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'The Bible is for us too not for the whites only' says Mugabe
13 Jul 2013 at 17:43hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe has called for the formation of more indigenous-led churches saying Zimbabweans are free to form their own churches since it's an independent country.
Speaking to thousands gathered for the Johane Marange Apostolic Annual Passover, in Marange today (Saturday) the President said before independence it was difficult for blacks to come up with their own churches hence they continued following churches which were brought by the whites during the colonialism period.
Mugabe said: "After independence we said on religion, Zimbabweans are allowed to form their own churches and the government will support them."
The President said Zimbabweans are literate enough to run churches.
He said: "We want blacks to take those churches which were for the whites, because blacks in Zimbabwe are educated and can run them.
"The Bible is for us too not for the whites only. The resources are for the blacks and the leadership in Zimbabwe is for the blacks.
"But there are some who are still against that."
The President hailed the Johane Marange church for building a school in Marange.
He said: "As soon as we got independence we called for the building of more schools in the country.
"We helped each other in building more schools and colleges and today we are number one in terms of education in Africa.
"We are still under illegal sanctions imposed on us by the western allies, but we have managed to build schools.
"We thank you for the unity.
"We thank you for building a school here in Marange and we will continue supporting you."
The President said: "We did wrong in 2008, five years ago.
"We voted wrongly and we voted for those people who want to reverse the land reform programme.
"Tsvangirai says we return land to the whites because they are good farmers. Aaaah this is wrong because they are good at enslaving blacks.
"We say no to the reversing of the land reform programme.
"That's what we fought for to liberate you and give you independence."
The President also castigated homosexuality saying this is against the Bible.
Speaking to thousands gathered for the Johane Marange Apostolic Annual Passover, in Marange today (Saturday) the President said before independence it was difficult for blacks to come up with their own churches hence they continued following churches which were brought by the whites during the colonialism period.
Mugabe said: "After independence we said on religion, Zimbabweans are allowed to form their own churches and the government will support them."
The President said Zimbabweans are literate enough to run churches.
He said: "We want blacks to take those churches which were for the whites, because blacks in Zimbabwe are educated and can run them.
"The Bible is for us too not for the whites only. The resources are for the blacks and the leadership in Zimbabwe is for the blacks.
"But there are some who are still against that."
The President hailed the Johane Marange church for building a school in Marange.
He said: "As soon as we got independence we called for the building of more schools in the country.
"We helped each other in building more schools and colleges and today we are number one in terms of education in Africa.
"We are still under illegal sanctions imposed on us by the western allies, but we have managed to build schools.
"We thank you for the unity.
"We thank you for building a school here in Marange and we will continue supporting you."
The President said: "We did wrong in 2008, five years ago.
"We voted wrongly and we voted for those people who want to reverse the land reform programme.
"Tsvangirai says we return land to the whites because they are good farmers. Aaaah this is wrong because they are good at enslaving blacks.
"We say no to the reversing of the land reform programme.
"That's what we fought for to liberate you and give you independence."
The President also castigated homosexuality saying this is against the Bible.
Source - zbc
