Brethren, please get me clear. I am not saying anything about the site, about the brethren on the site, or about those who call themselves elders. I do not know them, so I can't make any comments about them.
I am just reminding the Brethren here that words are very important, because that is how a nation unites. The African nation today is united in spirit, but that is not enough, we need to be united in mind also to realize our full glory as a people. This process of becoming united in mind has to do with words.
If someone makes a statement they should be able to explain exactly what they are saying and back it up with reasons.
So far, from listening to people, the word elder signifies someone with greater knowledge, who because of his knowledge and experience can teach others. I don't have a problem with this concept because it is obvious to me that people do teach people. So if someone is called an elder of Nyah Binghi it should be becuase they know more about Nyah Binghi.
But you have to be fair and true when using words, or your words can become a stumbling block. The only way you should call someone an elder is if you have reasoned with that person and you know that they are an elder. In this case you will be expressing your opinion that the person is an elder, and that is your right to express your opinions.
But if you can express your opinion then I can express mine too. And my opinion is that nobody knows who the elders are. I think that everybody is an elder of Nyah Binghi, and different people might be more knowledgeable about certain aspects at certain times depending on the situation. So for that reason I don't use the word elder and I don't encourage its use. That's my opinion.
How can ones here be angry at me for expressing my opinion when that's supposedly what this site is about?
I know that many times people call ones elders based on hearsay. You don't know those men but you still refer to them as elders just because you heard someone else call them elders. That is the utmost foolishness. You have a mind so use it. What Ark says is right, the only way to know is if you sense it for yourself. So that's exactly why you shouldn't repeat what you heard and call them elders when you don't know them.
It is that kind of practice that is divisive, because it is dividing us from knowledge of ourselves and it stops us from being able to trust the words of our brethren, and it stops the flow of knowledge.
A thing is what it is. So let us use words properly so that we can build on our knowledge. That is how we can establish the African nation - wordsound and power.
That is all I have been saying, and people are still fighting the truth that is so simple. This is not some personal attack against anyone, it's just simple truth. Who don't have ears to hear, well too bad, it's not my fault....... The duty of the messenger is only to deliver the message, not to make anyone accept it.
Only what is, is. And it is only what it is. That's our foundation. Anything else is a fake and I stand and it falls.
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