Enormities Should Remain Within Its Boundaries: Bukar, Decorum and The Rest of Us.
"Because of the consequences of morality and the consequences of immorality, the subject of morality becomes one of extreme importance" - Yasir Fazaga.
It’s a natural human desire, a desire which is also a creation of God just as humans themselves. For everything that is created, there is a purpose. The pleasure and the intimacy resulted from copulation isn't the main goal but the outcome; a baby - procreation - God's natural intention of it.
To keep it pure and sacred, bereft of shame and remorse, a universal law regardless of our faith and creed recommends it with the right person (we're married to), at the right time (perhaps the night the knot is tied, and those that follow) until death or circumstances do us apart. In fact, it is said that (in both Islam and Christianity) one earns a reward by satisfying his or her own personal sexual desire through the proper means.
Naturally, there is nothing wrong with sex, per se. What is only despised and abhorred is the way and manner it is abused; reduced into animalistic act, commercialized and publicized. In fact, the wickedness and or the immorality that it's associated with it.
Sexual immorality of all kind has always existed in history. In times before, during and after Moses, Jesus and Muhammad peace be with them. The (in)famous story of the kingdoms of Sodom and Gomorrah who consciously transgressed against the bounds of God may suffice. But the danger has always been, when people try to change what is naturally intended to be for two people in marriage by taking it out of context, whenever sexual immorality is spread and the people publicizes it without a party speaking against it, then naturally there'll be consequences that'll befall such people which has never existed in previous nations. Dodging the severe emotional, spiritual and physical consequences might not be so easy.
Today is in our societies, nudity has become both a passion and a fashion. We're deep into moral and cultural decadence. Clothes we wear, products we buy, the bill boards and the movies we watch (despite the said censorship boards in some part of the world) are all bombarded with a sort of nudity or another. This is not to talk of the annual contributions of places like the "valley of pornography" in California which on average makes more than 10,000 porn movies a year glorifying sexual immorality, the increasing number of "commercial sex workers" houses and the "baby manufacturing industries". As filthy as the names may sound, that's their conventional names in Nigeria.
It is disheartening that in this age of social media we see personalities; law makers, activists, clergies, and the so-called advocates of moral and cultural values from the 'woods', those we pathetically trust as leaders and those we schooled ourselves, wives, sons and daughters to them on the screens 24/7, who are meant to be our models, [knowingly or unknowingly] proudly metamorphosed into promoters of nudity and sexual immoralities either by posting pictures or shot clips of themselves and families or mistresses. This is something we see most times being leaked online or pasted deliberately that calls for InnalilLahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un.
And what's more worrisome is when he or she who's guilty of a certain mischief is called to order, responds with insubordination (sarcastically telling you "if you'll marry me, I'll stop doing what I'm doing") or when they boast openly with self-satisfaction of what they were caught doing, reminding you of a foolish notion of "consent between two matured people!" This is one thing God Almighty detest; consciously committing and been proud of absurdity and mischievousness.
Should the destroyed people of the Ancient Roman City of Pompeii be brought back to life, they may be kind enough to remind us to be conscious of the wrath of God. Perhaps it's why as we won over some previous nations in the spread of mischief such as sexual immorality, despite our proficiency in science and technology, so do we suffer diseases directly linked to that much more than them. You may gossip to Yuval Hariri, author of "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow", and convey my greetings to Governor Yari of Zamfara state for his "bitter truth". If that rings a bell.
We may recall that few months back, in their efforts to preach against immorality, quite a number of our clergies including those who were not use to, were spotted to have bitterly engaged the (in)famous Kannywood actress Rahama Sadau for featuring a Hausa Hip-Hop artist and after flying to the U.S. for a contract with an American base singer, Akon. And despite the sarcasms, insults and name calling from Sadau and her sympathizers, these men of God resisted to convey the message of God as to Him only they fear and serve.
On the other hand however, just recently, few days after the blessed month of Ramadan, a video circulating revealed one of our law makers in Nigeria, a Muslim who's old enough to be Sadau's father committing a far worse misconduct as she. Till the time I'm writing this, nearly more than a week after, not even less than one percent reaction of those clergies is recorded! Not even from the Pulpits after we waited enough for Friday!! What then is happening? Is truth relative? Do these clergies forget the repercussions of their silence to a thing like that? Or would they hide under the pretext of 'corrections in secret rather than public' and then wave it bye-bye after they've crucified Rahama Sadau to the last drop of her blood? Something is wrong. Somewhere.
From our path, the nonentities, I observed with all sense of concern, that in our desire to speak and kick against such filth in our society and to sometime claim holy, which is highly commendable and a promising gesture of our youths, we most times ended up doing more harm to the society when we spread over the enormity with the attention and publicity it never deserved. This in consequence, make one who has never watch porn feel like using his or her monthly data plan to download and watch a certain law maker and mistresses on the act. Also one who's not a music type to click the link on YouTube to watch a certain actress with her Classiq boy dancing in Jos railway station.
We must understand that enormities must remain enormities within their boundaries - they must not be publicized. We all have freewill and right to do what we like but our individual freedom shouldn't affect the moral caliber of the society. If you are guilty of something reckless, keep it to yourself. Do not come out to publicize it but when and where necessary. Unless we fail to accept the judgement of our conscience not to act in conformity with our desire, this, is one way sane individuals and societies keep check of morality.
Choose wisely a role model for yourself and your family. We must try not to betray our conscience; we must not be selective in speaking the truth; we must acknowledge our wrong doings with good faith; seek forgiveness from God Almighty and never approve what's wrong even from the person you revere or feel bad when a spade is called a spade. This is for us to live and die ambassadors of goodness even if the wild fire is to consume us all.
It’s a natural human desire, a desire which is also a creation of God just as humans themselves. For everything that is created, there is a purpose. The pleasure and the intimacy resulted from copulation isn't the main goal but the outcome; a baby - procreation - God's natural intention of it.
To keep it pure and sacred, bereft of shame and remorse, a universal law regardless of our faith and creed recommends it with the right person (we're married to), at the right time (perhaps the night the knot is tied, and those that follow) until death or circumstances do us apart. In fact, it is said that (in both Islam and Christianity) one earns a reward by satisfying his or her own personal sexual desire through the proper means.
Naturally, there is nothing wrong with sex, per se. What is only despised and abhorred is the way and manner it is abused; reduced into animalistic act, commercialized and publicized. In fact, the wickedness and or the immorality that it's associated with it.
Sexual immorality of all kind has always existed in history. In times before, during and after Moses, Jesus and Muhammad peace be with them. The (in)famous story of the kingdoms of Sodom and Gomorrah who consciously transgressed against the bounds of God may suffice. But the danger has always been, when people try to change what is naturally intended to be for two people in marriage by taking it out of context, whenever sexual immorality is spread and the people publicizes it without a party speaking against it, then naturally there'll be consequences that'll befall such people which has never existed in previous nations. Dodging the severe emotional, spiritual and physical consequences might not be so easy.
Today is in our societies, nudity has become both a passion and a fashion. We're deep into moral and cultural decadence. Clothes we wear, products we buy, the bill boards and the movies we watch (despite the said censorship boards in some part of the world) are all bombarded with a sort of nudity or another. This is not to talk of the annual contributions of places like the "valley of pornography" in California which on average makes more than 10,000 porn movies a year glorifying sexual immorality, the increasing number of "commercial sex workers" houses and the "baby manufacturing industries". As filthy as the names may sound, that's their conventional names in Nigeria.
It is disheartening that in this age of social media we see personalities; law makers, activists, clergies, and the so-called advocates of moral and cultural values from the 'woods', those we pathetically trust as leaders and those we schooled ourselves, wives, sons and daughters to them on the screens 24/7, who are meant to be our models, [knowingly or unknowingly] proudly metamorphosed into promoters of nudity and sexual immoralities either by posting pictures or shot clips of themselves and families or mistresses. This is something we see most times being leaked online or pasted deliberately that calls for InnalilLahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un.
And what's more worrisome is when he or she who's guilty of a certain mischief is called to order, responds with insubordination (sarcastically telling you "if you'll marry me, I'll stop doing what I'm doing") or when they boast openly with self-satisfaction of what they were caught doing, reminding you of a foolish notion of "consent between two matured people!" This is one thing God Almighty detest; consciously committing and been proud of absurdity and mischievousness.
Should the destroyed people of the Ancient Roman City of Pompeii be brought back to life, they may be kind enough to remind us to be conscious of the wrath of God. Perhaps it's why as we won over some previous nations in the spread of mischief such as sexual immorality, despite our proficiency in science and technology, so do we suffer diseases directly linked to that much more than them. You may gossip to Yuval Hariri, author of "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow", and convey my greetings to Governor Yari of Zamfara state for his "bitter truth". If that rings a bell.
We may recall that few months back, in their efforts to preach against immorality, quite a number of our clergies including those who were not use to, were spotted to have bitterly engaged the (in)famous Kannywood actress Rahama Sadau for featuring a Hausa Hip-Hop artist and after flying to the U.S. for a contract with an American base singer, Akon. And despite the sarcasms, insults and name calling from Sadau and her sympathizers, these men of God resisted to convey the message of God as to Him only they fear and serve.
On the other hand however, just recently, few days after the blessed month of Ramadan, a video circulating revealed one of our law makers in Nigeria, a Muslim who's old enough to be Sadau's father committing a far worse misconduct as she. Till the time I'm writing this, nearly more than a week after, not even less than one percent reaction of those clergies is recorded! Not even from the Pulpits after we waited enough for Friday!! What then is happening? Is truth relative? Do these clergies forget the repercussions of their silence to a thing like that? Or would they hide under the pretext of 'corrections in secret rather than public' and then wave it bye-bye after they've crucified Rahama Sadau to the last drop of her blood? Something is wrong. Somewhere.
From our path, the nonentities, I observed with all sense of concern, that in our desire to speak and kick against such filth in our society and to sometime claim holy, which is highly commendable and a promising gesture of our youths, we most times ended up doing more harm to the society when we spread over the enormity with the attention and publicity it never deserved. This in consequence, make one who has never watch porn feel like using his or her monthly data plan to download and watch a certain law maker and mistresses on the act. Also one who's not a music type to click the link on YouTube to watch a certain actress with her Classiq boy dancing in Jos railway station.
We must understand that enormities must remain enormities within their boundaries - they must not be publicized. We all have freewill and right to do what we like but our individual freedom shouldn't affect the moral caliber of the society. If you are guilty of something reckless, keep it to yourself. Do not come out to publicize it but when and where necessary. Unless we fail to accept the judgement of our conscience not to act in conformity with our desire, this, is one way sane individuals and societies keep check of morality.
Choose wisely a role model for yourself and your family. We must try not to betray our conscience; we must not be selective in speaking the truth; we must acknowledge our wrong doings with good faith; seek forgiveness from God Almighty and never approve what's wrong even from the person you revere or feel bad when a spade is called a spade. This is for us to live and die ambassadors of goodness even if the wild fire is to consume us all.
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