"THE WHITE MAN WROTE THE BIBLE TO MAKE US SUBMIT TO HIM. CHRISTIANITY IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT." - PASTOR TOBI SAYS

Controversial UK-based Nigerian pastor, Tobi Adegboyega, is once again at the centre of heated debate after a viral clip captured him making bold claims about Christianity and Africa’s colonial past. In the trending video, the founder of the Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church (SPAC Nation) alleged that religion was w@aponised against Africans during colonisation.

“The white man came to Africa when he came to colonize us. He told us he was selling to us a bigger religion,” he said. He further claimed that certain Bible passages were deliberately inserted to enforce submission. “In his bible, he’s gone to insert things like ‘sl+ves obey your masters.’ He put it in his bible.

He used God to trick us. He tricked us into submission. He tricked our leaders into submission so that he can use us build his own country.” The pastor argued that after benefiting from religion, Western nations have now distanced themselves from it.

“Now, Africans are the ones embracing religion and he’s left it because he’s finished using it,” he stated. Adegboyega also suggested that a new generation of Africans is beginning to question long-held religious narratives. “There’s a new set of Africans coming up who asks questions,” he added.

In one of the most striking parts of his speech, he said, “They put our parents in a ship called Jesus and they shipped them in chains and fetters to other countries.” He concluded with another controversial take: “Christianity is a social construct; it tells us how to marry even though there’s no how to marry in the bible.”