I
found a new source of Click Bait. It is a site called
BantuCityDiaries. The poster gives the impression that he is from
Nigeria. He speaks with a British accent which would fit that
scenario. Beyond that I have picked up little about his basic
philosophy of life until the last bit I watched.
He
spends him time explaining why Africa is so far behind the world and
why he doesn’t think things will get better. One of the points he
has made repeatedly is how happy black Africans seem to be even when
they have nothing to be happy about. He said something I just had to
write down because it was so catchy.
“Celebrating like they have invented the cure for foolishness.”The last video gave me a better feel for where he is coming from and a reason to doubt how reliable he is. At the end of the video he made it clear that he is an agnostic at best and probably an atheist. He spent a bit of time mocking God. He lumped the Bible together with the Koran. He obviously had a bone to pick.
He portrayed black African churches as being full of opulent hypocrites. He showed pictures of them arriving at church in Bentleys and such. He talked about how rich the pastors were and so forth. I would accept the statements he made about the churches he filmed but I know enough about the various missionary efforts to know that is not the case everywhere. It would be like doing an expose on American Mega churches that have gone woke and are just social clubs for the affluent and successful. I have the feeling his dislike of Christianity clouded his vision.
When I find that someone is unreliable in one area I tend to think that bleeds over into whatever else they are saying. I will continue to consider his click bait but will be more selective in the future.
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