Posted on 12/05/2010 6:14:57 PM PST by RnMomof7
Today, the majority of the Igbo people are Christian, well over half of whom are Roman Catholics
lol. "Well over half." So the divide is 60/40. That means the Igbos are 40% Protestant.
Yesh. Your own statistics deny your assertions.
When one are in a hole over ones head it is best to stop digging. My statement was that the Igbo were /are "predominantly Catholic". My words were very clear and my corroboration impeccable. Lying about what I said doesn't make one right.
That does not mean a 90/10 split. It means what it says.
lol. Your own evidence betrays you.
As God wills.
What a pathetic ruse. My words and my evidence stands on its own merits. The Igbo, as confirmed by many sources including the US State Department, were and are Predominantly Catholic. As Ronald Reagan said; "Facts are stubborn things".
Predominantly is an adjective, not a coefficient, meaning; "for the most part; mostly; mainly" It characterizes, not quantifies them.
Now stop this childish little game and accept your errors. Being wrong is not a sin, but insisting you weren't when you were is.
According to YOUR source.
And NOWHERE in your "evidence" does it say Protestants killed Igbos, as you wrongly insisted. It was the muslims who slaughtered both Protestants and Roman Catholics.
You just throw out the figure of 60/40 because it says well over half. All well over half means is that it is more than 50% not that it is 60%. Assumptions are not facts.
It's a simple majority.
There are plenty of Protestant Igbos and NONE of them were perpetrators of the Biafran war which was waged by muslims against Protestants and Roman Catholics.
Nowhere in any of his posts does Natural Law assert a 90/10 divide between Catholics and Protestants.
By the way the Nigerian government troops in the civil war were not only composed of Muslims. The troops were both Christian and Muslim. General Gowan who was the head of the Federal Military Government during the civil war was a Non Catholic Christian.
Nigeria also had support from Great Britian. Now I will go down the rabbit hole and try some special logic.
Nigeria was supported by Great Britian
The official state religion of Great Britian is the Church of England. This must mean they are intertwined in state affairs.
This means the C of E supported Nigeria during the civil war.
The C of E is a Protestant denomination.
This means all Protestant denominations supported Nigeria.
Nigerian federal troops killed Biafrans
This means Protestants supported the killing of Biafrans.
Some Protestant Nigerians killed Biafrans during the civil war.
Protestants are killers.
Hey that was easy.
Yes it does mean most. It does not mean all and that was never claimed. Buy a dictionary.
It may mean a simple majority or it may mean a substantial one. The fact remains that the Ibo who seceeded and formed Biafra were predominately Roman Catholic. After the civil war many left Nigeria.
The religious divide in Nigeria is a result of British colonial policy. The North is large majority Muslim because of this. But the civil war was not just about Northern Muslims vs Southern Christians and others. The initial event that made the Igbo decide to leave and form a seperate country was the attack by Muslims on Igbos living in the North. However once the Biafrans seceeded the Nigerian Federal Military Government troops was the opposing force. This force consisted of both Muslim and Christians who were loyal to Nigeria. It was majority Muslim because Nigeria as a whole is majority Muslim.
The Igbo are majority Christian with the greatest percentage being Catholic. Mostly because of the history of Catholic missions in Nigeria.
No honest or decent person would contend that the participation of those who purport to follow any religion or denomination in activities that are contrary to that organizations principles implicate that organization in the actions. That being said I am not alleging that any Protestant Church or Protestant denomination supported the atrocities of the Biarfran war. That does not mean that no Protestants were part of the Nigerian military.
Simple research will confirm that during the time of Nigerian Civil War the majority of the Nigerian Army was comprised of the Yoruba Tribe and that the majority of the Yoruba Tribe are Christians nearly equally divided between Protestants and Pentecostals. Those are the facts. People will read into them what they like.
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