclusive,
Let him know that for every child he sees, there are two parents – a father and a mother;
So for the birds he sees, trees, animals, hills, rivers, sun, daylight, night and moonlight,
There is but One Almighty Father, who created and takes care of us all on a daily basis.
2.Teach him to trust and obey The Almighty Creator with worship in humility,
And to love every other being, as we all are sons and daughters of the same Creator;
Let him realise that when it rains, it’s for every one: plants, animals and man,
The Creator’s kindness and benevolence does not choose those to hate or love.
3.Teach him that for every lie he tells, he will tell ten more lies to cover it up,
And for ten lies, he needs one hundred more lies – that is foolishness;
So let him learn that truth is golden, more precious than wealth and riches,
Knowledge, wisdom and fame are the rewards earned by truthful people.
4.In school, let him love and respect his classmates and fight to protect the weaker ones,
Allow him to taste bitter and sweet things; and to combine laughter and suffering;
That way you will have prepared him to deal with wicked and honest human beings,
Thereby teaching him to differentiate good from evil and to do good all his life.
5.Teach him that lying, cheating and stealing produce criminals and rogues,
Teach him that a kobo earned is better than a hundred won by lottery;
It’s better to go hungry than enjoy a meal prepared with stolen money,
Or eat crumbs of bread among finest friends than a whole loaf among dishonest men.
6.Teach him that a passage studied, understood and memorised,
Is far better than one simply crammed and repeated like a parrot;
The former leads to ingenuity, resourcefulness and creativity,
The latter to imitative behaviour, and lack of self-confidence;
Teach him that it’s more honourable to fail an examination,
Than to copy, cheat or use “expo” methods to pass any examination.
7.Finally teach him that it is better to be neither too poor nor too rich,
Than to become wealthy by stealing, deceit and cutting corners;
The former leads to contentment, peace of mind and long life,
The latter to arrogance, greed, restlessness and sudden death;
Explain to him what “Honesty is the best policy” really means,
And the practical implications of the saying: “More haste, less speed”.
Postscript: You’ll have to believe and practise these yourself,
Before you can teach them to my son and his mates;
But be assured that if you succeed in this assignment,
You will be a hero and the father of heroes and heroines;
And that’s what our dear country needs most.
May God guide your endeavours!
*My 53rd Birthday Gift to all Educationists,
Inspired by Abraham Lincoln’s letter, Gestation Period: 1997-2001*
RESUME, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The etiological origin of racism is ethnocentric megalomania best exemplified by Adolph Hitler’s xenophobic ideas. “Xenophobia” as defined by Drever (1972) is “a morbid fear of strangers”, and Hornby (1995) concerns by defining it as “an intense dislike or fear of strangers or people from other countries”.... “excessive patriotism can lead to xenophobia” – he concluded p. 1385.
“Racism or racialism” van den Berghe (1967) affirms, “are beliefs (not facts) that organic genetically transmitted differences (real or imagined) exist between social groups” which he concluded were false. There has never been any existential or scientific proof that a Caucasian is superior to Negroid or Mongoloid specie of the human race. Racism is puerile and futile!
Professor M. Nesturkh, a Russian anthropologist has a 133-page hardbound book, with over 100 black and white and coloured pictures - entitled THE RACES OF MANKIND. In the preface, Professor N. N. Cheboksarov, a Doctor of History, and a Miklukho-Maklai Prize Winner, opens up thus:
“The problem of the races of mankind is one of the most important in anthropology, the science that studies the natural history of man with all the variations due to age, sex, and geographical factors. The races of mankind are, in actual fact, geographical (or territorial) variations, historically conditioned, of a single physical type-MAN.
“The writings of the founders of Marxism-Leninism contain many valuable statements on such problems as the connection between the origin of races and the natural geographical conditions of life of primitive man; the distant ancestors of the present–day peoples, the gradual obliteration of racial differences in the course of historical development, the racial mixtures that make up modern nations and the absolute invalidity of racism.
“A correct conception of the races of mankind is of particularly great political and scientific importance today, in the period of the collapse of the colonial system and the unparalleled development of the struggle for national liberation by the dependent and colonial peoples. The ideologists of imperialism, in their effort to provide a basis for class, national and colonial oppression, have advanced the false “theory” of the physical and mental inequality of races, or the existence of “higher” and “lower” races, of races that are capable and those that are incapable of independent, social, economic and cultural development.
“Racism is closely bound up with reactionary nationalism and chauvinism. The Programme of the Communist Party of the
All scientists agree with the learned Russian Professor and Prizewinner! Moreover, Professor M. Nesturukh, himself concludes his introduction to the book thus:
“The author realises the difficulties attaching to the task he has undertaken and will be satisfied if his readers obtain from his book a general idea of the concept of races and their origin and a conviction of the unscientific nature of racism”. P. 10.
It is the conclusions of this paper that only intellectual pygmies and anthropological misfits can, and do propagate racism in ethnic or religious relations. But for the fact that this is a scientific paper, passages in the Torah, Bible, Koran and the Bhagavad-Gita would have been used to substantiate the stupidity of racialism and the demonic possession of all racists. They are all adenescents!
Suffice it to recommend the following:
i. That all racists be subjected to a psychiatric evaluation. It is possible that they have congenital deficiencies that warrant their schizophrenia fantasies.
ii. That participants at this conference devise means and modalities for appealing to religious leaders of all shades, colours and faith to repudiate discriminatory sermons, doctrines or catechesis in their religious worship.
iii. That all film makers and drama writers expunge sentences or scenes depicting superiority or inferiority in all their products. On the other hand they must encourage scriptwriters to douse the embers of hatred, violence and ethnic jealousies in their productions e.g. GUESS, WHO’S COMING TO DINNER.
iv. That musicians review their lyrics and emulate the consortium of international stars that gave us the famous song: WE ARE THE WORLD. In like manner, let all intelligent people all over the world stand up to be counted among music lovers who appreciate that orchestras and choirs need soprano, alto, tenor and bass to harmonise the lead instrument or singer. So also should white, black and yellow races blend or harmonize the leading HUMAN RACE.
v. All newly established families must make conscious efforts to give their offspring a better deal or lease of life rather than feed them the same nepotic ideas or prejudices their own parents condemned to feed on during their growing years
vi. Re-education in all nursery, kindergarten and primary schools, must eliminate segregation based on skin colour, class or creed. Each stanza or paragraph of the Kenezian Letter to all Liberated Educationist can be used to conduct morning assemblies.
vii. National constitutions should incorporate sections that make it a crime to discriminate against any citizen, guest or stranger in one’s native land. Moreover, national prizes may be awarded to those adjudged to have demonstrated the tenets of the Kenezian Creed practically in their daily living.
Permit me to add a brief version of an international prayer I composed for ten years here to support my view that there could be A UNIVERSAL MODE OF WORSHIPPING THIS ALMIGHTY CREATOR OF US ALL.
KENEZIAN I. S. M. UNIVERSAL PRAYER
My eternal creator and lord of the universe, I know that you exist,
I observe that you made all beings interdependent, we need each other,
Therefore, increase my loyalty and dependence on your benevolence.
I love you as the Father of all that exists; I want to love other beings,
As well as I love myself; permit me to truly achieve this increasingly!
I worship you as my first beginning; I wish to do this as long as I live.
I acknowledge your constant sustenance and care for me and all that is.
Guide me by your divine wisdom; correct me with your eternal justice,
Comfort me with your mercy and protect me with your limitless power,
So that I may obey all the laws, you put in creation for our own good!
I have a princely heritage in that I function at three levels of operations,
In that tripartite functionality of thought, word and action, I am like you.
Grant me a large heart and mind to understand the universal knowledge
That all humankind are blood relatives and co-heirs of this your ability,
Therefore, we all are brothers and sisters, children of the same Father!
Double-faced Christians now abound everywhere; they worship Satan at night and come to church on Sundays! This lifestyle has eroded the credentials of our forebears! There is now, an urgent need to redeem our children from these nefarious practices! We must revert to the legacies of our renowned grandfathers, improve on it and bequeath the next generation a better religious legacy than we had!
Dr Jideofo Kenechukwu Danmbaezue, 11th March 1999
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