*⚠️ SACRILEGE IS NOT COMEDY!*

It is sad and shameful that some online skit makers now wear the soutane, stole, or even mock religious habits—all for cheap laughs and clicks. 

This is not harmless fun; it is a direct attack on what is sacred. 

The stole is not a costume, the habit is not a stage prop. 

They represent consecration, sacrifice, and holiness.

Let it be clear: to mock the sacraments and the priesthood is sacrilege, and Scripture warns—“God is not mocked” (Gal 6:7). 

Those who trade in such blasphemy are storing up judgment for themselves.

Dear friends, refuse to laugh, refuse to share, refuse to support what demeans the sacred. 

If today they distort confession and the habit, tomorrow they may target the Eucharist itself. 

We must draw the line—now.

✝️ Stand firm. Defend what is Holy.

SĘXUAL MORALITY IN AFRICA, ESPECIALLY IGBOLAND: WE NEED TO GET BACK OUR CROWN.

Do we actually know the roles sěxual rascality plays in the collapse of a culture and its people? 

What we read in the Bible about the collapse or destruction of Sọdọm and Gọmọra because of their sěxual immorality simply refers to what would happen to any nation that turns sěx into a free-for-all "fight".

No society understood this better than our Igbo ancestors. Their system of protecting sěxual morality was top-notch. 

According to Mazi Mbonu Ojike in his book My Africa, in Africa, especially in Igboland in the precolonial/Christian era, "virginity was 'the noblest of feminine possessions.'" 

He said further, "It is most scrupulously guarded and protected by the mother."

"Before and after great dances, all unmarried girls have to undergo strict biological examination by a board of old women whose sole interest is not to embarrass the girls but to ensure that the virginity of the future breeders of posterity is not being tampered with."

"Infidelity is severely punished, while chastity is lavishly rewarded. If after her wedding a girl is found to be a virgin, her husband gives her mother a special gift.” Culled from Mbonu Ojike, My Africa (London: Blandford Press, 1955), 136-137.

Using today's standards, one might ask why the laws were centred on girls rather than on both sěxes. The reasons were simple: if the girls are controlled, the boys have no choice.

Our boys were so controlled that girls would run the streets, farms and bushes almost naked without fear of being molested or arousing any man.

When St Paul was writing and warning Oyibo on the dangers of sěxual immorality, our ancestors had better things to talk about because their cultural laws had taken care of such problems. 

When we eventually became Christians, we began to battle with the Oyibo problem of sěxual immorality. If our early Igbo Christians hadn't seen culture as an enemy of Christianity, they wouldn't have destroyed the cultures that protected our sexual dignity, in a bid to become good Christians.

Today, see where we are. It is as if we are in a free-for-all sĕxual ring. STDs everywhere. Pr0stitution, something that our ancestors did not hear about, has become a household name. The crown of womanhood has vanished, and the society is nearing a collapse. 

We need to go back to our roots. We need to use the knowledge and resources we have today to find out how we can reconnect to the values that will keep us on the path created by our ancestors. We need to get back our crown.

Fada Angelo Chidi Unegbu 

THE DEAD HORSE THEORY: FACING REALITY WITH WISDOM

THE SATIRICAL METAPHOR

The “Dead Horse Theory” is a satirical metaphor that reveals how people, institutions, and even nations deal with obvious problems as if they were unsolvable mysteries. Instead of confronting the truth, they create elaborate justifications, endless strategies, and costly distractions—yet the core issue remains the same: the horse is dead.

THE SIMPLE IDEA

If you realize you’re riding a dead horse, the smartest decision you can ever make is simple: get off immediately. But in reality, many refuse to accept the obvious and end up making bizarre and wasteful choices.

THE STRANGE BEHAVIORS PEOPLE ADOPT

Instead of accepting the truth, people often:

1️⃣ Buy a new saddle, hoping it makes the horse useful again.

2️⃣ Feed the horse as if it were alive, wasting resources.

3️⃣ Change the rider, pretending the problem is leadership.

4️⃣ Fire the caretaker, blaming the wrong person.

5️⃣ Hold endless meetings on how to increase the speed of the dead horse.

6️⃣ Form committees and task forces to “analyze” the problem.

7️⃣ Spend months studying the horse, only to conclude what was already obvious: the horse is dead.

8️⃣ Compare their horse with other dead horses to justify failure.

9️⃣ Request training for the horse, as if skill could bring life back.

🔟 Allocate budgets for the training course—wasting even more.

THE HEIGHT OF DENIAL

In the end, denial reaches absurd levels. Instead of acknowledging reality, people redefine the meaning of “dead” just to convince themselves that the horse is still alive. This mindset blinds them from progress and traps them in cycles of illusion.

THE LESSON FOR LIFE AND LEADERSHIP

How many individuals, companies, and governments fall into this trap? Instead of facing the bitter truth, they live in comforting illusions. The result? Time, money, and effort are wasted on what cannot produce life.

True wisdom lies in recognizing when something no longer works, whether it’s a failing system, a toxic relationship, a broken method, or a fruitless investment. Clinging to what is dead will only keep you stuck.

THE PRINCIPLE OF ACCEPTANCE

Admitting the problem is not weakness; it is the first step toward real solutions. Only when you accept reality can you redirect your energy toward fresh opportunities, new strategies, and living solutions. Refusing to let go of a dead horse only guarantees stagnation, frustration, and wasted potential.

FINAL WORD

The Dead Horse Theory is more than a satire—it is a mirror. It asks: What dead horses are you still riding in life? Is it a habit that no longer serves you? A career path with no future? A strategy that produces no results? A relationship that drains you?

Wisdom calls us to stop pouring life into what is already gone. Courage calls us to dismount and move on. For only then can we channel our resources, strength, and vision toward what is truly alive and fruitful.

Remember: If the horse is dead, no amount of feeding, training, or committees will change that. Get off, and choose life over illusion.