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ikakhulu uma kukhufunywa ngumuntfu loyena wabalimbuka wambuka
kulenkholo yesintfu asakhetse inkholo yekuchamuka. Kubi loku ngobe
. amange nangeliphutsa umuntfu walenye inkholo wacelwa kutsi akhulume
ngenkholo langayati yena. Lapha kungavakala kwangatsi bayacanjelwa laba
labenta njalo kepha asesive T1hagale, (1991) nakatikhefutela ngewakhe
umlomo abeka ngalolohlobo mayelana nenkholo yesintfu:
Ancestor veneration is not against the first commandment.
Before the advent of Christianity, the idea of God amongst
African must have been very vague indeed if it existed at all.
This is why some people speak of a "Deus otiosus" (an inactive
God). But they also contend that Africans did believe in God.
They cite various African names for God as proof.
I am of the opinion that Africans invariably communicated with
their ancestors only. There is no oral tradition or evidence of
prayers that demonstrates God as the ultimate object of
worship.
(T1hagale, 1991:5).
Akagcini lapha lowekunene, uchubeka akhefute kuvakale kutsi akanalo
naloluncane Iwati mayelana nenkholo yesintfu. Lokugcamakolapha kutsi
lowekunene sewaba lihhantanta manje kulukhuni kutsi ungayintjintja
ingcondvo yakhe ngobe vele seyadvunjwa. Uyachubeka atsi:
Christianity puts God on the centre stage. Now that through
Jesus Christ, God the Father of all mercies has been revealed,
the role of the ancestors is seen differently. They are the
deceased members of one's family. They are not gods. They
never were. Their role was however exaggerated. Christianity
has helped to correct our understanding of the role of the
ancestors, the role of Christ, the first ancestors to rise from the
dead and of God. Loyalty to deceased relatives is not the same
loyalty to God. The two are neither in competition nor in
conflict with each other.
(T1hagale, 1991:5-6).
Kuyevakala nalapha kutsi T1hagale ukhuluma ngentfo langayati, akukho
lapha bantfu labamnyama bake bafananisa labaphansi naMvelinchanti.
Leligama leJitsi nguMveJinchanti kusho kona kutsi wavela kucala. Kantsi futsi
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