Jesus the Christ said Tomorrow shall take care of itself
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My Son sent me this Instagram Post, as he has sent me other Posts from which I
had written other Blogs otherwise I might never have come across this.
The
Uploader of the Instagram Post, a young Lady, asserted that a “John Mbiti”
claimed that “for many African Societies the Concept of the Future doesn’t
exist.” I did not think I had heard of her “John Mbiti” before then, but when I
went Online to search for the Names, a Page confronted me with a tick that I
had read something of his. I do not remember reading him. I surely would not
have read any Work if its Blurb told that any African People have no ‘Realization
of Future’©, as it is most ‘preposterous Proposition’©. If John Samuel Mbiti actually
made such Conclusion, he could not have been more ‘fundamentally fallacious’©. Since,
I have not read the Work in question, I am unaware of how he defined “Future,”
if at all he did or that he made the Declaration attributed to him by the
Creator of said Instagram Post. Is it the case that John Mbiti wrote of the
‘African Uncertainty of Future’©, but the Instagram Lady misunderstood the thrust
of his Argument?
“For many African Societies the
Concept of the Future doesn’t exist”
The
young Lady in the Instagram Post did not define “the Future” or introduce us to
how John Samuel Mbiti understood “the Future” or how familiar she is with how
Mbiti grappled with “the Concept of the Future.” She simply rehashed what John
Mbiti said or what she believes Mbiti concluded as “the Future.” For the Lady, “Future”
in meaning is a given, with ‘consensually agreed Interpretation(s)’©
and ‘Standard Identification Marker(s)’©.
So,
what is “Future?” All Definitions of “Future” arrive at the same Understanding
of ‘Time forthcoming’©, however they are phrased. They say, Online, that the
Etymology of “Future” is from the Latin Language for “grow” and/or “become.” I
agree with “become,” as the eventual French/English “Future.”
Factually,
linguistically, and practically, Languages with Words for (a) set aside, (b)
later or later Date, (c) delay, (d) tomorrow, (e) another day, (f) hold on a
Minute, (g) soon, (h) I will be with you shortly, et cetera, identify
their Speakers as fully conscious of the “Future.” Such Words represent the ‘linguistic
Rationalities of Future’© (‘Rationality of Future’©, per se).
These Words point to the ‘philosophical Acknowledgement(s)’© of “Future.”
Other
factual, philosophical, and practical Symbolisms of “the Future” would embrace Structures
like (i) Shelter, (ii) Pathways, (iii) Food Production, and Communication Methods.
Africans were not living on Trees or hopping over grass Lands, or eating dead
Animals or just picking Fruits from Trees or simply strolling around in
dangerous times without the Means of protecting themselves individually or in
Groups. Africans built Accommodations. They carved out Pathways, they invented
Tools with which to hunt for “Live Food[s]” – i.e., Animals and Birds – and
protect themselves against various Dangers, they developed Agriculture to ensure
regular Supply of “planted Food[s],” and they devised telegraphic Methods by
which to stay safe, such as the “talking Drums.” These talking Drums might be
musical Instruments today, but it is a priori they served both
defensive and protective Functions in ancient times. None of these Initiatives above
could and would have emerged without Thought for “the Future.”
The
factual, linguistic, philosophical, and practical Referents I have identified
above are ‘historical Confirmation(s)’© that Africans were fully cognizant of
the “Future,” as they were and are conscious of a next Phase in their Lives
although they could and cannot be certain of what this next Phase would be. No
one can, otherwise we would know exactly when we would die, fall ill, achieve
something, et cetera. My Referents affirm that ancient
African Cultures realized there would be Life after them. After all, they were
only in the Present, so why create enduring Legacies? When Africans built
Structures like the Pyramids, and the other Wonders they created, they were telling
the World their ‘Realization of the
Future’© for Prosperity. Even “the Afterlife” was Acceptance of the “Future
Life.” If Africans did not accept the ‘Eventuality of the Future’© they would
not have educed Civilization. If John Samuel Mbiti had proffered a Proposition
of ‘African Appreciation of Time, as Past, Present, and Present in
Continuity’©, I would be sympathetic.
If John Samuel Mbiti did posit
African Societies are devoid of the “Concept of the Future”
If
John Samuel Mbiti did postulate that “for many African Societies the Concept of
the Future doesn’t exist,” it would be interesting to read how he theorised it,
but quite frankly, I am not curious. I am not a Student reviewing the Writings
of the Man for Marks, and I am at Liberty to dismiss any of his Propositions
without consulting his Work in question once I recognise(d) the Incomprehensiveness of the Thought
Process that reared the said Postulation.
John
Mbiti was a Judaeo-Christian Theologian. I do not know if he accepted that or
preferred himself a “Christian,” which is another Fallacy. At any rate, I
suspect he attempted to fit African Societies in the Mindframe of Jesus the
Christ who instructed “Care not then for the morowe: for the morowe shall care
for it selfe: the day hath ynough with his owne griefe. (Geneva Bible – Matthew
6:34). Maybe, that was his Manner of telling the World; ‘hey, remember Jesus
the Christ and what he said about the Future? The Africans are the only Peoples
who do what he said, so the Guy had to be African’. Mbiti did not need to go
that far-fetched with his Ludicrity that Africans did not accept the “Future”
as Reality. The Holy Bible of Judaeo-Christianity, itself, tells the World
Jesus the Christ was African, if he actually did live. Besides, why would Jesus
the Christ be against Fixation with the “Future” if there was not already Preparedness
for the “Future?”
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20 October
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