To start with our political leaders, I'd like to say they're bunch of hypocritical sissys.They pander to what Ghanaians want to hear as they make us believe Ghanaians are some serious christians which is not true.
A man who ... read full comment
To start with our political leaders, I'd like to say they're bunch of hypocritical sissys.They pander to what Ghanaians want to hear as they make us believe Ghanaians are some serious christians which is not true.
A man who is a traditionalist or a muslim and knows what he's capable of achieving for Ghana and her citizens shouldn't shear from who he truly is.
And true citizens who are well educated to know what they truly want for themselves and country, should know to separate a man's intellect and ability to provide on his promise from whatever he worships.
Don't we benefit a lot from Asia technology? And if the answer is yes, then we're the biggest hypocrites as these Asians are no christian as a dog is not human.
Our Kings are not christians but we accept them right?
We are our own enemies as we are so hypocritical to a point that our politicians just know how to tell us lies.
Adanu 12 years ago
Everything is fine by me except paedophile and producer of suicide bombers and terrorists.
Everything is fine by me except paedophile and producer of suicide bombers and terrorists.
NANA 12 years ago
PLEASE STOP THIS YOUR STUPID POLITICS
PLEASE STOP THIS YOUR STUPID POLITICS
GIRLS SP 12 years ago
THE HEADING OF THE ARTICLE IS AS STUPID AS ITS WRITER. BOTH ARE THEREFORE SENSELESS
THE HEADING OF THE ARTICLE IS AS STUPID AS ITS WRITER. BOTH ARE THEREFORE SENSELESS
VOLUNTORY CONTRIBUTOR. 12 years ago
Faith works is not sitting in the office or taking trash out. Faith works means what you are faithing for can come to reality. What is happening in USA IS the deception that has been brought into the world to deceive on thing ... read full comment
Faith works is not sitting in the office or taking trash out. Faith works means what you are faithing for can come to reality. What is happening in USA IS the deception that has been brought into the world to deceive on things of God almighty. Using vehicles to reverse the word of God, cell phones to express faith of being busy and sitting in threes and fives to demonstrate a lie. How come all the religions have their own book different in so many ways? Don't allow USA to use democarcy and capitalism to obscure things of the Lord God.
Media Mogul 12 years ago
These typos don't matter. No reader will be confused by them since they don't change the sense of what you're reading. There's no need for you to apologise for them here. Just read carefully through your work next time. But m ... read full comment
These typos don't matter. No reader will be confused by them since they don't change the sense of what you're reading. There's no need for you to apologise for them here. Just read carefully through your work next time. But my best advice for you is to let a friend (another person) read through before you despatch it for posting. Often, a second person can easily see things which you'll miss even if you read through your own work several times.
But, honestly, Francis, I am beginning to get fed up with the excessive quotations and references to other people's works in your articles. One has to search hard to find out what YOU are saying YOURSELF in the clutter of quotes. Are you afraid we won't believe what you have to say yourself unless you support it with long quotes from some other "master"? I think your point about our leadership and religion is very well made and does not need any quotes from Lucky Dube or Reza Aslan to prop it up.
I saw the piece nicely put up on modernghana yesterday but chose to read this one. Blame it on the love hate relationship we all have with ghanaweb... lol.
C.Y, ANDY-K 12 years ago
Hi Francis,
Right on target. We must also have our philosophical debates on these issues. And unlike what Media Mogul thinks, you are allowed to float the ideas, incrementally if need be, without having to take a stance li ... read full comment
Hi Francis,
Right on target. We must also have our philosophical debates on these issues. And unlike what Media Mogul thinks, you are allowed to float the ideas, incrementally if need be, without having to take a stance like some of us have now done. So there was a time some who couldn't fathom why I couldn't believe in any supreme deity used to brand me a JW (yes, I also read loads of their well informed publications you mentioned in another response), for views expressed pertaining to Christmas and Easter being pagan holidays adopted into Christianity.
Anyway, below are my views expressed in response to the statement by Kofi Adams of the NDC against the PPP's call on President Mahama to mind the business of ruling the country and leave god to mind his business too.
Of course, so far as I am concerned, he is failing [and will woefully if the present trend continues]in his presidency, not mindful of my Xmas wishes to him expressed in my piece, Staying in the Frying Pan.
The task here in weaning Ghanaians off superstition is a long one. Some of us can only begin the process by muddying the water, causing the furore, fissures and ferment that allows the younger ones to begin to think of and perceive the cosmos differently. Welcome on board, mate!
Here we go:
I haven't hidden my disdain for the ignorance and superstition that is bedeviling Africans. But when our political leaders have decided to introduce their backwardness and superstition into the secular state that Ghana is supposed to be, giving it such prominence in the daily affairs of governance rather than the mundane formal role it plays in most civilised countries, then someone must speak against it. I therefore wholeheartedly support the PPP statement as in the right direction. Ignorance and superstition are one cog in the vicious cycle of backwardness and underdevt and they must NOT be promoted by our Presidents! Period!
Ghana as a nation of developing people not yet classified amongst the civilised people, need to shun things that continue to make us backward and developing people forever.
The other day, I read of the start of building of a witches camp! I was mortified, horrified! If I were in charge of Ghana, such camps wouldn't be existing by now (same for trokosi), talk of building new ones!
I think it was high time those of us whose forebears assisted the British to found the Gold Coast, stamp out the slave trade and rampant slavery in the Gold Coast and brought the rational devt that catapulted the Gold Coast into the model colony that it was, with standard of living equal to southern and eastern Europe by the 1950s, need to step up our engagement and make our presence felt in the ruling of that country. All these "yeye," wannabe "leaders" with the mentality of the peasantry and artisanal fishermen and the morality of alley cats with sticky fingers are just messing around big time. In spite of calling god, god in every speech they make, they are constantly shown to be a bunch of lawless "thieves and thiefettes"! My grandfather, Chief of the Native Police in the Eastern Province, would have imprisoned them all, so would I! They have no clue as to how a country is developed and turn into a civilised nation. No track record to build on.
So, when are Ghanaians going to learn that no bleeding god created this universe? Their cosmogony and cosmology are still deeply rooted in the Weberian primitive world of substantive rationality! White people have written tons about how incapable blacks are the rational and scientific world cos our brains haven't evolved sufficiently like theirs! Sure! sure! I know you haven't heard or read of that before but you are probably the first graduate from your family, if not your whole wretched village! You see, that's why we have a long, long way to go as a nation! Akadu claims to have a PhD in Sociology. These are the things he/she should be writing on, rather than constant ethnocentric jibes and those watery proses he/she calls "hyperbole poems".
Luckily, I graduated into the ranks of the civilised peoples before ken Kuranchie came out of prison to declare that "Ghanaians are not civilised" cos of what he saw in prison. I was surprised and amused he had to go to bring before realising that, since I knew that as a child!
Andy-K
C.Y. ANDY-K 12 years ago
EDITED COPY
Hi Francis,
Right on target. We must also have our philosophical debates on these issues. And unlike what Media Mogul thinks, you are allowed to float the ideas, incrementally if need be, without having to t ... read full comment
EDITED COPY
Hi Francis,
Right on target. We must also have our philosophical debates on these issues. And unlike what Media Mogul thinks, you are allowed to float the ideas, incrementally if need be, without having to take a stance like some of us have now done. So there was a time some who couldn't fathom why I couldn't believe in any supreme deity used to brand me a JW (yes, I also read loads of their well informed publications you mentioned in another response), for views expressed pertaining to Christmas and Easter being pagan holidays adopted into Christianity.
Anyway, below are my views expressed in response to the statement by Kofi Adams of the NDC against the PPP's call on President Mahama to mind the business of ruling the country and leave god to mind his business too.
Of course, so far as I am concerned, he is failing [and will woefully if the present trend continues]in his presidency, not mindful of my Xmas wishes to him expressed in my piece, Staying in the Frying Pan.
The task here in weaning Ghanaians off superstition is a long one. Some of us can only begin the process by muddying the water, causing the furore, fissures and ferment that allows the younger ones to begin to think of and perceive the cosmos differently. Welcome on board, mate!
Here we go:
I haven't hidden my disdain for the ignorance and superstition that is bedeviling Africans. But when our political leaders have decided to introduce their backwardness and superstition into the secular state that Ghana is supposed to be, giving it such prominence in the daily affairs of governance rather than the mundane formal role it plays in most civilised countries, then someone must speak against it. I therefore wholeheartedly support the PPP statement as in the right direction. Ignorance and superstition are one cog in the vicious cycle of backwardness and underdevt and they must NOT be promoted by our Presidents! Period!
Ghana as a nation of developing people not yet classified amongst the civilised people, need to shun things that continue to make us backward and developing people forever.
The other day, I read of the start of building of a witches camp! I was mortified, horrified! If I were in charge of Ghana, such camps wouldn't be existing by now (same for trokosi), talk of building new ones!
I think it was high time those of us whose forebears assisted the British to found the Gold Coast, stamp out the slave trade and rampant slavery in the Gold Coast and brought the rational devt that catapulted the Gold Coast into the model colony that it was, with standard of living equal to southern and eastern Europe by the 1950s, need to step up our engagement and make our presence felt in the ruling of that country. All these "yeye," wannabe "leaders" with the mentality of the peasantry and artisanal fishermen and the morality of alley cats with sticky fingers are just messing around big time. In spite of calling god, god in every speech they make, they are constantly shown to be a bunch of lawless "thieves and thiefettes"! My grandfather, Chief of the Native Police in the Eastern Province, would have imprisoned them all, so would I! They have no clue as to how a country is developed and turn into a civilised nation. No track record to build on.
So, when are Ghanaians going to learn that no bleeding god created this universe? Their cosmogony and cosmology are still deeply rooted in the Weberian primitive world of substantive rationality! White people have written tons about how incapable blacks are TO PERCEIVE the rational and scientific world cos our brains haven't evolved sufficiently like theirs! Sure! sure! I know you haven't heard or read of that before but you are probably the first graduate from your family, if not your whole wretched village! You see, that's why we have a long, long way to go as a nation! Akadu claims to have a PhD in Sociology. These are the things he/she should be writing on, rather than constant ethnocentric jibes and those watery proses he/she calls "hyperbole poems".
Luckily, I graduated into the ranks of the civilised peoples before Ken Kuranchie came out of prison to declare that "Ghanaians are not civilised" cos of what he saw in prison. I was surprised and amused he had to go to PRISON before realising that, since I knew that as a child!
Andy-K
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago
A man walked into the ladies department of a Macy's, and walked up to the woman behind the counter and said, "I'd like to buy a bra for my wife" What type of bra?" asked the clerk. "Type?" inquires the man. "There is more tha ... read full comment
A man walked into the ladies department of a Macy's, and walked up to the woman behind the counter and said, "I'd like to buy a bra for my wife" What type of bra?" asked the clerk. "Type?" inquires the man. "There is more than one type?" "Look around," said the saleslady, as she showed a sea of bras in every shape, size, color and material. "Actually, even with all of this variety, there are really only three types of bras," replied the salesclerk. Confused, the man asked what the types were. The saleslady replied "The Catholic type, the, Salvation Army type, and the Baptist type. Which one do you need?" Still confused the man asked, "What is the difference between them?" The lady responded, "It is all really quite simple. The Catholic type supports the masses, the Salvation Army type lifts up the fallen, and the Baptist type makes mountains out of mole hills.
GOD IS NORTH A MUSLIM OR A CHRISTIAN IN THE DAYS OF ADAM AND EVE.
IT WAS HUMAN BEINGS WHO CREATED RELIGION.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS OR THE GOD OF ABRAHAM.
francis kwarteng 12 years ago
Dear friend,
I have been enjoying your creative reactions to my writings.
You always make me laugh with your pointed but truthful social, historical, and political analysis--allegories.
Please do keep more of them c ... read full comment
Dear friend,
I have been enjoying your creative reactions to my writings.
You always make me laugh with your pointed but truthful social, historical, and political analysis--allegories.
Please do keep more of them coming.
Thanks.
AKASI MARTHA NZEMA 12 years ago
"HE SAYS IT'S NOT ABOUT JESUS CHRIST OR PROPHET MUHAMMAD. IT'S ABOUT US, THE QUALITY OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MORALITY OF THE PEOPLE AND THEIR HUMANITY THAT MATTER!" MR. MAN YOU HAVE SAID IT ALL IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH. JESUS OR M ... read full comment
"HE SAYS IT'S NOT ABOUT JESUS CHRIST OR PROPHET MUHAMMAD. IT'S ABOUT US, THE QUALITY OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MORALITY OF THE PEOPLE AND THEIR HUMANITY THAT MATTER!" MR. MAN YOU HAVE SAID IT ALL IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH. JESUS OR MUHAMMAD WON'T COME AGAIN TO TEACH US. I AM NOT MOSLEM SO I DON'T KNOW THE LAST WORDS THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD SAID. AS CHRISTIAN THE LAST WORDS JESUS TOLD YOU AND ME, "I WILL SEND THE HELPER, THE "HOLY SPIRIT" TO COME AND DIRECT YOU, TEACH YOU, WHAT TO DO. COMRADE WE FAR FROM THE JESUS'S PROMISE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO BUILD BETTER GHANA. "HOLY SPIRIT" SHOW US THE WAY TO BUILD OUR BELOVED COUNTRY. AAAAAAAAA AMEN.
francis kwarteng 12 years ago
Dear Akasi Martha Zzema,
How are you doing?
You are very clear as a matter of fact.
The problem for Ghana (and Africa generally) is getting good leaders to get us out of the social, economic, and political morass.
... read full comment
Dear Akasi Martha Zzema,
How are you doing?
You are very clear as a matter of fact.
The problem for Ghana (and Africa generally) is getting good leaders to get us out of the social, economic, and political morass.
As you may probably have been aware, the situation is not "perfect" even in the so-called rich countries, but it's Ghana (and Africa) we are talking about here.
With the abundance of natural and human resources we have, things should have been relatively better for the masses.
Yet here we are still struggling to make ends meet. Ironically, many non-African countries would have wished to be in total possession of what we have.
Let's hope and pray that the helper Christ promised is already on his/her way.
Thanks for your comments. I do appreciate them.
Thanks again.
Asiwome 12 years ago
The difference among religions is in the different approaches they take towards improving the "quality of the psychological morality."
The difference among religions is in the different approaches they take towards improving the "quality of the psychological morality."
Nana 12 years ago
Is time to ban this noise in a civilized society.
Is time to ban this noise in a civilized society.
francis kwarteng 12 years ago
Dear Media Mogul,
Please how are you doing?
Now I feel terrible (laugh it off).
Anyway, I wrote this specifically for you. I shall do my best to limit the length of the quotes. But I believe my voice is everywhere.
... read full comment
Dear Media Mogul,
Please how are you doing?
Now I feel terrible (laugh it off).
Anyway, I wrote this specifically for you. I shall do my best to limit the length of the quotes. But I believe my voice is everywhere.
Please don't get bothered by my "excessive" quoting. I shall do better next time.
Did you have the opportunity to read "Fighting Genetically Modified Technology In Ghana: A Few More Practical Solutions"?
Thanks.
francis kwarteng 12 years ago
Media Mogul,
Thanks for your extensive response.
And thanks for reading the piece "A Few More Practical Solutions."
Thanks also for sharing your views with us.
In fact, Mr. Ali-Masmadi Jehu Appiah, the chairpers ... read full comment
Media Mogul,
Thanks for your extensive response.
And thanks for reading the piece "A Few More Practical Solutions."
Thanks also for sharing your views with us.
In fact, Mr. Ali-Masmadi Jehu Appiah, the chairperson of "Food Sovereignty Ghana," one of Ghana's prominent vocal organizations against GM, wrote to thank me for the article and to formally introduce me to the organization and its work. It was a lively introductory discussion we had!
Actually, the "Food Sovereignty Ghana" website has a lot of useful info on GM technology and on ongoing social, scientific, and political debate in Ghana.
Additional info on GM ground research in other African countries, too, as in Burkina Faso (Bt cotton),are thoroughly covered by the site.
If you haven't already, you may want to visit this site. Very resourceful. I was there yesterday and even today.
Finally, he did ask me to do more writings on the subject, which, indeed, I promise to do in the future (Interestingly, he read the article on modernghana. This is for laughs, anyway).
And please, don't forget to see Aslan's weird interview on Fox. So embarasing yet interesting and informative!
I had expected Bill O'Reilly to do that interview instead of the lady. On the other hand, Rush Limbaugh or Don Imus would have killed him.
I still can't wrap my head around the fact that some American religion (Christian)scholars have seen fit to attack the book while simultanoeuly claiming they have not read it. Isn't that strange?
Thanks.
Media Mogul 12 years ago
I googled "Homeless By Choice" and found nothing. Perhaps I didn't search hard enough. It's possible that people may have written books that are studies of Naipaul and Rushdie as two diaspora Indian writers. But a collaborati ... read full comment
I googled "Homeless By Choice" and found nothing. Perhaps I didn't search hard enough. It's possible that people may have written books that are studies of Naipaul and Rushdie as two diaspora Indian writers. But a collaboration by the two of them? - I am still looking for that! Help me find it.
Yes, Chimamanda won the MacArthur Award - 500,000$ to be given out in five years. Perhaps she's already used it all up. But her books sell well, she is established and should not want for money. Her first book, Purple Hibiscus, is a set text for WASSCE students. Half a Yellow won a top prize for female writers and the film directed by Biyi Bandele but having non-Nigerians in all major roles will rake in some more cash. She doesn't really have to want for money but concentrate on her creative work. I read her latest, Americanah, and think it is pure soap opera. She is good,(the lady can write!) but Americanah is not very good. Read it? As a matter of fact, I like Taiye Selasie's book GHANA MUST GO, with all its narrative shortcomings, better than Americanah. But my favourite Nigerian writer for now is Teju Cole whose only novel is a great delight to read - very different from anything Chimamanda has written even though she was one of the early readers of Teju's book. The three (Chimamanda, Teju and Selasie) are visiting my city this month and I intend to go listen to them (if they've already not come and gone...)
Have you noticed Chimamanda's Americanah didn't make the Booker long list even though it was released in time for it? She lives in the USA but is still legible for the Booker just like Jhumpa Lahiri, who won the Pulitzer but still made the Booker shortlist this year with her The Lowland. A Zimbabwean made the Booker shortlist - No Violet Bulawayo, and that's a big thing. Oh, Chimamanda made the Booker shortlist with her first novel, just like her idol, Achebe, with Anthills but neither won. So much for prizes which, in the end, don't matter much apart from the huge sums involved for the winners.
Let me answer Mark before my "charity account" runs out...
Mark (UK) 12 years ago
Francis and Media Mogul,
Permit me to partake in your discussions, especially the religious aspect.
To appreciate fully the role of religion, certainly at the individual level, one can not discount the health-seeking aspec ... read full comment
Francis and Media Mogul,
Permit me to partake in your discussions, especially the religious aspect.
To appreciate fully the role of religion, certainly at the individual level, one can not discount the health-seeking aspect of it.
In Europe and in the Americas, it is not uncommon for individuals to see their personal doctors for all afflictions of the body and mind. Among, Ghanaians and Africans at large, there is the tendency to seek help (health) from religious leaders. A case in point, a successful lawyer friend of mine, who is going through painful marital problems, causing her sleepless nights has resorted to a Ghanaian pastor who has soothsaying and prophetic powers for help. An European would have gone to see a counsellor for help as well as a doctor for night sedation. You hardly see Africans going to psychiatrists and psychologists (Shrinks) for help.
The question is, is this health-seeking behaviour good? Can we judge those who resort to such means? I am in the health profession and note with interest how these measures affect us. When we are given a diagnosis, we reject and turn to pastors. Despite this, I am careful in judging those who seek health through religion.
Media Mogul 12 years ago
You're most welcome to join our thread, Mark (UK). Sorry for not reacting to this earlier on.
My own view on your take on this issue: looks like since we in Africa have not made a profession of personal advice, we have te ... read full comment
You're most welcome to join our thread, Mark (UK). Sorry for not reacting to this earlier on.
My own view on your take on this issue: looks like since we in Africa have not made a profession of personal advice, we have tended to seek this in our immediate elders and respected clergy in our midst. Nothing wrong with that. Personally, I don't think professional shrinks are any better than these respected elders and clergy.
The problem arises when those Africans who go see these soothsayers and prophets regard their powers as greater than those of scientific professionals. They don't have to. I don't think they know anything better than the "scientifically" trained health professionals. I don't regard "shrinks" as among these. So if Europeans see shrinks, why shouldn't Africans seek soothsayers and prophets? They are all the same.
But some Africans seek soothsayers when Western science fails them. Others do the opposite. I prefer those who seek soothsayers only after Western science has failed them...
Mark (UK) 12 years ago
It is good to know that you do not write off sooth-saying but admit that western science and religion (soothsaying) can co-exist. In fact you introduced another element into the health--seeking behaviour patterns of the Afric ... read full comment
It is good to know that you do not write off sooth-saying but admit that western science and religion (soothsaying) can co-exist. In fact you introduced another element into the health--seeking behaviour patterns of the African, namely the role of elders. One cannot emphasise on this enough.
In an age and environment (diaspora)
where stress is on the increase, non-harmful ways of stress reduction should be welcomed indeed.
Mr Figure-Out 12 years ago
I have noted so many errors in my comment but no time correct them. Forgive my poor English because I am a Kookoase Kuraseni
I have noted so many errors in my comment but no time correct them. Forgive my poor English because I am a Kookoase Kuraseni
francis kwarteng 12 years ago
Dear Mr. Figure-Out,
How are you doing?
Yes, I remember Dr. Owusu Ansah very well. In fact, he taught me calculus 1/11 in first year. And functional analysis in my last year.
However, you will also do well to remem ... read full comment
Dear Mr. Figure-Out,
How are you doing?
Yes, I remember Dr. Owusu Ansah very well. In fact, he taught me calculus 1/11 in first year. And functional analysis in my last year.
However, you will also do well to remember that my own uncle, Isaac Osei, the lanky senior librarian and a lecturer in the department of book industry, also died because he refused to accept blood transfusion on his sick bed.
He was one of the leading members of the Jehovah's Witnesses in the Asante Region.
And he made me read every single publication of the Jehovah's Witnesses until I almost died. He died in 1997, a couple of months after I came to America.
He's why I have come to know so many things about the Jehovah's Witnesses (and comparative religion, in general).
Actually, by the time I graduated, I had literally read thousands of "Awake," 'The Watchtower," etc.
In fact, I had real most of their major publications (books). I even continued to do so when I relocated to America.
Do you recall the debates on "Always Around" and those in my room, 4th floor, room 85, Unity Hall?
But who are you, anyway? You seem to have all the right info on me. Please send me an email and let's talk (franciskkwarteng@yahoo.com).
As to Rufus and even Seto, my course mates, I can only say Rufus is still in Ghana. Seto is in the UK.
Anyway, I shall be considering your offer to do some writing on applied mathematics and the natural sciences. In any case, you may want to read the following:
"Ghana And Genetically Modified Technology: A Brewing Crisis"--Parts l/ll and "Fighting Genetically Modified Technology In Ghana: A Few More Practical Solutions."
Thanks for your positive comments. As for grammar, we are all struggling to do our best. English still seems one of the most difficult language for me beside my passable French!
Please don't keep me in suspense! Send me a mail (franciskkwarteng@yahoo.com).
Thanks.
Mr Figure-Out 12 years ago
I am keeping you in suspense huh? Thinking of Dr. Obri and Dr Yaw Baah will bring you close to unmask me. I will definitely send you email as requested. Kwarteng, your 'association' with Dr Bokor and Trokosis in General ha ... read full comment
I am keeping you in suspense huh? Thinking of Dr. Obri and Dr Yaw Baah will bring you close to unmask me. I will definitely send you email as requested. Kwarteng, your 'association' with Dr Bokor and Trokosis in General has corrupted you so much that some keen readers think you have traits of that evil Togolese clan in your gene. You definitely need to apologize to your Kookoase brethrens for keeping them in suspense. And you may wonder how I am able to link you to Trokosi Bokor. The use of the phrases like " I shall return " and " we will...." mimics the writing style of Dr Bokor. Also, as far as I know, you don't speak Ewe, though Trokosi Seto was your first year room mate, so it made me thinking who has been doing the translations in ewe quotes that has been characterized your write ups, and again Trokosi Bokor comes in mind. Got ya! Well, expert a great surprise from your good old friend who you don't have to look beyond your nose to see when I visit New York sometime soon in November. Accept my warmest greetings from Massachusetts. Figure out who I am.
francis kwarteng 12 years ago
Hey Guys,
Long time, no see. Now I know who Mr. Figure-Out is.
Please flash me a quick email. I miss you guys though.
Let's talk some more via our personal emails.
In fact, I miss you guys!
Hey Guys,
Long time, no see. Now I know who Mr. Figure-Out is.
Please flash me a quick email. I miss you guys though.
Let's talk some more via our personal emails.
In fact, I miss you guys!
Kojo T 12 years ago
What a shame to you Mr Figure it out . Still KKK despite all your travels. " A pig will remain a pig"
What a shame to you Mr Figure it out . Still KKK despite all your travels. " A pig will remain a pig"
nana kwaku 12 years ago
Francis, I read about the GMO issue. Did you read my contribution? Please do.
Francis, I read about the GMO issue. Did you read my contribution? Please do.
atheist 12 years ago
You forgot the other option: no religion. That's what I'd choose.
You forgot the other option: no religion. That's what I'd choose.
TT 12 years ago
MOHAMMAD CERTAINLY HAS NO TOLERANCE FOR OTHER BELIEFS, NOR DOES HE VALUE HUMAN LIFE. I WILL PREFER JESUS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE KINGDOM JESUS PREACHED IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.
MOHAMMAD CERTAINLY HAS NO TOLERANCE FOR OTHER BELIEFS, NOR DOES HE VALUE HUMAN LIFE. I WILL PREFER JESUS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE KINGDOM JESUS PREACHED IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.
km agyin 12 years ago
No, we want neither. We want a competent president for this country, a human being imbibed with godly virtues.
No, we want neither. We want a competent president for this country, a human being imbibed with godly virtues.
EZEKIEL 12 years ago
WE WANT COMMONSENSE, INTEGRITY,SINCERERITY,HONESTY and TRANSPARENCY to rule Ghana! Nothing else. Your belief is your PRIVATE BUSINESS!!
WE WANT COMMONSENSE, INTEGRITY,SINCERERITY,HONESTY and TRANSPARENCY to rule Ghana! Nothing else. Your belief is your PRIVATE BUSINESS!!
Jake 12 years ago
This absolutely nonsense, this writer is dangerous and has be monitored 24/7.
This absolutely nonsense, this writer is dangerous and has be monitored 24/7.
Dartey 12 years ago
I appreciate the depth of kwarteng's discourse but I wonder if his thoughts are representative of the truth. Morality or quality psychological bla bla bla can't do the thrick. I think Men must learn to practise the virtues in ... read full comment
I appreciate the depth of kwarteng's discourse but I wonder if his thoughts are representative of the truth. Morality or quality psychological bla bla bla can't do the thrick. I think Men must learn to practise the virtues inherent in them.
francis kwarteng 12 years ago
Dear Dartey,
How are you?
What is virtue?
Let me just say that your "I think men must learn to practice the virtues inherent in them" falls under "morality or quality psychological bla bla bla bla."
Your assertion ... read full comment
Dear Dartey,
How are you?
What is virtue?
Let me just say that your "I think men must learn to practice the virtues inherent in them" falls under "morality or quality psychological bla bla bla bla."
Your assertion is merely an isolated example of "quality of the psycholgical morality of the people."
In fact, when I use the word "humanity," Dartey, it's the same vitues.
Virtues are part and parcel of humanity. Therefore, you and I are merely playing with semantics, not more, not less.
Thanks.
steve 12 years ago
mr wee smoker, you filled your article with many questions which make it idiotic to any human intelligence
mr wee smoker, you filled your article with many questions which make it idiotic to any human intelligence
apostle Nyarko 12 years ago
charity begins at home, the bible shuold be read with its cultural context. our traditional religion has helped in many ways in the development of the country, even the peaceful relationship between christian and moselem
charity begins at home, the bible shuold be read with its cultural context. our traditional religion has helped in many ways in the development of the country, even the peaceful relationship between christian and moselem
Qwek 12 years ago
Amazing insight to turn people to appreciate the supreme creator
Amazing insight to turn people to appreciate the supreme creator
Awuraba 12 years ago
Ghana is a Christian country so only God reins
Ghana is a Christian country so only God reins
zomabi 12 years ago
GHANA IS NOT A THEOCRACY. ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION GHANA IS A SECULAR STATE THOUGH OUR LEADERS HAVE TURNED IT INTO A RELIGIOUS ONE. RELIGION IS AN OBSTACLE TO DEVELOPMENT. THINK IAM LYING GO ASK EUROPEANS WHAT IT DID TO ... read full comment
GHANA IS NOT A THEOCRACY. ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION GHANA IS A SECULAR STATE THOUGH OUR LEADERS HAVE TURNED IT INTO A RELIGIOUS ONE. RELIGION IS AN OBSTACLE TO DEVELOPMENT. THINK IAM LYING GO ASK EUROPEANS WHAT IT DID TO THEM DURING THE DARK AGES- POVERTY, HUNGER, DISEASE, ILLITERACY, DEATH ETC.THREE THINGS SAVED THE EUROPEAN-EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HELPED EUROPEANS TO FIGHT THE SCOURGE OF THE DARK AGES. AFRICA IS NOW IN ITS DARK AGES WE NEED LIBERATING TOOLS OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNICAL INNOVATION. RELIGION IS AN OPIUM, IT DOES NOT WORK B'COS AFRICANS ARE THE MOST RELIGIOUS ON EARTH AND YET ARE THE POOREST.RELIGIOUS AFRICANS GO TO KNEEL BEFORE NON-RELIGIOUS CHINESE BEGGING FOR MONEY TO CARRY OUT DEV. TYPICAL EXAMPLE GHANA'S $3 BILLION DOLLAR LOAN FROM CHINA.AFRICA IS GOTTA BE KIDDING ITSELF WITH THIS RELIGIOUS NONSENSE.MARK IT ON YOUR WALL RELIGION WONT SAVE AFRICA.
Joe 12 years ago
I see no true Xtian nor Muslim in Ghana.
I see no true Xtian nor Muslim in Ghana.
nana kwaku 12 years ago
Francis Kwarteng, your email please!!!!
Francis Kwarteng, your email please!!!!
Hmm... 12 years ago
Jesus Christ is greater than the stupid Mohammed. So it is very blaspheming to equalize stupid Mohammed with King Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is greater than the stupid Mohammed. So it is very blaspheming to equalize stupid Mohammed with King Jesus Christ.
Mike Olongo, USA 12 years ago
This is not right!!!! This is not what Jesus the humble, the peace-loving will ever say. Please say "I AM SORRY"
This is not right!!!! This is not what Jesus the humble, the peace-loving will ever say. Please say "I AM SORRY"
Nemukombame Dickson Tshisikhawe 11 years ago
Let GOD rule Ghana and not controversy.Do you really know who Jesus is? Do you know who Muhammed is? The truth will show you that these personalities are not God. So elect to be ruled by God and not anyone.Clearly Muhammed an ... read full comment
Let GOD rule Ghana and not controversy.Do you really know who Jesus is? Do you know who Muhammed is? The truth will show you that these personalities are not God. So elect to be ruled by God and not anyone.Clearly Muhammed and Jesus do differ.
Nemukombame Dickson Tshisikhawe 11 years ago
Muhammed nor JESUS CANNOT RULE Ghana.Only GOD can.
Muhammed nor JESUS CANNOT RULE Ghana.Only GOD can.
To start with our political leaders, I'd like to say they're bunch of hypocritical sissys.They pander to what Ghanaians want to hear as they make us believe Ghanaians are some serious christians which is not true.
A man who ...
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Everything is fine by me except paedophile and producer of suicide bombers and terrorists.
PLEASE STOP THIS YOUR STUPID POLITICS
THE HEADING OF THE ARTICLE IS AS STUPID AS ITS WRITER. BOTH ARE THEREFORE SENSELESS
Faith works is not sitting in the office or taking trash out. Faith works means what you are faithing for can come to reality. What is happening in USA IS the deception that has been brought into the world to deceive on thing ...
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These typos don't matter. No reader will be confused by them since they don't change the sense of what you're reading. There's no need for you to apologise for them here. Just read carefully through your work next time. But m ...
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Hi Francis,
Right on target. We must also have our philosophical debates on these issues. And unlike what Media Mogul thinks, you are allowed to float the ideas, incrementally if need be, without having to take a stance li ...
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Hi Francis,
Right on target. We must also have our philosophical debates on these issues. And unlike what Media Mogul thinks, you are allowed to float the ideas, incrementally if need be, without having to t ...
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A man walked into the ladies department of a Macy's, and walked up to the woman behind the counter and said, "I'd like to buy a bra for my wife" What type of bra?" asked the clerk. "Type?" inquires the man. "There is more tha ...
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Dear friend,
I have been enjoying your creative reactions to my writings.
You always make me laugh with your pointed but truthful social, historical, and political analysis--allegories.
Please do keep more of them c ...
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"HE SAYS IT'S NOT ABOUT JESUS CHRIST OR PROPHET MUHAMMAD. IT'S ABOUT US, THE QUALITY OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MORALITY OF THE PEOPLE AND THEIR HUMANITY THAT MATTER!" MR. MAN YOU HAVE SAID IT ALL IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH. JESUS OR M ...
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Dear Akasi Martha Zzema,
How are you doing?
You are very clear as a matter of fact.
The problem for Ghana (and Africa generally) is getting good leaders to get us out of the social, economic, and political morass.
...
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The difference among religions is in the different approaches they take towards improving the "quality of the psychological morality."
Is time to ban this noise in a civilized society.
Dear Media Mogul,
Please how are you doing?
Now I feel terrible (laugh it off).
Anyway, I wrote this specifically for you. I shall do my best to limit the length of the quotes. But I believe my voice is everywhere.
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Media Mogul,
Thanks for your extensive response.
And thanks for reading the piece "A Few More Practical Solutions."
Thanks also for sharing your views with us.
In fact, Mr. Ali-Masmadi Jehu Appiah, the chairpers ...
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I googled "Homeless By Choice" and found nothing. Perhaps I didn't search hard enough. It's possible that people may have written books that are studies of Naipaul and Rushdie as two diaspora Indian writers. But a collaborati ...
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Francis and Media Mogul,
Permit me to partake in your discussions, especially the religious aspect.
To appreciate fully the role of religion, certainly at the individual level, one can not discount the health-seeking aspec ...
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You're most welcome to join our thread, Mark (UK). Sorry for not reacting to this earlier on.
My own view on your take on this issue: looks like since we in Africa have not made a profession of personal advice, we have te ...
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It is good to know that you do not write off sooth-saying but admit that western science and religion (soothsaying) can co-exist. In fact you introduced another element into the health--seeking behaviour patterns of the Afric ...
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I have noted so many errors in my comment but no time correct them. Forgive my poor English because I am a Kookoase Kuraseni
Dear Mr. Figure-Out,
How are you doing?
Yes, I remember Dr. Owusu Ansah very well. In fact, he taught me calculus 1/11 in first year. And functional analysis in my last year.
However, you will also do well to remem ...
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I am keeping you in suspense huh? Thinking of Dr. Obri and Dr Yaw Baah will bring you close to unmask me. I will definitely send you email as requested. Kwarteng, your 'association' with Dr Bokor and Trokosis in General ha ...
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Hey Guys,
Long time, no see. Now I know who Mr. Figure-Out is.
Please flash me a quick email. I miss you guys though.
Let's talk some more via our personal emails.
In fact, I miss you guys!
What a shame to you Mr Figure it out . Still KKK despite all your travels. " A pig will remain a pig"
Francis, I read about the GMO issue. Did you read my contribution? Please do.
You forgot the other option: no religion. That's what I'd choose.
MOHAMMAD CERTAINLY HAS NO TOLERANCE FOR OTHER BELIEFS, NOR DOES HE VALUE HUMAN LIFE. I WILL PREFER JESUS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE KINGDOM JESUS PREACHED IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.
No, we want neither. We want a competent president for this country, a human being imbibed with godly virtues.
WE WANT COMMONSENSE, INTEGRITY,SINCERERITY,HONESTY and TRANSPARENCY to rule Ghana! Nothing else. Your belief is your PRIVATE BUSINESS!!
This absolutely nonsense, this writer is dangerous and has be monitored 24/7.
I appreciate the depth of kwarteng's discourse but I wonder if his thoughts are representative of the truth. Morality or quality psychological bla bla bla can't do the thrick. I think Men must learn to practise the virtues in ...
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Dear Dartey,
How are you?
What is virtue?
Let me just say that your "I think men must learn to practice the virtues inherent in them" falls under "morality or quality psychological bla bla bla bla."
Your assertion ...
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mr wee smoker, you filled your article with many questions which make it idiotic to any human intelligence
charity begins at home, the bible shuold be read with its cultural context. our traditional religion has helped in many ways in the development of the country, even the peaceful relationship between christian and moselem
Amazing insight to turn people to appreciate the supreme creator
Ghana is a Christian country so only God reins
GHANA IS NOT A THEOCRACY. ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION GHANA IS A SECULAR STATE THOUGH OUR LEADERS HAVE TURNED IT INTO A RELIGIOUS ONE. RELIGION IS AN OBSTACLE TO DEVELOPMENT. THINK IAM LYING GO ASK EUROPEANS WHAT IT DID TO ...
read full comment
I see no true Xtian nor Muslim in Ghana.
Francis Kwarteng, your email please!!!!
Jesus Christ is greater than the stupid Mohammed. So it is very blaspheming to equalize stupid Mohammed with King Jesus Christ.
This is not right!!!! This is not what Jesus the humble, the peace-loving will ever say. Please say "I AM SORRY"
Let GOD rule Ghana and not controversy.Do you really know who Jesus is? Do you know who Muhammed is? The truth will show you that these personalities are not God. So elect to be ruled by God and not anyone.Clearly Muhammed an ...
read full comment
Muhammed nor JESUS CANNOT RULE Ghana.Only GOD can.