According to the 1960 census, the
percentage of Ghanians following ATR (African traditional religions)
was estimated to be 40-45%. Today, it is estimated to be 2-5%. The
decrease comes almost entirely as a result of massive Christian
prosetilisation campaigns. The brand of Christianity peddled here is
the most repressive form of the one found in the West, so countries
that had traditionally accepted values such as homosexuality as parts
of their cultures have growing aversion towards them because of
rising conservative Christian values.
In other news, I got a personal
handwritten letter from Jesus (it was signed as 'Love, Jesus')
delivered by a 17-year old shopgirl telling me to convert. It's not
every day that Jesus writes you letters personally saying you need to
listen to what his dad says.
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