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Which traditional African practices demonstrate people's belief in God?

      

Discuss the traditional African practices which demonstrate people's belief in God.

  

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Maurice
(i) Caring for God's creation.

(ii) Consulting religious specialists such as priests, prophets and steers about God's will.

(iii) Preserving certain sacred areas.

(iv) Treating some animals as totem (sacred).

(v) Praying to God.

(vi) Offering sacrifices.

(vii) Singing and dancing to God.

(viii) Building of shrines for God.

(ix) Giving children names of God.

(x) Pronouncing blessings and curses in the name of God.

(xi) Taking oaths in the name of God.

(xii) Teaching people on the attributes of God.

(xiii) Teaching of morals and virtues to be upheld.

(xiv) Invoking the name of God.

(xv) Visiting holy places.

(xvi) Telling stories of creation, life and death of their descendants.

(xvii) Using proverbs and riddles to unravel the mysteries of creation.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on June 21, 2017 at 07:50


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