The Blasphemer's Wrath :
There are many things that I disagree with here, but I'll just say this.
1) Being an African is not exhaustive in, and of itself as a central focus of identity. What this means is that I can be African in name only. This should not be controversial
2) The claims made of African spiritism are just what they are : unfounded claims that have zero pragmatic effects on the actual human existential conditions. So, being an African atheist, one could deny the very foundation of these spiritual events based on lack of verification.
3) Even if we want to say that atheism is incompatible with the African worldview, we would be making a central error, once we deny that the African shares, as part of the human condition, a universal human nature. Professor Omoregbe was instructive when he claimed that the conditions of scepticism and curiosity are attributes of the human condition, unadulterated by cultural affiliations (at least at the macro level of existence). So, an African might be pushed to reject this worldview simply because there is (1) a general lack of pragmatism and (2) Insufficient evidence. At this point, it is grounded
4) This does not, in any way say anything about the validity of atheism as a standpoint, because atheism is not culturally limited to a set of individuals. I am an African atheist if, and when I reject those claims within the African spirituality as unfounded. Whether I can successfully do this, is one question. That it is logically feasible to actually do this, is another
5) Your claim would only work, IF and only IF we could never see atleast one religious skeptic in pre-colonial traditional African. If all the anthological evidences can give us this, then you can be internally correct, even though it does not affect atheism at all
6) This begs the question as to why you think Africans should always abide by the things that are African?
2026-05-20 16:24:41