Dear mambers,
I find this heading in a recent newspaper and very disturbing and i could help
but take a few minutes to submit my opinion. Are women suggesting that they
want to determine the size of the male sex organ before the get involved in
cohabitation or marriage? Why would government legislate a law legalizing
cohabitation? Well its true that parliament legislate laws that govern a nation
but no parliament the world over legislates morality. Morality stems from an
assumption of a god/ God. Once an individual has assumed a god/God then
character is developed based on that assumption. The god/God an individual
believes in dictates the character of the individual and its from that
character that behaviour is modeled. This however is not the end of the story
because to every behaviour there is a consequence. This explains why human
beings behave the way they do. Consequences are a product of behaviour,
behaviour is based on character and character is determined
by a god/God one chooses to believe in. Therefore parliament can only
legislate laws that govern behaviour (for harmonious existence) but they can
not legislate morality( the sense of right or wrong) this is detemined by the
god/God one believes in. that is why some religions believe that its ok to kill
others as long they do not belong to your religoius sect because their is a
reward for the killer (Murderer) the other side of this world.
The different gods or the God who created the heavens and earth have guidelines
that govern livelihood on earth. From time immemorial humanity has lived in
denial of the fact that there is a God who created the heavens and earth but
every time His guidelines are violated we have witnessed the consequences he so
prescribed.
In regard to the family institution His blue print is one man one wife, each
living their parents and clinging together. He does not make a provision for
cohabitation. This term is not in his vocabulary. This a creation of man. As a
creation of man, man has the right to try and lay down laws that governs it.
the sad thing about this creature (cohabitation) is that its creator is not all
powerful niether is this creator LOVE like the God who created the heavens and
earth. This creation puts man in the position of a god and sets the arena for
competition with God the creator of heaven and earth. Humanity(Ugandans in this
case) must decide which god/God to believe in and follow. Why make this choice?
We have to make this choice because our perspectives and behaviour are pegged
on character which is determined by our god/God.
Consequently what my dear mothers and sisters were discussing and urging
parliament to legislate is an issue of morality not law. Secondly they seem to
have assumed a god who prescribes cohabibitation as a means of procreation in
which case they need to share with the entire population of this country the
manual that spells out laws that govern the institution of “Cohabitation”.
Thirdly they will have to invest in establishing religious infrastructure that
can accomodate and support their followers. Forthly they should not abuse the
right to choose that every Ugandan has but preach their message and allow every
Ugandan to make a choice. Once they have a following then they can develop a
constitution that governs the behaviour in the institution of Cohabitation.
Otherwise it was not so in the beginning but because of the hardiness of their
hearts they allowed themselves to cohabit and the aothor of marriage is proving
to them that they assumed a
lesser god(man) and his ways other than God the creator of heaven and earth
and now they must bear the consequences.
My dear friends if you went to Toyota Ltd and bought a petrol engine car and on
your way home you branch to Nandos and asked the waiter to fill your petrol
engine with mango juice and the car fails to start would be justified to blame
the manufacturer? What if the next day you find that the engine has developed a
permanet damage would be justified to say Toyota sold you a fake car.
Finally because we are spiritual beings with an earth suit our spiritual needs
can not be met by the physical material things of this world. To use
cohabitation as a subsititute for marriage is like filling your petrol engine
with MANGO Juice. Are our sisters and mothers, brothers and dads and uncles and
Aunties ready for that? And would that make us a better nation? If not let us
not advocate for legislation of morality but of laws that make us a better
nation.
For God and my country.
Alioni Emmanuel Drajole
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