S.4 C.R.E 223 Notes Caltec S.4

1 EVASION OF GOD Evasion means turning away or escaping from God and against His will. EVASION OF GOD IN THE PRESENT SITUATION REASONS WHY PEOPLE EVADE GOD TODAY • God takes long to answer people’s prayers hence they try other means through witch craft. • Improved technology and science which misleads people to think that God isn’t there and they believe in their own knowledge and powers to solve problems e.g. infertility. • Modern leisure activities have dominated people’s minds and they find that the y do not have time for God e.g. music, movies, etc. • Frustrations and disappointments that come in life lead to failures which make one try other fields like witch doctors. • Bad examples from church leaders who are hypocrites and untrustworthy e.g. Kibwetere who killed almost all people in his culture. • Influence of friends where one invades God so as to please or feel in place with his friends. • Living in an impure life, sinful and poor background where people don’t emphasize religion. • God punishes or causes s uffering to innocent people e.g. earthquake, accidents. • Persecution of believers causes people to evade God by doubting His existence in life. • God is invisible causing doubt in His presence. • Hard economic conditions/poverty, cause people to try other gods who can be able to solve their problems. • To Africans God and His angels are white while the devil and his angels are black, so people evade god in this belief. • Influence of the modern education which has helped people to solve their problems without referr ing to God and many educated think that God is for the uneducated. • Church practices like monogamy force people to run away as many want polygamy (the rigid religious laws). • Conflicts …