Does Tokoloshe exist? Let’s look at the Tokoloshe, yes that little evil spirit that has the power to cause illness and even death. I remember visiting Sello Molete in Welkom, his bed was raised-up using 2 bricks under each leg of the bed. When I asked him why, he had bricks under the bed; he explained to me about the Tokoloshe. Well I had to laugh at the way he believed in this little dwarf, but at the same time I could see the fear in his eyes. This thing was totally real to him. Now there are a few things we need to know about the Tokoloshe, as per Wiki (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikoloshe), the Tokoloshe is a dwarf-like water sprite. It’s a mischievous and evil spirit that can become invisible by swallowing a pebble/marble(kasi language). Tokoloshe can scare children at best, and at worst, can cause death to the victim. You can get rid of the Tokoloshe by calling-in the witch doctor, who has the power to banish him from the area/house. Lastly, the Tokoloshe has also been known to rape women and bite off sleeping people’s toes. So, let’s start by asking a few questions... For instance, how many of you people believe in the Tokoloshe? Let’s try this, how many people have been killed, abused and attacked by the Tokoloshe? At this point I will accept Daily Sun references, because I dont believe many of you will personally know anyone. The Tokoloshe must be super clever, because he can sniff out a Black African Person just like that, because he only attacks a few of the black cultures, not the rest, and he certainly doesn’t attack any white or Indian groups (well not that Ive heard of anyway). Tell me now, what goes through your mind when someone tells you about the Tokoloshe? Do you honestly believe that person, do you think “Ag shame, how can they believe in the Tokoloshe?” And that is exactly how an atheist sees religion and your imaginary god and the devil. Now let’s draw some parallels between the Tokoloshe and religion: Nobody has ever seen the Tokoloshe, and nobody has ever seen god. Im not talking about the wonderful ways he appears to us, Im talking about physically seeing him. The Tokoloshe can be used to scare children, and so is god. God is used in so many ways to scare children into making them good little citizens, to learn the difference between good and bad, etc, etc. The Tokoloshe only attacks certain groups of people, mainly the Zulus. God is only prevalent within certain cultural groups (you can discount the entire Muslim faith right there). How did they learn and come to know the Tokoloshe? Well other cultural groups did not teach them, because they dont believe in the Tokoloshe, so it could have only have been their own culture and their parents that taught them such lies. Same again for god and the devil. The Muslims certainly won’t teach their children about god but allah. The Tokoloshe can become invisible by swallowing a pebble. Sure, and pigs fly. What utter unbelievable nonsense. Oh wait, Jesus walked on water too, and Moses parted an entire sea. Don’t forget impregnating virgins and talking snakes. What utter unbelievable nonsense. C’mon people, this is now the 21st century and nobody has witnessed ANY of that spew. Seriously now, if you still believe in a lying talking snake, you need help. People who believe in the Tokoloshe live in absolute fear. Take the bricks out from under their bed, and see what happens. They will be paralysed with fear. Yet all they will be doing is actually living like the rest of the world is living, without bricks, and nobody is being raped by the Tokoloshe. But they cannot accept that fact and will put their bed up on bricks again. Religion, well the parallels are obvious. Take away the bible, churches, prayer, etc, and the religious will suddenly turn into the fearful. “How will I communicate with god if I can’t say prayers anymore?” But seriously people, nothing bad will happen to you.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:57:49 +0000
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