Deuteronomy 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God:
Trust me, I am certainly not into rituals or anything like that.
My point was that some of these folks in Africa practice some rituals that go back generations. Should we try to get them to realize that it’s wrong? Yes. But it takes time for some to fully understand. For some, the Gospel is new to them. Many cannot read or understand very well. Should be just give up on these missions because we cannot get them to fully understand? Of course not.
Personally, I think a lot of us act like lawyers when it comes to faith. We overly complicate things to where we’re almost legalistic. Heaven won’t be just made up of Biblical scholars. There will even be some illiterate people there that couldn’t even read the first passage in the Bible.