Lustful 'Men of God'

Who are these so-called Men of God whose inordinate libido is driving them crazy? They have been in the news for some time now, exploiting vulnerable and socially-challenged women. Having benefited monetarily and lustfully from their engagement with these socially-challenged women, the manifestation of their attempted copulation and copulation is just beginning to dawn on us.

They pretend to be in contact with the Holy Spirit, falsely claiming that demons have afflicted the private parts of women who seek their counsel. This is outrageous to state the least!

The picture of a naked so-called prophet on the page of a newspaper yesterday was only the tip of the iceberg of an unsettling social aberration that has afflicted our society.

The presentation of the suspect naked, although condemnable legally and an indictment on the part of the police who authorized the pictorial capture, paints a serious picture about how things have become. The church is being degraded by unscrupulous persons who buy collars and put these around their necks to create a semblance of spiritualism about themselves.

These mostly young so-called pastors who have memorized a few verses of the Holy Bible to support the tales they dish out to the distressed women who patronize their 'spiritual' services are crafty and smart.

Identifying the soft spots of the worried women who flock their prayer sessions, they are able to manipulate them to suit their monetary and lustful needs.

The rather difficult economic times and their negative impact on family life have led to an increase in divorce rates across the country. Many young ladies are also troubled with the challenge of not meeting suitors.

These, among other challenges, have directed distressed women to these cassock-sporting crooks who style themselves as prophets.

A news story in one of the national newspapers yesterday was about a preacher on a 'trotro' who quoted a verse from the Holy Bible with a considerable degree of glee.

The quotation, wrong, it turned out, exposed him as someone unqualified to attempt a ministry in the public domain. This man could metamorphose into a religious pillar attracting so-called spiritually-challenged women.

It is difficult to comprehend what these women go through to the extent of taking anything such so-called prophets tell them, hook, line and sinker.

Even the administering of counseling services in hotel rooms does not prick the conscience of these women to probe further the rationale for the choice of such venues.

When a respected clergyman was interviewed about the church-degrading conduct of the crooks, he rightly attributed the trend to the liberal atmosphere presented by democracy.