TOPIC TODAY: Spiritual Hope or Spiritual Heist? Last night, thousands of people sat in churches hearing about "Miracles" while facing "Reality."​Is it "Thievery" to brag about wealth in front of the poor who funded it?​Are church members "Daft" for promoting the lies, or are they just desperate?​The Big Question: If a fake miracle gives a drowning person the "Peace of Mind" to stay sane, is it Fine, or is it Fraud?

SCENE: Nne is sitting on a stool, mimicking the way a Pastor holds a microphone.

​NNE:

​You guys should have seen the "show" last night. The General Overseer (GO) was doling out cash and gifts like a politician at a rally! He sat back while his disciples spent an hour bragging about how the GO "ended poverty" for people in 2025, fixed broken homes and marriages, and as well as found husbands for girls and young men both home and overseas. They were shouting, "He is a miracle worker!" 

OLA (Scoffing):

Fixed poverty? With what? A 100,000 Naira note and a bag of rice? That’s not a miracle; that’s a "PR stunt." While he’s bragging about his "handiwork," I bet his members are the ones paying for his private jet, paying children's school fees, feeding and sustaining him

​NNE:

​That’s the crazy part, Ola. While the bragging went on, I looked around. I saw singles who have been "waiting on God" for years. I saw mothers who couldn't even afford the bus fare to get home. Some of them had to borrow money just to get to or leave the church premises!

​JENNIFER:

​It’s a classic Indoctrination Loop. He shows the "1%" who got lucky and calls it a miracle. The other 99% go home to darkness because NEPA cut their light, and they tell themselves, "It must be my sins that blocked my blessing." They mortgage their future to "seed" into his ministry, hoping for a "turnaround" that never comes.

​ELDER EPHRAIM (Sighing):

​It is thievery in absolute terms. To take from the poor to fund the ego of the "Man of God" is a sin worse than the ones he preaches against. It is done without remorse, and the members are too "daft" to see the chains around their necks.

​EOO (Softly):

​But wait. Look at it from another side. If that man goes home to a house without light, and a stomach without food, what does he have left?

​JIDE:

​He has a "belief," Eoo. A very expensive one.

​EOO:

​Exactly. If that "miracle story" is the only thing keeping him from jumping into the lagoon, is it still a scam? If a drowning man finds a straw to hold onto, does he care if the straw is fake? If it brings him peace of mind for one night, maybe that is the only "miracle" he can afford.

​OLA:

​No, Eoo! That "straw" is actually a snake! It’s better he knows he’s drowning so he can learn to swim. Giving people fake hope just makes them stay in the water longer. It’s a "Spiritual Ponzi Scheme."

​JENNIFER:

​The problem is the Guilt. When the miracle doesn't happen, the GO doesn't say "I failed." He says "You didn't have enough faith." It’s the ultimate gaslighting.

​NNE:

​I saw a girl crying last night because she didn't get a "husband prophecy." She felt rejected by God. Meanwhile, the GO's assistants were busy counting the "Thanksgiving" envelopes. It made me sick.

​JIDE:

​So, we have two worlds: The Pastor’s world of "Gifts and Glory," and the member’s world of "Debt, Borrowing, and Darkness." If "sanity" is the only thing they are buying, it’s the most expensive therapy in Lagos.

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