VOAspirituality lesson

three thousand French left the country, taking all their property and destroying everything that could not be moved: schools, nurseries, public administration buildings were destroyed, cars, books, medicines, instruments of the research institute, thetractors were run over and sabotaged; horses and cows on farms were killed, and stored food was burned or poisoned. The purpose of this outrageous act was, of course, to send a clear message to all the other colonies about the consequences of rejecting France. the fact is that little by little fear took hold of the African elites, and after these events no other country ever found the courage to follow the example of Sékou Touré, whose slogan was “We prefer freedom in poverty to opulence in slavery ”. for the newly independent countries it was necessary to find compromises with France. Sylvanus Olympio, the first president of the Republic of Togo, a small country in West Africa, found a solution that would calm the French: not wanting to c...

  Sun-day worship is the setting aside of the first day of the week for the worship of the sun deity, known in Babylon as Tammuz, in Persia as Mithra (the Roman Cult of Mithras was based on this earlier Persian diety), in Greece as Helios and in Rome as Sol Invictus, the "unconquerable sun". The Origin Of Sun Worship Sun worship originated in Babylon with the Bible character known as Nimrod setting himself up as a "mighty one" in the earth by subjugating the population of that time to his authority and control (Genesis 10:8-12). Pagan sources name his wife Semiramis who became identified as the Queen of heaven. Jewish historical sources state that he was killed by one of the patriarchs because of the evil he was bringing into the earth. (1) After his death, Semiramis his wife became pregnant and bore a son which was claimed to be of divine origin, having been conceived from the now risen "Nimrod". The Bible tells us that there was progeny from the "so...