Religion divides us unnecessarily: Worship GOD and believe JESUS is the Way to HIM! I was born Anglican (an inheritance from my parents) but one Bornagain preacher warns that pulpits in the church have an Illuminati watcher (Eagle carving or image); I think I noticed one while in Jinja plus St. Stephen Church of Uganda Luzira also has it. I only went to Church because my parents forced me (my dad would pull me on the ground from the murram football ground to bathe and prepare for Church), but wanted to play football when I grew up plus practise magic like illusionists; thought it was legit yet came from the Devil. Moses did wondrous things using power from Heaven while Egyptian wisemen used other powers; I believed in GOD above because people talked about HIM, but didn't know the Devil was also called Lucifer (The Most Beautiful Angel created by YEHOVA) until after 1995. JESUS, to me, was just a fatherless dude who performed miracles but got crucified by Romans, then resurrected and went to Heaven (Courtesy of the 1979 JESUS film plus comics). I didn't know much about Apostle Paul except that he wrote many letters; he didn't feature much in the children's books I read. Revelation was too much to handle: Four-faced Living Creatures, beasts, scorpion locusts and a dragon which seemed like fantasy stories. Elizabeth, the Queen of England who used to be the head of the Anglican Communion was accused by conspiracy theorists to have been involved in some secret societies that sacrifice babies. The first Black Anglican woman-bishop in UK named Rose Hudson-Wilkin was asked by Stephen Sachar on BBC HARDtalk during Twenty23 if homosexuality is a sin and she replied bluntly: No! Like seriously, which Bible does she read or the Devil has successfully clouded people's minds? GOD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of homosexuality and it is demonised in the New Testament as "unnatural" desire. Evil is not righteousness, repentance is better than sugarcoating it. Stanley Ntagali (former Archbishop of CoU) confessed to committing adultery with a married woman; they even had a child. Only GOD can judge them, but sin is sin. Noone is holy anyway, we all need JESUS no matter which religion. Paul says men shouldn't cover their head while prophesying but bishops do while women shouldn't talk in Church, but how about read the Bible aloud or sing hymns to their Maker? Who introduced competition in offertory? Tithe is not about amount paid, but percentage. There are too many question marks. Some Anglicans desert the Church of Uganda apparently because the music is slower and less volatile than in Bornagain churches but it's still divinely inspired; I've felt Heaven before singing those ancient hymns...
(Roman) Catholics genuflect before manmade statues of JESUS and Mary; their Bibles removed the 2nd Commandment which says: Do not bow down to graven images! They also have seven more forbidden Apocrypha books than Protestants with 66 books who rejected them because Jews never quoted them eg Bel and the Dragon is a continuation of Daniel. Nevertheless, their generosity and community activity is very noble; I loved the Comboni Mission in Jinja because of Pontious Anguyo. My Best Friend in Jinja was a Catholic and I went to a Catholic school in O-Level because I hoped to meet him again but he moved to Oceania; found me on Facebook 13 years later. After one full year in a Catholic school, I realised that what the Bible says is different from what I saw: I felt uncomfortable asking Mary or dead saints to "pray for us". Dead people know nothing happening on Earth just like Lazarus in Abraham's bosom and the rich man in Hell. Therefore, I embarked on personal research in the Good News Bible instead of waiting for selected Sunday Mass service readings. By Senior 3 after asking GOD to wake me up in time on becoming Timekeeper, I began recording my dreamvisions because they seemed like movies of things that had not yet happened. GOD speaks through dreams. Catholic Catechism teaches that members gather on Sundays because it is the Day of Christ's Resurrection; the Early Church used to collect gifts on Sunday. Protestants followed that tradition though broke away from the Vatican Church like 1st Corinthians 11:17-34. Catholic leaders who vow to remain celibate forever do not support contraceptives though some use them; others have been accused of sodomy. Refusing marriage is a huge sacrifice as you battle nature but for GOD's service, it's a noble choice...
Seventh Day Adventists gather on Saturdays for prayer. It's the Jewish day of worship in the Bible too though some teachings claim the Sabbath should be determined by the phases of the moon and falls on any day including some Tuesdays, Wednesdays, etc. The Branch Davidian Waco (Texas) Doomsday cult worshipped on Saturdays and had strict rules against movies, dancing, cosmetics, etc...
JEHOVAH's Witnesses publish Awake and Watchtower magazines that socialised me about Christianity in my pre-teens but claim Hell does not exist. To them, JESUS was crucified on a pole, not a cross. I did not attend any of their sessions until after campus (thanks to Walter Geria) but the music is heavenly. I may question some doctrines, but have less problems with the singing. The Kafeero Family who were neighbours to my parents in Kyebando Kisalosalo used to share magazines with us...
Most Muslims do not believe that JESUS was crucified nor died (similar to the Apocrypha Gospel of Peter plus Basilides) yet the Koran shows HIM talking about the day HE would die and be raised up to life (19:33 [Mary]) plus was taken up by GOD to a high place; mainly Ahmadiya Muslims accept that the Son of Mary died. Women cover their booty honourably without feeling enslaved which is one of the things I admired about Islam. Men are allowed to marry two, three or four wives, that is if they can treat all justly which is not very easy nor feasible. I admire the way Muslims bow down in worship and pray; their short daily prayer sounds like the Arabic version of the LORD's Prayer (said 17 times in five different intervals). I became Muslim on Sunday 1st October 2002 and went to the mosque a few times but couldn't continue with the frequent wudu (washing ritual). Muslims gather on Fridays and are also waiting for JESUS to return. Muslim humour: Can GOD die? No! Did JESUS die? No! So, is JESUS GOD? No! Heehee...
Pentecostal or Bornagain (Savedee) Churches are accused of preaching a grace message eg Apostle Grace Lubega, Prophet Elvis Mbonye, etc (Once saved, always saved!) This frees some congregants to sin as they feel; promiscuity is rife like it's communion, though unholy. Women including married ones go to Church half-naked (boobs and thighs exposed) forgetting that their bodies are the temple of GOD not fetish for horny men or potential husbands. The rock-concert-style music touches the soul though, more than disco and slow traditional hymns. Prosperity preachers or pastors and prophets like Alph Lukau in South Africa attract many followers. They are like motivational speakers. What do people want? Good health and wealth (success, jobs, money, assets, marriage, children, etc); that's it. Bornagains support the idea that JESUS is GOD using Bible references, but my conviction as a kid was that JESUS prayed to GOD and HE spoke back, which meant there was SOMEONE else upstairs. Even the statement "GOD is three-in-one" sounded idolatrous to me but I tagged along though no one knows when JESUS will return except the FATHER. JESUS may be the exact image of GOD, but I prefer to believe GOD's hair is whiter...
Mormons or the Church of JESUS Christ for Latter Day Saints have their own Bible where whipping sinners is allowed. Dead people are believed to communicate as spirits with their loved ones still on Earth which is close to necromancy...
Bahai Temple accommodates various religions, it's like a melting pot for everybody but some of the spirits I felt there were quite unsettling. Women who smoke emindi and men from nightclubs go to Bahai too...
African traditional societies had their own beliefs before Christianity and Islam arrived. Black religions have been written off as witchcraft but when I read Leviticus, it feels like Hebrew rituals. What knocks me off in local beliefs is the blood part, but the cultures never stop even with the knowledge about JESUS sacrificing HIMSELF for all of us...
Judaisers still sacrifice animals as they wait for their Messiah. They can be found in Africa too. For me, the death of JESUS is Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement like Leviticus 16) because the veil or curtain of the Temple was torn (Matthew 27:51)...
Oriental religions like Taoism, Buddhism, to mention only two, follow honourable values and truths like forgiveness, charity, meditation, etc. Some books claim that before JESUS started his ministry at 30 years, he lived in Tibet, China and learnt some of their spirituality...
Hinduism has multiple gods. You find Indian shops in Arua with a small wall-hanged box where there is a statue that is honoured. It cannot talk nor move but is considered mighty. Even the people who venerate the idols are bigger plus more resourceful than their handmade gods. Funny how those small gods can be destroyed by fire or an earthquake...
Astrologers like the 3 Wise Men from the East who brought gifts to Baby JESUS study the stars and Zodiac to foretell the future but it's a forbidden activity...
Baptist Christianity is Western or American, I guess. They construct distinct churchitecture like Mormons who also originate from America. Baptist Mission has a presence in the Pearl of Africa, even as far as Arua (Northwestern UG)...
Universal Church of the Kingdom of GOD (UCKG) from Brazil seems pretty okay (JESUS Christ is the Lord!) but some members complain about the Campaign of Israel whereby instead of 10 percent, the congregation is told to offer 100 percent of their earnings on the altar...
Search for the one true GOD through JESUS, the only Way; no other! Things that make me believe in GOD include: Tithe multiplication (gave 500 UGX which was all I had left and put it into an Anglican offertory bag as directed by a Sunday sunrise dream in Twenty18 and got 500,000 UGX two days later); angels; miracles; sin punishments (knocks for wicked thoughts, random cuts for masturbation plus broken bones for theft); every face looks different; healing; plants growing; new births whether calf or human baby; free food; rainfall; deliverance from Evil or dangers like snakes; sunshine everyday; prophetic dreams eg who might call and what they might say, text or visit; seeing vivid dreams after heavy emotions (like anger, hatred or lust) in the heart; planets; saw the Devil walking barefoot on Buganda Road (in Kampala); etc...
JEGE JEGE FESTIVAL (NYEGE NYEGE FOR JESUS)
GOD forms, Satan deforms, but JESUS reforms. I do not know anyone who doesn't like music; even Muslims have their matali. Preferences in genre may vary like kadongo kamu and others, however it's all music. Sometimes, you might watch a muvi and wonder if the creators were spying on your life plus used it as a reference. Music mirrors life, but can't certain things be relegated and GOD lifted higher than them? In Paradise after Judgement Day, the music there will only worship and praise GOD. Lucifer was in charge of worship music in Heaven because he needed no backup nor instruments, but fell with his prowess intact; as a newly Saved believer, I used to wonder if Hillsong Church Australia's Darlene Zschech could replace him as the worship leader because of her soulmoving songs. Every believer should sing because GOD gave us voices even if we cannot play certain instruments. Nevertheless, I guess the other angels can also sing very well just like the ones announcing the birth of JESUS to shepherds (Luke 2:13-14). Secular music is any sound that does not glorify GOD, but magnifies worldly experiences like love, romance, sex, money, wealth, success, happiness, show business, cheating and so on. A lot of secular music is fairly clean, but vulgarity (using words like: F*ck, "private parts", sh*t, etc), violence, pride, dirty lyrics and blasphemy are what contaminate certain songs; they need editing. Anyone who says, "You fool!" will be in danger of the fire of Hell (Matthew 5:22).
The Holy Bible book Song of Songs is my biggest reason for cherishing love songs. Besides, marriage or matrimony is holy and music celebrates it. Some artistes actually sing about JESUS plus relationships eg Dionne Warwick. One morning, I sat on my bed listening to a new radio station testing its signal in Arua. It played song after song (No talking!) and I started wishing Fille Mutoni who had done "Bye Bye Ex" would do a positive love collabo with Allan Toniks instead of composing songs about her painful relationship experiences. Immediately my line of thought ended, a new song ("Falling") which I had never known before started playing, amazingly performed by the very same two. The moment was so surreal that I messaged both of them about it.
It's not easy giving up all secular music, but the clearly devilish ones like "That's What I Want" by Lil Nas X (showing two men having doggysex), witchcraft influences eg Azealia Banks or suicide promos from performers like Slipknot are definitely worth trashing. Some music videos can actually be categorised as soft pornography; singers, dancers or actors dress scantily and cause a sensual stir within viewers because of nakedness. Adele (British singer) covers herself well but her music is massive; MC Lyte (American rapper) also wanted to portray that image by wearing pants while her colleagues showed a lot of flesh. Even if Sheebah sang in a hijab or omwenda, her lyrics would still sound solid to me though she always defends her dress code as work. Maybe when she's older, she might change her perspective though I won't judge her coz she's lovely. In 2nd Samuel 6:14-23, David danced before the LORD with all his might until he was half-naked; his wife Michal had no children to the day of her death after criticising him. When women snog each other on TV, are they casting spells of lesbianism and homosexuality (LGBTQI+)? GOD knows. A Lugbara musician once said in an interview that who needs a man yet you can satisfy yourself fully with your own fingers; she was having issues in her relationships. Many people look up to her and when she said something unclean, it did not make it right just because she's a superstar. Masturbation is evil; Straight Talk Newspaper taught me in 1997 that it wasn't evil but along the way, I discovered they were totally wrong. It's wicked just like Onan spilling his semen on the ground in Genesis 38:9; GOD put him to death like his brother Er. Meanwhile, some musicians glorify fornication, alcohol, smoking, magic, witchcraft, orgies, multiple lovers plus snatching other people's mates (Funnily, their mates also get snatched from them). If Lucifer can convince 33 percent of angels to follow him, then how about us, mere humans? We have to be very careful about music, his superpower. In future, the agenda might become: Homosexuality is not a sin; The Bible is a lie; JESUS is not coming back; Prostitution is a job; etc.
All my life, I've only spent one year in a Church choir but ironically, it was in a denomination different from the one I was brought up in; I quit without apologies (in 1997) because I had my own reservations about certain prayers (to Mary and dead saints like necromancy). I had sung in the alto voice and learnt how to read musical notations that helped me play my toy piano. The first song I wrote was a Ugandan Reply to "Leave (Get Out)" by JoJo in Twenty10.
I accepted JESUS into my heart at the end of 1997 after listening to "Serve The LORD" by Carman from his Absolute Best (1993) album. Even though I went to Church (both Anglican and Catholic) and read JEHOVAH's Witnesses publications, my beliefs were Old Testament (Noah, Moses, David, Solomon-type of way) and somehow blurred; I didn't know Saint Paul well because his story was not emphasized, only portions of his letters. Music can change lives.
There are some soulmoving songs I adore like "Hallelujah" by Taya Smith; "Heilig, Heilig" by Outbreakband; "So Sweet To Trust In JESUS" by various artistes; "Flood" by Jars Of Clay; "I'm Blessed" by Katalina Mezu; "Sinza" by Coopy Bly; "Ale MUNGU Ni" by D2G (Dedicated 2 GOD); "Panadolu" by Gospel Armour; etc and feel goosepimples or teary-eyed because they strike chords within me better than yoga meditation or kabbalah plus make me want to raise my hands up and praise GOD; those ones make it to my own personal ChurchTV list. Imagine a four-day JESUS Festival around Easter or Christmas where a coefficient of those lists from every attendee is played nonstop! Wouldn't it be more fun than dirty vibes inspired by lust, hatred and other vile things? Are there Nyege Nyege alternatives that exclusively play Gospel music. The Collective UG, Proclaim Uganda, etc can be foundation beacons.
When more musicians eg Sylver Kyagulanyi, the beautiful Chidinma (Nigerian), Desire Luzinda (whom I described on Twitter as having the Best Hips in East Africa alongside Tanzania's Ray C) leave the secular world to sing for GOD, that's more colour added to the better picture: There is something greater on the holy side. Either you go left or right! You have to pick a side because the HereAfter is segregative. Sometimes I wish the lowest bouquet of GOtv had Trace Gospel included instead of Trace Mziki. We need to use our talents to magnify GOD who gifted them to us in the first place, not wicked projects. Kanye West seemed to be turning a new leaf with the JESUS Is King album, but then got into other controversial issues along the way. GOD help all of us!
During Senior 4 (in Y2K), I sat in the 2nd last row of the Eastmost column. While revising my classwork books alone one early evening, I sang the song "Sweetest Taboo" by Glamma Kid featuring Shola Ama; it had just come out the preceding year (1999). Suddenly, an invisible hand (like the one that wrote on the wall in the book of Daniel) slammed my table and I stopped singing immediately plus froze briefly with fear. There was a clear sound like someone banging his hand on top of wood, but what made hair stand on the back of my head (or removed hair from my head) was that I saw the pages on my book move a bit caused by the wind from the unseen hand. Ever since that day, I never sang that song again. I later confirmed that my beloved Sade sang it first in 1985 when I was 1 year old. Some songs might actually be forbidden for Bornagains or Savedees.
Growing up, I adored Michael Jackson's music simply because I did not know he had a pact with the Angel of Death, but a time came when I gave up all of it and remained with only "Stranger In Moscow" (1997 song) as my best from him because of empathy: I could feel his pain and the beats of the masterpiece got me through some moments of rejection in my own life.
When Mowzey Radio was still alive, his music ruled Arua airwaves and spaces. At night, the story was not different but that's the time I could sense the presence of a dark cloud hovering above our Lugbara locality. After his death, his music literally went into limbo and the cloud vanished.
The first time I watched the music video for "Kipepeo" by Jose Chameleone, I felt something repulsive. It's like the images had a power I couldn't connect with though I liked other songs by Mr. Joseph Mayanja like Dolothea, Basima Ogenze, Mateeka, etc. When Allan Kasirye (former Devil worshipper) revealed that Kipepeo was the Devil's anthem, I understood why I always felt the way I did. I have seen mainstream artistes I adore doing crazy, unspeakable things and heard songs in my dreams before they were released, from Eminem ("Love The Way You Lie") to J. Lo to Chameleone ("Baliwa"). Sometimes, I did not know how to interprete what I saw but I pray GOD forgives and redeems their souls. Allan also revealed that ragga music (hiphop, rock, techno, etc) casts spells while reggae like Bob Marley, Lucky Dube, Maddox, etc worships or glorifies the Devil.
What is the Devil's music? I used to wonder if it was rock. A computer repairman in Arua who enjoys ziki as self-motivation at his shop told me that there's nothing like the Devil's music plus the Devil doesn't exist, but I saw him walking on Buganda Road after campus while I looked for a 2nd job near one of his city altars and fellowshipped anew at a church written off as one of his own though didn't know yet. Capital FM used to play the Devil's music and it was my favourite station for over a decade even though they repeated the same songs every hour with staff like DJ Shadow (Roger Mugisha, a former Devil worshipper), Alex Ndawula, etc. Up to Twenty23, they still play that music though added bits of inspirational Gospel especially on Sundays. My first wet dream at age 17 was actually Toni Braxton (musician); saw other musicians later as if Kawuula masquerading. What happened to the Legion demons after they were cast into multiple pigs that drowned (Mark 5:1-13)? Did they become waterspirits or mermaids also? It's weird that the angels who admired and impregnanted the daughters of men were 200 led by Shamjaza or Samyaza. Niccolo Paganini was so gifted as a violinist (played 12 notes in a second) that Italians spread rumours he had made a deal with the Devil.
Some of the electronic music played during the Nyege Nyege Festival at my birthplace (Jinja) is so high quality that you wonder where it originates from, whether the Devil or GOD-inspired. Evil altars promote uncleanness (alcoholism, fornication, prostitution, nudity, obscenity, witchcraft, sorcery [spiritual adultery], etc) but sanctified places worship the Most Holy. Culturally, Nyege Nyege is a huge melting pot for people from all continents, but I wish a GOD-centred Okuza [Lugbara for: Gathering] or Jege Jege Festival was more colourful. GOD is not fake and boring!
Music is spiritual...
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