Founder & Editor of Parable lifestyle Magazine ( www.parable.co.za) based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Solomon Izang Ashoms, wrote on www.news24.com, five reasons why he thinks the late Nelson Mandela was not a Christian.
Read the excerpts below:
Late Nelson Mandela with popular South African social rights activist and retired Anglican Archbishop, Desmoond Tutu
“One of the greatest leaders in human history Nelson Mandela passed away a year ago at the age of 95. He reconfigured racial unity and Jesus-like forgiveness, not just in South Africa but across the world. He became the most famous black man in history.
After his death and one year later, a lot of people, especially Christians started asking and still asking questions like, “Was he a Christian”?, ‘’Would he go to heaven or hell”? It’s indeed okay to ask such questions because in the end eternity awaits everyone as a reward for the life we lived.
Well, here are my 5 reasons why Nelson Mandela was not a Christian:
1. He knew forgiveness more than 90% of us Christians.The bible is clearly a book of forgiveness from Adam to Jesus, but it seems Christians have reduced or interpret forgiveness to suit their situations. But not for the man who spent 27 years in prison and forgave his jailers afterwards. Trust me, Christians are some of the most unforgiving community of people. We “talk the talk” but don’t “walk the walk”. Can you turn the other cheek as Christ advised? If Mandela was a Christian he never would’ve turned the other cheek to his adversaries.
2. He inspired love and respect.Mandela was the symbol of fatherly love, leadership, political and inter-racial unity and respect. Most of the church and its Christian citizens have lost the zeal to truly love and respect each other. We only love when we feel like it or when we want to, our love and respect have carnal conditions attached to it. If Mandela was a Christian he would be a poor one
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